The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Verdict: Accidental Death and the Deodand by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
Auntie Madge, the Riveter by Sandra McHugh on Genealogy Ensemble
Finding Belo in the Archives by Anjelica Oswald on Vita Brevis
The Whipple House, Ipswich South Green (1677) by Gordon Harris on Historic Ipswich
John Isaac Fernando – a Life Ending in Mystery by Teresa on Writing My Past
Research Resources
Artificial Intelligence Makes More Than 2.5 Million Russian Archive Records Accessible to All by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
NC Baptist Historical Collection by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB’s Genealogy Blog
Was My Veteran National Guards or Army Reserves: How to Research by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
University of New Hampshire Library Digitizes Town Reports for Entire Granite State by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
When Newspapers Published One’s Comings and Goings by Nancy on My ancestors and Me
Vatican Secretariat of State Publishes Full “Jews” Series of Historical Archive Online by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Tech News
Ancestry to Delete WorldConnect Trees and Shut down RootsWeb Mailing Lists – Prepare NOW by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
My Family Tree Word Cloud by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Daniel’s Favorites: 10 MyHeritage Features That Our Genealogy Expert Can’t Live Without by Daniel Horowitz on MyHeritage Blog
Genetic Genealogy
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Methodology
Duer Dilemmas by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
Friday’s Photo: It Worked! Using a Wildcard in My Search to Identify This Photo of Henry Green Davis of Bienville Parish, Louisiana by Diana Bryan Quinn on Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog
Family History As Ancestors Lived It by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Unusual Death Place Case Study: Thomas Cammenga by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Cultural Anthropology and Genealogy by Dr. Mac on A Week of Genealogy
Are Family History Writing Prompts the Easy Way to Tell Stories? by Prudence on The Creative Family Historian
Get a GRIP for 2023 by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
I did this when I began working on my husband’s family tree:
Research a “Different from Yours” Family by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
36 Genealogy Items in Naturalization Records by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
How to Organize Your Family History: Paper Documents by Elizabeth O’Neal on Heart of the Family
Keeping Up with the Times
No, Actually, It’s Not by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Why I’ve Been AWOL from WordPress by KTC on Princes, Paupers, Pilgrims & Pioneers
How Will Artificial Intelligence Affect Genealogy? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Honored to be in your many great finds this week! Have a good weekend.
Thank you for including me in your finds of the week. I look forward to reading the other highlighted posts!
I was on a vacation last week and missed this until today. Thank you for adding me!