The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Tracing a British Seaman in the Royal Navy before 1853 by Judith Batchelor on Genealogy Jude
AFS Fireman Percy Charles Aitchison by Paul Chiddicks on Old Palace School Bombing
A Buggy, A Visitor and a Mystery – 1950 by Kristin on Finding Eliza
An Ordinary Man by Dorothy Nixon on Genealogy Ensemble
Research Resources
U of T Student Project Creates Online Database of Canada’s First Newspaper by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Bills of Mortality by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
Tech News
Tracking Research Projects in Airtable by Diana Elder on Family Locket
10 Best Free Cloud Storage Services for Backups and File Storing by Luqman AbdulKabir on TechPP
Introducing Heredis 2023 – A Major New Update for Both Windows and Macintosh by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
How Reliable Are Hard Drives, SSDs, and Online Storage? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Genetic Genealogy
Connect Your DNA Test, and Others, to Your Tree by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
The Next Step in the Case of John Morris. . . Correlating the Evidence by Teresa on Writing My Past
The Sad Story of Charles Garner: Or, Don’t forget to Check Those Extra Census Schedules by Ellie on Ellie’s Ancestors
The Highs and Lows of Roxanne Bryant’s Death Certificate by APearl on GeneaJournals
Clovia by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Stop Following the Herd! by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots
Wikitree – What Is It and Should I Use It? by Anne Young on Anne’s Family History
9 Steps to Really Safeguard Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Some Great Downsizing Advice by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Keeping Up with the Times
Royal Memories by Scot Sue on Family History Fun
Rest in Peace, Queen Elizabeth by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
The Day Queen Elizabeth Visited My Home Town by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family
The Corleone Family Tree on Treemily
Judge Turns Page on Privacy Suit vs. Ancestry.com Over Use of Yearbook Photos by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy newsletter
Maryland Quietly Shelves Parts of Genealogy Privacy Law by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter