The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Connecting Two Childhood Friends by Lynn on Lynn’s Family History Journey

Dad Flew the B-17 “Hell’s Angels” in Training by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

Keeping Kinfolk in Franco-American Holyoke by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past

Building Out My Beake Family . . by Teresa on Writing My Past

Research Resources

Maybe You’ll Find it, the Odesa Connection…. by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy

What Are the Genealogy Resources Inside the New Hampshire State Library? by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy

A Surprise from FamilySearch: Finding Rev. L. F. Vance in Five Minutes by Robin on Genealogy Just Ask

How Up to Date Is the FamilySearch Research Wiki? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Tech News

How to Use Gemini Canvas for Free by Guru Prasad on TechPP

Windows’ Photoshop Alternative Is Actually Good Now, and It’s Free by David Nield on Lifehacker

How I Am Using Ancestry’s Network Tool by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB’s Genealogy Blog

ChatGPT Will Soon Remember Everything You’ve Ever Told It by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Connection Count Relationship Notation (CCRN) by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy

How to Try Copilot’s New ‘Vision’ and File Search Updates by David Nield on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

DNA Diary: A Promising Dawson Connection by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog

Methodology

Could Cherokee Be Back on the Table? by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Family History Research: Transforming Traditional Methods with AI by Carole McCulloch on NextGen Genealogy

AI Won’t Find Your Great-Grandmother’s Maiden Name—But Here Are 4 Ways It Will Improve Your Family Research by Lisa Lisson on Are You My Cousin?

Analysis and Correlation Tools used in George Long Project: Timeline by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants

Education Is for Everyone

Using Artificial Intelligence In the Ancestor Biography Creation Process by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

I’ve had Deed Mapper for many years and it’s an excellent program for plotting metes and bounds properties. I used it to develop my husband’s Miller FAN club:
Deed Mapper by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day

A Tragedy in the Thames: The Day London Flooded by Paul on Paul Chiddicks

Small Clues Can Lead to Big Rewards by Lynn Breyfogle on Lynn’s Family History Journey

Keeping Up with the Times

National Library Week: I Heart My CT State Library by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

VGA Party Features Free Genealogy Talks on April 27th by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree