The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
For 140 Years, They Believed He Had left Them for a New Life in America by Daniella on MyHeritage Blog
Beekman Patent Kennedys by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
Real Daughters by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt
Research Resources
I’ve had a lot of success with this:
Newspaper Research Tip by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
Back to the Basics with Marriage Records Part 4: Civil Marriage Records by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket
Using Websites’ Catalogs: Ancestry Tips by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Turnpike Roads in England and Wales by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections
The Whalers of the Gaspe Coast by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble
10 Resources for Tracing Immigrant Ancestors by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy
New Life for Funeral Cards by NCasey on Leaves on the Tree
The 6 Best Free Websites for London Family History by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections
Junior High Yearbooks? by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Tech News
Threads Part 2 by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy
First Blush: ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter A Giant Leap Forward by Steve Little on AI Genealogy Insights
Genetic Genealogy
DNA Painter Subscriptions by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
Paint LivingDNA Chromosome Segments to DNAPainter by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Methodology
One More Immigrant? by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
This tip works with archives anywhere:
Quick Tip – Check the Websites of the Archives by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy
Education Is for Everyone
Kentucky Genealogical Society Offering Month-Long Seminar Series Next Month by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History
No Death Date on Stone by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Regardless of our software program, we all need to do clean up now and then:
Project Family Historian Profile Clean-up – Week 1 by Teresa on Writing My Past
Looking for Little Marks on Census Pages by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Is It Boilerplate Text? by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day
Keeping Up with the Times
Sons of Union Veterans Identifying All Civil War Soldiers Buried in Minnesota and Beyond to Honor Them on Paula Stuart-Warren
Many thanks for including my post in your finds for the week! Enjoy your weekend.