The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

A Letter, A Notice, A Deed: What Happened to Michael Gilbride? by Nancy Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Bertie – Tracing a First World War Soldier by Judith Batchelor on Genealogy Jude

Reconnecting with Long Lost Family by Lori on Genealogy at Heart

Remembering George Keal Spong by Teresa on Writing My Past

Purebreds and Conscientious Objectors by Kristin on Finding Eliza

Thomas Speake of Zachia (c1700-1755): Life and Death in Zachia Swamp by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

AFS Fireman Albert Victor Kite by Paul Chiddicks on Old Palace School Bombing

Dead Reckoning: How Genealogy Brings Memory Back to Life by William Fahey on Vita Brevis

The Wilsons’ 1942 Plymouth, One of the Last New Cars Until After WWII and The Rest of the Story of the 1942 Plymouth, both on Joy Neal Kidney

Research Resources

County Histories: Looking at Census Leads by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants

Tech News

MyHeritage Releases AI Time Machine to Enable Anyone to Transform Themselves into Historical Figures Using Everyday Photos by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Fixing Consistency Issues by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy

How to Convert Scanned Files into Searchable and Editable PDFs with PDFelement on TechPP

Genetic Genealogy

Some DMT Dialog, with Questions and Answers by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy

Y DNA Genealogy Case Study: SNPs, STRs & Autosomal; Why the Big Y-700 Rocks! by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

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Education Is for Everyone

How to Improve Your Digital Genealogy Documents by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Keeping Up with the Times

Thoughts on 3-Ring binders, Plastic Paper Protectors, and Rolling Briefcases by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star