The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
An 81-Year Christmas Wish: Abandoned in a War-Torn London, Found by a DNA Gift by Roi Mandel on MyHeritage Blog
Heavens Ablaze: The 1833 Leonid Meteor Storm and Your Ancestors by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Left Behind by Deborah Carl on Your Family Quest
The Liverpool Cab Murder on Family Stories
The Passantino Brothers of Kansas City by Justin Cascio on Mafia Genealogy
Research Resources
Free U.S. Database Searches the Text of 1.1 Million Russian Newspaper Pages by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
Researching Your Ancestors with the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Tech News
Attackers Are Spreading Malware Through ChatGPT by Emily Long on Lifehacker
How I Use the NotebookLM Slide Deck Generator to Study More Easily by Lindsey Ellefson on Lifehacker
Have You Tried the Ancestry.com Member Tree Profile Advanced Search Feature Using the Genealogy Assistant Browser Extension? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Can Gemini 3 Do Valid Genealogical Research? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
How ChatGPT’s New Image Generator Stacks Up Against Gemini’s Nano Banana Pro by David Nield on Lifehacker
Evaluating the FamilySearch AI Research Assistant by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Genetic Genealogy
Seeing the Other Side of Things by Jenny Hawran on Like Herding Cats
Methodology
You Can’t Have Just One by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
Revisiting My Roots: Another Case in Point by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
The Strength of Cluster Research (AKA FAN Club) by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal
Education Is for Everyone
Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki – Part 1: Getting Started by Diana Elder on Family Locket
Genealogy Tasks for When You’re Not at 100% by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name
Finding Genealogical Records & Local Histories Using WorldCat by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
Keeping Up with the News
A Christmas Gift for a New Family History Researcher? by Nick Thorne on The Nosey Genealogist
Thanks for sharing my link! The article on malware being spread thru ChatGPT is a good reminder for everyone (Mac or Windows users) to be cautious across the board.