The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
The Story of My Maternal Great Grandaunt – Charlotte Milne born in Scotland 1854 by Diane Gould Hall on Michigan Family Trails
How My Immigrant Grandparents Signed Their Names by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Finding the Old Home Place with Zillow by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Hilda Blumenfeld Meinrath, Part II: Leaving Germany and Life in Brazil by Amy Cohen on BrotmanBlog: A Family Journey
Ypres Gas Attack Survivor Returns Home by Lucy H. Anglin on Genealogy Ensemble
Research Resources
Passenger Lists for U.S. Ports, 1820-1957 by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy
Don’t Overlook Free Digital Records with My Library and Archives Canada/Heritage Canadiana Hack, Part 1 by Linda Yip on Past Presence
United States Social Security NUMIDENT Records Added to FamilySearch.org by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Tech News
My Technological Nightmare by Rhonda McClure on Vita Brevis
How Long Do SSDs and Hard Disk Drives Last? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Five Good and Bad Ways to Use ChatGPT for Genealogy by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy
Those Double Connections Confuse DNA Analysis by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Shared cM Histograms: Did You Know #3 by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
In Search Of. . . Your Grandparents by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Using Segment Sizes in DNA Relationship Predictions by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog
Methodology
Proving Stephen Casey’s Marriage to Sarah Wilkins by Nancy Casey on Leaves on the Tree
Adding Depth to an Ancestral Story by History Explorer on A Genealogist’s Path to History
Anglicizing a Name and Discovering a Migration Path: John D. Isenhour (1778-1844) by Diana Elder on Family Locket
When New Information Comes to Light. . . and Changes Everything by Teresa on Writing My Past
A Tale of Two Sources: Evaluating Evidence for the Szyfrynowicz Family by Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz on From Shepherds and Shoemakers
Education Is for Everyone
Scottish Indexes ‘ 20th Free Virtual Conference This Weekend by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
How to Deal with the Worst Document Handwriting by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree
Sometimes You Just Need to Turn the Page by Diana Bryan Quinn on Moments in Time, A Genealogy Blog
Is That List of Heirs Complete? by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Trains Bound for Glory by Eilene Lyon on Myricopia
13 New Genealogy Videos on Allen County Public Library’s YouTube Channel by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
Quick Tip #41: Read Everything with a Critical Eye by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
Keeping Up with the Times
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So many good posts and no time to read them!!! Thanks for the mention of mine… I will have to bookmark all these and go back to them on the weekend 🙂
Many thanks for including my signature post this week! Enjoy your weekend.
Thank you for including my blog!
Thank you for including my post this week!