The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Sir Francois Levron dit Nantois (c1651-1714), and Acadia’s Pirate – 52 Ancestors #444 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Lost Baggage by Jeff Record on American Ancestors

Graveyard Gossip: May by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy by Aryn

Research Resources

10 Websites to Find UK Genealogy Records Online by Mercedes on Who Are You Made Of?

Vast searchable database reveals the records sitting in boxes at former USSR archives by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

Dutch Genealogy News for April 2025 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Tech News

Nine Changes You Need to Make to Your Google Security and Privacy Settings by David Nield on Lifehacker

5 Super-Cool Features of MyHeritage by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Improving Machine-Readable Text for Newspapers in Chronicling America by Amber Paranick on Headlines & Heroes

Genetic Genealogy

The Doctor Next Door: How DNA and a Census Solved My Family Mystery by David Bishop on MyHeritage Blog

ProTools Got It Very Wrong by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Methodology

Verifying the parents of Elizabeth Beake…Part 1 by Teresa on Writing the Past

What’s Your Biggest Genealogy Frustration? You’re Not Alone by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

Timelines: Tips for Analysis by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants

Education Is for Everyone

Katechismus: Finding Meaning in Grandma’s Artifact by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

12 Ways to Use Tax Records to Prove Relationships by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Documenting Those With No Descendants? by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day

Keeping Up with the Times

The Disappearing Records: Indiana Genealogists Betrayed by Ancestry and FamilySearch! by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart