The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Fixing the Tractor on Father’s Day by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
The Last Woman Enslaved in Woodstock, Connecticut by Christopher C. Child on Vita Brevis
Research Resources
How to Use a Foreign-Language Book for Family Tree Research by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree
New Great Lakes History Portal by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Tech News
The End of GenSoftReviews by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy
How I Use AI in My Work by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy
My Re-Tooled DNA Tools Page by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
Choosing the Right DNA Test: A Comprehensive Guide on Drouin Institute
African American Genealogy: Census Records vs DNA Testing by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
Which DNA Test Should I Buy? And Why? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
I Finally Found Ellen or Transcribers Don’t Get the Last Word by Ellie on Ellie’s Ancestors
Education Is for Everyone
600 Burials by Jill Ball on GeniAus
19th Century Divorces by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Tombstone Tuesday – Coins left on a Tombstone by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt
Keeping Up with the Times
Be sure to view Lisa Louise Cooke’s YouTube video AI Chatbots & Genealogy: Shocking Results. The video is only about 24 minutes long. The surprise is from about 20 minutes in.
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Beware of the A.I Chatbots for Genealogy by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings