The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Finding Charles Taylor by Jonathan Hill on Vita Brevis
Extreme Ancestors – Johanna van Groezen, Wife, Mother of Two, Widow in the Same Year by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Family Lore by Michelle Norris on Vita Brevis
William Crumley’s Original 1792 Will Surfaces by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Research Resources
Irish Place Names by Sheilagh Doerfler on Vita Brevis
Maps: Visualizing Your Ancestors – Finding Topographical Maps by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Dutch Genealogy News for May 2022 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Crowd Sourcing the Tinder Postcard Collection at Clements Library by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past
Tech News
MyHeritage Census Helper Gets a Major Upgrade by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
How to Encrypt Your Email and Why You Should by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
15 Best Google Docs Features Every User Should Know by Yash Wate on TechPP
How to Create a Simple Website by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
How to Finally Cut, Copy, and Paste in Google Drive by Pranay Parab on Lifehacker
Ancestry Tree Public Photo and Document Search Engine by Charlie Purvis on Carolina Family Roots
Genetic Genealogy
Calling All Genies (Genealogists I Mean) by Esther Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt
AncestryDNA SideView by Robin Wirthlin on Family Locket
Painting Your Populations by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
Methodology
You’ve Scanned – Now What? More Genealogy Organization Tips by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
3 Ways to Best Use Family Tree Hints by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Quick Tip: Was Your Relative in an Asylum? by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Follow-up Notebooks to the Rescue! by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
It’s Easy to Make this DIY Lightbox for Scanning Negatives with Your Phone by Elizabeth O’Neal on heart of the Family
Keeping Up with the Times
Ancestry, This One’s on You by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist AND
Find a Grave (Owned by Ancestry), Seriously, JUST STOP Incentivizing the Creation of Memorials of the Recently Deceased by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy