Family Stories

How an Ottawa journalist found my lost family village by Linda Yip on Past Presence

Forgotten Tales of the Cold French North by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past

A Brick Wall Tumbles: The Fates of August Felix Katzenstein and Julius Katzenstein, Orphaned Sons of Meier Katzenstein, Part I by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Research Resources

The strong efforts to post archive records online continue throughout Ukraine by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

More New Brunswick birth registrations available online by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Eastern European Newspapers by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy

Surprising Discoveries: Unearthing Records in Unexpected Places by Donna Moughty on Irish Genealogy

MyHeritage has been very, very busy:
MyHeritage Adds 1.2 Billion Historical Records in January 2025 by Esther on MyHeritage Blog

The Joy of Tithe Records: Finding an Ancestor’s Home & More by Judith Batchelor on Family Wise, Ltd.

Tech News

Bluesky Now Has Its Own Version of TikTok by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Microsoft Word Copilot Work Around by Lori on Genealogy at Heart

Bluesky Lists by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy

Genetic Genealogy

WATO vs WATO plus by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog

Where Personal DNA Testing Is Today by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog

FamilyTreeDNA’s New Matrix Shows How Your Matches Are Related to Each Other by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

Using Occam’s Razor in Genealogy by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Education Is for Everyone

History Is All Around Us by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree

Don’t Believe Everything You Read . . . a cautionary tale by Teresa on Writing My Past

Change, Monitor, Hands Off? by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Five Tips for Making Your Lineage Society Application Easier by Brynna O’Sullivan on Charter Oak Genealogy

Keeping Up with the Times

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