The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Sharing Family History Through Collages Roundup 2 by Mel on Mel’s Genealogy Research Journal

Victor Emmanuel Carandini – Inventor by Jennifer Jones on Tracking Down the Family

Death of a Bookseller by Dr. Angela Buckley on The Detective’s Notebook

How My American-born Grandmother Lost Her US Citizenship by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Research Resources

The Quilted Archive: Family History in Appalachian Textile Traditions by Misty Hamilton Smith on Appalachian Genealogy

Hidden Newspaper Articles – Gem of the Week: Undelivered Mail by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

The Lost Children: Orphans, Foundlings, and Workhouses by Ethan on Family Wise Ltd.

Tech News

Microsoft’s ‘AI Clippy’ Gives Me the Creeps by Michelle Ehrhardt on Lifehacker

Why an AWS Outage Can Break the Internet by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Ask AI: “Please Describe a Realistic AI Agent For Family History Writing” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Genealogy related:
When the Cloud Collapsed, Genealogy Continues by Lori on Genealogy at Heart

Meta’s Upcoming AI Parental Controls Are Too Little, Too Late by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Three Difficult Issues with the FamilySearch.org Full-text Search by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

OpenAI’s New Web Browser Comes With Some Serious Security Risks by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

Cheat Sheet: Mitochondrial Matches, Haplotype Clusters, and Haplogroups by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

Separating the Generations/Children by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal

Revisiting the Father of Cynthia (Dillard) Royston: Part 3 Locality Research by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Education Is for Everyone

Readers Add More Tips for Using Church Records by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Another New Rule of Genealogy for 2025: Rule #17 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Index Alone Doesn’t Tell the Story by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

How to Decipher a Hard-to-Read Cause of Death by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Loyalist Townships by Brian McConnell, UE on UE Loyalist History

Keeping Up with the Times

The Clock Is Ticking: Appeal Denials of FOIA Requests for Veterans’ Info by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Brick Walls, Bastards, and Breakthroughs: NGSQ Gives Nick Thorne’s Book a Thumbs-Up! by Nick Thorne on The Nosey Genealogist

Apply Now: The 2025 Genealogy Wish Grants Program Is Still Open by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

Register for RootsTech, Browse Sessions Early by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree