The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Was Eleanor of Aquitaine My Ancestor? Generation 28 – Marie of France by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

The Coffin Family Through Line in the American Revolutionary War by Barbara on Project Kin

Four Bullets at Baler Bay: The Story of Arthur Venville: Part 2 by Lori Olson White on The Lost & Found Story Box

Research Resources

Top Tips for Researching Ukrainian and Russian Immigrants on Canada’s Free National Archives Portal by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

Using Coroner’s Records & Inquests in Genealogy by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Tech News

Do LLMs Violate Copyright Law? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Using Steve’s Research Assistant v6.0 to Assess a Death Certificate … and More by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

The New ChatGPT Is Here – What You Need to Know by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers

Why I’m Not Using NotebookLM’s ‘Deep Research’ Tool (and Why You Shouldn’t Either) by Lindsey Ellefson on Lifehacker

Why Your Old AI Prompts Aren’t Working Anymore (and How to Fix Them) by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers

Deeply Wrong Results Via AI Deeper Dive by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Image Alteration and Photo Creation by Maureen Taylor on The Photo Detective

Genetic Genealogy

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Methodology

Proving Parish Register Entries Incorrect by Teresa on Writing My Past

Ray-Rea Connection – Hypothesis, Speculation and Conjecture by Jane Chapman on BJNL’s Genealogy

A Sister for Abraham Witter by Tad Callin on Mightier Acorns

Education Is for Everyone

Browsing Instead of Searching at Fold3 by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past

“The Most Convenient Wayes”: Travel and Transportation by Land in Early America by Nancy Maxwell on Grapevine Public Library Genealogy and Local History Blog

AI Never Met Your Ancestor: Locating Non-Enhanced Images on Ancestry by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Ask Yvette – Difference between Huguenot and Walloon by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Get In-Depth Answers to Your Genealogy Questions by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree

Comments on Evolving and Devolving Genealogical Terminology by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Keeping Up with the Times

Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) Registration Opens Nov 22 by Paula Stuart Warren on Genealogy by Paula

Ask for a Newspaper to Be Added to Database by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Update: US Veterans Affairs FOIA Appeals Under Review by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree