The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
When Was Tommy Reina Born? by Justin Cascio on Mafia Genealogy
Funeral Mass & Recitation of the Rosary by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past
Walk with Your Ancestors: Peace, Light and Healing in an Abandoned Medieval Village by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Our Salvation Army Family Connection by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family
Research Resources
New Look National Library of Scotland Website by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES
Faith and Fact: Discover the Hidden History in Religious Records by Mercedes on Who Are You Made Of?
Top 5 Libraries for Genealogy Research : Unlocking the Past by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family
Finding Red House Farm in Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio + What You May Find on a Historic County Map by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
Tech News
You Can Use DuckDuckGo to Remove AI Images From Your Search Results by Michelle Ehrhardt on Lifehacker
WikiTree “Tree Apps” For Your Ancestral Lines by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
High-Quality Handwritten Text Recognition with Gemini 2.5 Pro in Google AI Studio by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket
Genetic Genealogy
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Methodology
The Summer of My Genealogical Discontent, Lesson 3, To Save or Not to Save! by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart
Have Your Genealogy Plan B Ready to Go by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree
Education Is for Everyone
Revisiting My Roots: A 25-Year Reflection on Genealogy Growth by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
From Overwhelm to Clarity by Jenny MacKay on Jenny’s Scrapbook of Family History Stories
Keeping Up with the Times
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I … have 2 tintypes I’m guessing roughly 1st quarter 19th century. My grandmother claimed for years that they were Stufflebeans. Be happy to scan them and see if anybody else has the same tintypes. She swore the name was Dutch but all my brief research has indicated German.
Both sides of my immediate family are from New England and the New York Tri -State area.