The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Thomas Kennedy As a Clergyman by Dr. Mac on A Week of Genealogy
The Life and Times of John Daniels by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree
Key Facts on Your Ancestor’s Italian Military Record by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree
A Son Lost by Jeff Record on The Last Aha
Research Resources
ScotlandsPlaces hosted tax rolls and OS Name Books to join ScotlandsPeople by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
Tech News
Anthropic’s Promises Its New Claude AI Models Are Less Likely to Try to Deceive You by David Nield on Lifehacker
One of the strange scary things about this technology:
Google’s Co-Founder Says AI Performs Best When You Threaten It by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker
Reading and Transcribing Old Handwritten Documents: Transkribus by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy
Google Photos’ New Editor Has an ‘AI Enhance’ by Pranay Parab on Lifehacker
Genetic Genealogy
Are Ellen Mulherin & Patrick McAndrew Siblings? by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree
Shared DNA at a Glance: The New DNA Matrix Tool by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog
Segment Triangulation Insight by Jim Bartlett on Segment-ology
Methodology
Francois Savoie’s Homestead Rediscovered – 52 Ancestors #446 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Verifying the Death of Elizabeth Beake – An Update… by Teresa on Writing My Past
Education Is for Everyone
Which One Are You? by Paul Chiddicks on Chiddicks Tree
Pet Cemeteries by Kate Gilbert on Vita Brevis
An idea to ponder:
Ancestral Memory: Fact, Fiction or Something In Between by Paul on Paul Chiddicks
Keeping Up with the Times
Finding the Fallen with DNA by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog