The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Divining Isabella by Jeff Record on The Last Aha

Opening the Christmas Memory Box by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

James’ Tragedy by Sandra McHugh on Genealogy Ensemble

Research Resources

A New Resource: East Jersey Bound by Michelle Chubenko on Jersey Roots Genealogy

University Genealogy Collections Around the US by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Searching Reclaim the Records’ New York State Death Index by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

OldNews.com Reaches 400 Million Newspaper Pages by Esther on MyHeritage Blog

Tech News

Ask the Hard Questions: What’s Really at Stake with AI in Genealogy? by Steve Little on AI Genealogy Insights

AI: Meta Prompting by Dr. Mac on A Week of Genealogy

Can Google Gemini 3 Find Historical Newspaper Articles? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Bringing Ancestors to Life: Testing the New Video Feature on Google NotebookLM by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

Turning the Google NotebookLM Slide Show Into a Narrated Video by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

The Night AI Stopped Lying About Your Ancestors: Inside the Lawrence-Little Breakthrough by Steve Little on AI Genealogy Insights

Genetic Genealogy

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Methodology

“BACKWARDS and FORWARDS”  A Tale of Irish Eyes and the Minister’s Wife  by Jeff Record on The Last Aha

Same Name Genealogy Challenge: Four Generations Deep by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree

My First Full Text Search Success, Part 1: The Background by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Education Is for Everyone

Using FamilySearch Full-Text Search for Newspapers & Periodicals by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Part 1: The Dream, the Deadline, and the Diocesan Detour by Lori on Genealogy at Heart

Keeping Up with the Times

UK National Archives to Raise Fees and Introduce New Request A Military Service Record Service by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES