The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Finding the Story Behind the Story: Why Is There a School Room at Wing Sang? by Linda Yip on Past Presence
In the Box by Carol Petranek on Spartan Roots
New Horizons: Going Off to College – Freshman Year by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past
Saving Grace by Jeff Record on Vita Brevis
Family History on Our Family Calendar by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Fur Trading in Northern Canada – Part 1 by Claire Lindell on Genealogy Ensemble
Inside an Historic Lowell Cotton Mill by Nancy Casey on Leaves on the Tree
My Mother’s Coveted Caramels on Joy Neal Kidney
Research Resources
History Hub – A Crowdsourced History and Genealogy Research Platform by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
United States Genealogical and Historical Societies by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Ethnic, National and International Genealogy Societies by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
FindMyPast. . . Definitely Not Rubbish by Teresa on Writing My Past
County Histories: Clues in Other Records, Land (Part 2) by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Georgia Announces Digitized African American Funeral Programs, 1960-2022 by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Tech News
10 Best Screen Sharing Tools for Windows in 2023 [FREE] by Anoop Varghese on TechPP
All the Ways to Convert Images on iPhone and iPad by Yash Wate on TechPP
How to Quickly convert Images on iPhone and iPad Using the Files App by Yash Wate on TechPP
Genetic Genealogy
Concepts: Your Matches on the Same Segments Are NOT Necessarily Related to Each Other by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
Don’t Get Over-Ambitious with Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Solving Two 44-Year Brick Walls Part 1 by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
Comments on the Limitations of Online Genealogical Research by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Identifying a Louisiana Marriage Bondsman by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket
Education Is for Everyone
Back to the Basics with Marriage Records Part 1: Marriage Bonds by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket
Tombstone Tuesday – Lighthouse Symbol by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt
Keeping Up with the Times
What to Give the Genealogist on Your List by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Linda, thank you for including my mother’s caramels in your list of fascinating stories. I enjoyed the one about the school at Wing Sang, and the documents in the old box. But oh, “Saving Grace” is so compelling! Bless you for sharing all of these.
Quite a large and varied crop of “finds” this week. TY so much for including my post! Have a good weekend.
You’re right about the large number of finds this week. I was surprised since it’s the holiday season.
Thank you for including my college story this week! Looking forward to reading some of your other finds.
Thanks for including my post :), though it’s more of a rant…