The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Another Remarkable Yearbook Find by April on Digging Up the Dirt on My Dead People
Her Parents Left Her on a Bench to Save Her from the Nazis. At 80, She Reunited with a Long-Lost Cousin by Daniella on MyHeritage Blog
For all Robert Wheaton descendants, including me!:
The Mystery of Robert Wheaton’s First Mention in America Solved! by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood
When a Marriage Certificate Contradicts Its Own Self by Ellie on Ellie’s ancestors
Research Resources
Best U.S. Genealogy Archives by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
A Prologue in Genealogy Terms Is Not Always in the Beginning of a Book or Musical Piece by Paula Stuart-Warren on Genealogy by Paula
Illinois State Archives Says Death Certificates Database Updated to 1971 by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Clues in a Summons?, What Other Records? and No One has It All, all by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Polish State Archives Website Is Back Online by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
National Archives Genealogy and Archival Databases by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Chicago Black Genealogy Resources AND Free Chicago City Directories Online, both by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
Irish Marriage Surname Mapping by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections
Tech News
The Open Secret of Google Search by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
How to Check IMEI Number on iPhone and Android [2023] by Praful Rawal on TechPP
A Major Family Tree Change to Fix an Ongoing Problem by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree
Don’t Trust Chatbots by Anne Young on Anne’s Family History
Genetic Genealogy
None!
Methodology
The Plot Thickens by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
The 3 Genealogy Mistakes You Have to Tame to Improve Your Skills by Jennifer on The Occasional Genealogist
Making Progress in the RLP Mini-Challenge by Nancy Casey on Leaves on the Tree
A Family for Elizabeth Westbrook Lawson by Teresa on Writing My Past
Tips to Tracing a Slave Ship by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Checklists by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Ethical Dilemmas and How to Approach Them by Paul Chiddicks on The CHiddicks Family Tree AND a related post Family History or Family Fiction? by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood
4 Benefits and Pitfalls of Writing Your Family History with Others by Prudence on The Creative Family Historian
Five Ways to Identify Old Place Names in the Netherlands by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Keeping Up with the Times
I think definitely yes:
Are Hybrid Meetings the Future for Genealogical Societies Trying to Retain and Increase Membership? by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Efforts to Digitize and Post Records Online Going Strong at Ukrainian Archives by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Thanks for including my post in this week’s list 🙂
Thanks for the shout out, Linda!