Friday’s Family History Finds

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Did “Close Application to Work and Studies” Cause the Death of Georgia Goff, Age 28? on Joy Neal Kidney

It’s Family Time – What Happened to Benjamin Brock? by Charlie Purvis on Carolina Family Roots

First Grade Memories – Monday Memory by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me

Research Resources

Check Those County History Books by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Have You Tried the New LAC Website? by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections

9 Bonus Facts on Italian Birth Records, Part 2 by DiAnn Iamarino on fortify Your Family Tree

Why You Should Use Cyndi’s List: Words from Cyndi Herself by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants

Dutch Genealogy News by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

New Website Charts Irish Immigration to Newfoundland by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Tech News

Use This Free Tool to Restore Faces in Old Family Photos by Elizabeth Yuko on Lifehacker

How to Use Add-ons in Google Docs [2022] by Sandip Chakraborty on TechPP

Previously only available on the mobile app:
New: Photo Tagger Now Available on the MyHeritage Website by Erica on MyHeritage Blog

An Easy Way to Map an Ancestor’s Migration Route Using Google Maps by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past

Genetic Genealogy

Endogamy, Pedigree Collapse and Multiple Relationships: What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter? by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Vote for Roberta’s RootsTech 2023 Session Topic by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

The Dead Speak: Unraveling and Understanding Patterns Found in Death Records by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Or, telling any family story:
Elements of a Blog Post by Teresa on Writing My Past

Who Was the Mother of John Morris’s Children? by Teresa on Writing My Past

Mystery Solved! 1910 Liberty Township Boxwell Commencement by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt

Education Is for Everyone

Expressing Gratitude To Your Ancestors by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt

Mapping Your Way to Success with BYU Family History Library Videos by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Quick Tip – Hear the Dialects of Your Ancestors by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Gazetteers for Genealogy & 4 Ways to Find Them by Julie Tarr on Genealogy in Action

Keeping Up with the Times

Even Your DNA Isn’t Your Own. The Government Can Take It Without a Warrant by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Months After Genealogy IDs Victim as Michigan Woman, Her Killer Was Identified in the Same Way by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

Book Review: “Ancestry” by Simon Mawer by Marian B. Wood on Clilmbing My Family Tree

Book Notice: Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections

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