The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
AFS Fireman John Coleman Barrell by Paul Chiddicks on Old Palace School Bombing
Bessie’s Story by Jan Doerr on Vita Brevis
Hans Sang (1614-1684); Survived the 30 Years’ War, But Not the Plague by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Miss Lindsay – The Early Years by Lucy H. Anglin on Genealogy Ensemble
Road Lines by Jeff Record on Vita Brevis
Research Resources
More Than Ancestry, Norway Genealogy on a3Genealogy
5+ Clues You Might Be Missing in Death Certificates by Julie Tarr on Genealogy in Action
Did Your ancestor Buy a Tombstone from Sears? by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Tech News
Google Is Adding New Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides and Keep Optimizations for Tablets by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy newsletter
Genetic Genealogy
DNA: In Search of. . . What do You Mean I’m Not Related to My Family? – And What Comes Next? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Ancestry Breaks Down Your Ethnicity by Parent by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
New: AncestryDNA Chromosome Painter Segments by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
What Are DNA SNPs? by Robin Wirthlin on Family Locket
My Painted Populations: Comparing 23andMe, AncestryDNA and FamilyTreeDNA by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
Methodology
No Marriage Record Found by Amanda Cleage on Finding Eliza
This Can’t Work by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
Are You Writing? by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots
Education Is for Everyone
Quick Tip – Snapshot or Video? byYvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Grab the Genealogy Scavenger Hunt for Just $39 by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub
Six Tips for Excellent Writing by Diana Elder on Family Locket
An Easy Way to Rid Your Family Tree of Typos by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Tombstone Tuesday – Knights of the Maccabees by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt
Keeping Up with the Times
On the Loss of Local Resources by Debbie Mieszala on The Advancing Genealogist
How Russia Could Use Your Aunt’s Genealogy Hobby to Kill You by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
What’s the Best Way to Keep Genealogy Research As a Senior Moves to Assisted Living? by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy newsletter
Great list! Between family visits and the heat, I didn’t quite get a blog post done this week – glad to see others weren’t similarly affected 🙂
Thanks for including me on your finds this week!