The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
His Grandfather’s 1937 Allis Chalmers WC Tractor AND The Panorama FFA Restored the Stanley Family’s 1940 Ford Ferguson Tractor, both by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney
Genealogy Rabbit Hole by Dorothy Nixon on Genealogy Ensemble
Legal Troubles: The Many Divorces of Monroe Lee Diver on My Michigan Roots
Great Grandmother’s Eleven Sisters: Sepia Saturday by Scot Sue on Family History Fun
The Exploits of a Bow Street Runner by Dr. Angela Buckley on The Detective’s Notebook
The Mysterious Disappearance of Amos Lee Alley on Kinfolks
Wreck of the Cataraqui Part 2 by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family
The Divergent Lives of Siblings Dwight and Sophia Stone in the American Civil War by Alicia M. Prater on GenTales
The Bow Street Runners by Dr. Angela Buckley on The Detective’s Notebook
Research Resources
27,870 Free Online City Directories from the United States by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Minnesota Digital Library: History of Photography by Paula Stuart-Warren on Genealogy by Paula
Discharged and Displaced: Civil War Veterans Who Moved West by Will Moneymaker on Ancestral Findings
World War II Naval Muster Rolls by Jennifer Holik on Soul Traveler
US Navy Log Book for Pearl Harbor 1941 by Dr. Mac on A Week of Genealogy
Tech News
Biography Building with ChatGPT 5: From Detailed Histories to Quick Snapshots by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family
I Tried Proton’s New Privacy-First AI Chatbot to See If It’s Better Than ChatGPT by David Nield on Lifehacker
Genetic Genealogy
Should You Ignore Distant Cousin Matches? by Mercedes on Who Are You Made Of
Methodology
Malchen Rothschild Rosenblatt, Part III: How I Found Her Great-Grandson Julio by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
Turn the Page by Deborah Carl on Mission Genealogy
Proof Summaries by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal
Taking Stock by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name
Education Is for Everyone
Why I Check the Webinar Syllabus First by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
The Summer of My Genealogical Discontent Lesson 7 – Listening to the Pros (or Not) by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart
The Costs of Living in Earlier Times – Prices and Wages by Decade 1700s-2000s by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me
Keeping Up with the Times
Schelly Talalay Dardashti – May Her Memory Be a Blessing by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
IAJGS 2025 – August 10-14 -Part Two by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way
Thank you for sharing my post. And a big thank you for taking the time to curate such great Finds each week!
I sure enjoy the Family Stories on your Friday’s Family History Finds. Thank you for including my two tractor stories. Their owners will enjoy it as well. What fascinating heirlooms, huh!
Many thanks for including my post in your finds of the week! Enjoy your weekend.