My best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Sapper John Perrins by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree

An Explosion of Death by Sheri on Twig Talks

Waffles with Grandma Leora by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

A Trip to the Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln, UK – Part 1: The Story Begins by Linda Yip on Past Presence

Sundays and the Great Depression by Sandra McHugh on Genealogy Ensemble

Research Resources

How to Access Ancestry’s 1,1317 Free Collections by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Tech News

MyHeritage’s AI Record Finder May Be Discontinued on 9 August 2024 by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Some Random Comments on AI by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Perplexity Rocks as an AI Genealogy Research Tool by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

It is a bit funny!
Creating a Genealogy Word Cloud: Visualizing Your Family Tree by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt

SearchGPT Is OpenAI’s Answer to Google AI Overviews by Michelle Ehrhardt on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

FamilyTreeDNA Tree Integration with MyHeritage – Step by Step Instructions by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

How to Solve a DNA Match Using Shared Matches by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

When the Family Tree of a DNA Match and Shared DNA Matches Don’t Add Up by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Methodology

Discovering Matchmaker Great Aunt Mary’s True Birthday by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Connecting the Clues: Martin Gilbride’s Immigration by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Education Is for Everyone

How to Convert Old Dutch Weights and Measures by Yvette Hoitink o Dutch Genealogy

How to Find Immigration Records from the 1800s by Mercedes on Who Are You Made Of?

AI and Family History: Review of “Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI” by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Keeping Up with the Times

Lots of AI fun:
Genealogy Poem and Song from Artificial Intelligence – “Helix of Our Souls” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Take a Look at FamilySearch Labs by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star