The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Nana Was the Fun Grandmother by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past
NICHOLAS BROME & the Three Murders: Part Four AND Part 5, both by Kelly on Wheaton Wood
A Photo of Mary Munroe Sanderson (1748-1852) Who Witnessed the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy
Arye Katzenstein by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
The Work of Her Hands by Nancy Casey on Leaves on the Tree
“I’ve got no feathers to fly with. . . “ by Teresa on Writing My Past
Research Resources
Major Update Adds 5.7 Million Records to the Largest WWII Soldier Database of the Former USSR by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
17 Things You Can Find in Criminal Records by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
BanQ and the Loyalists 1783 by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble [Note: Most resources are in French.]
National Library of Ireland Launches Redesigned Website by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
Out with the Old and in with the . . . Different by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots
Kudos to NCHRO! by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
Dutch Genealogy News for February 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Tech News
Replacing My Photo Management/Organizing Tools by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy
Cite Builder: A Genealogy Source Citation Generator by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket
How to Recover from a Browser Hijacking Attack by Khamosh Pathak on Lifehacker
Follow-Up on Last Week’s Post About Retiring My Family Tree on RootsWeb by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls
Genetic Genealogy
This Spreadsheet Sorts DNA Matches by Branch by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree
Methodology
The Search for My Irish Connection, Part 1 by History Explorer on a Genealogist’s Path to History
Translating Facts and Artifacts into Family History by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Piecing Together Marriage Records by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Quick Tip #40: Always Look for the Document Image by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Finding Clues in Unexpected Places by Angela Napolitano on vita Brrevis
Education Is for Everyone
Never Trust an Index by April on Digging Up the Dirt on My Dead People
Dating the Census by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Goodreads: Meet Your Next Favorite Book on Joy Neal Kidney
Consider the Source: Original, Derivative, or Copy by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter
Keeping Up with the Times
Submit your comments:
Deadline Monday for USCIS Fee Hike Comments! by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist
A number of announcements were made last week at the live RootsTech 2023 conference:
Ancestry.com Announces New Features: Storymaker Studio and DNA Compare by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Introducing cM Explainer to Predict Relationships Between DNA Matches with Greater Accuracy by MyHeritage
Introducing Color Coding for Family Trees by MyHeritage
MyHeritage Announces Third Installment of DNA Quest Initiative
Innovators, Unite! RootsTech 2023 Recap, Day 1 on FamilySearch Blog
In honor of Women’s History Month:
5 Women Inventors Whose Innovations Changed the World by Daniella on MyHeritage Blog
Many thanks for including my post in your “finds” this week! Have a good weekend.
Thanks for listing my blog post about the 1840s photograph of the elderly relative who had witnessed the Battle of Lexington. I’ve received a lot of email and social media messages about this photo and the story behind it!
Thank you, Linda, for including my post in your Family History Finds.
Thanks for the link 🙂 I knew it had been listed because I got more hits than usual this week!