The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Celebrating Uncle Buck by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Needlepoint Farm by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

Gunner John Hunter, World War 1 by Sandra McHugh on Genealogy Ensemble

The Traveling Hongreurs by Mel on Mel’s Genealogy Research Journal

Research Resources

Locating and Using School Records for Genealogical Research by Nancy Maxwell on Grapevine Public Library Genealogy and Local History Blog

1925 New York State Census: A Final Glimpse Between the Federal Counts by Will Moneymaker on Ancestral Findings

Scanned Records and a Database Offer Hard-to-Find Information on Russian Immigrants by Vera Miller on find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

910 Free United States Mortuary and Funeral Home Records by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Revisit – Library and Archives Canada RG 8, C Series How-To by Wayne Shepheard on Family Tree Knots

New Tipperary Records added to RootsIreland by Chris Paton on Scootish GENES

Tech News

The Free ChatGPT4 AI Tool Can Sharpen and Colorize Faded and/or Black and White Photographs by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Genetic Genealogy

A Breakthrough in My German DNA by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog

Genetic Secrets: What Your Test Might Reveal by Chloe Brewer on Family Wise

Methodology

Keeping the Fiddle and the Ghost by Jeff Record on The Last Aha

Education Is for Everyone

Can You Get Citizenship Through Ancestry? by Mercedes on Who Are You Made Of?

Copyright and Images by Deborah Carl on Mission Genealogy

Genealogy with a Twist: What Did My Ancestors Smell Like? by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past

Do You Have a Genealogical Codicil? by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family

Seven New Videos on the International Institute of Genealogical Studies’ YouTube Channel by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Keeping Up with the Times

Preserving the Past—and Maybe Your Future, Too by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart