The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
What Age Was My Longest-Lived Female Ancestor in 1950? by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Worship: Where My Paternal Ancestors Went to Church by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past
Research Resources
Are You Using These Genealogical Sources? by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past
Jewish Community Digital Archive Debuts Online by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Italian Jewish Communities Seeking to Digitize 35,000 Jewish Texts by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Tech News
A Must-Read – very easy for others to undo:
Stop Blurring Your Sensitive Information in Screenshots by Pranay Parab on Lifehacker
Rumsey Maps to Be Text-Searchable by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Keep Your Photos In-Sync: Get the Most Out of the Organizing Prowess of Google Photos by Carmen Docampo on Organizing Photos
Lifespans at a Glance in New MyHeritage Feature by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
The WTN (Witness) Tag in GEDCOM by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy
Native American DNA by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
The Dos and Don’ts of DNA by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
How DNA Can Help Find Your Ancestral Hometown by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
The Future of Relationship Predictions by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek
Top Ten RootsTech 2022 DNA Sessions + All DNA Session Links by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
Clues for Scottish Research by History Explorer on A Genealogist’s Path to History
Researching Outside of Dublin and Belfast by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots
Vital Details in Unexpected Places by Teresa on Writing My Past
Many Paths to Sources: Newspapers, Part 2 by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
No More Favorites! Plus a New Writing Challenge by Kelly on Wheaton Wood
Education Is for Everyone
“That’s Okay. If we don’t know, we just put down John.” A Not So Funny Story of Contradictory Evidence by Diana on Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog
A Different Set of Vital Records by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
What File Format Should I Use to Preserve Family Photos? by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Keeping Up with the Times
One-Day Workshop to Benefit Ukrainians/Jewish Roots in Ukraine: Context and Connection by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy
A Genealogy Software Challenge by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
More on Leslie Weir’s Purge by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections
People Adopted in Louisiana Could Get Access to Their Birth Certificates by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy newsletter
Many thanks for including my posts this week! Take care.
Thanks for the link about not blurring private info – though colour blocks look uglier, knowing someone can now unblur something makes the choice obvious.
And thanks for including my post 🙂
Thanks for including my post. I really enjoyed the piece about No More Favorites.
I never miss your Friday’s Family History Finds and was pleased to find my post. Thank you for including it!