The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Lived Once, Buried Twice by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree

Getting to Know My Great Grandmother by Colleen Alm on Vita Brevis

A Bates Family Mystery by Eilene Lyon on Myricopia

The Fuller Effect by Jeff Record on The Last Aha

Charm Bracelets: Diaries Written in Metal by Linda Heines on Heines Sight

The Road Hill House Murder by Dr. Angela Buckley on The Detective’s Notebook

Research Resources

Finding Your Ancestors Using USGenWeb by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Elephind Collection Just Hit 46 Million Pages by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Finding Baltimore Lithuanian Records in the Catholic Heritage Archive by Amanda on ABT UNK

Tech News

Full-text Search on FamilySearch is truly a game-changer – for me, too!:

An Unexpected Bud on My Family Tree by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Genetic Genealogy

Y-DNA Results at 20 Years: Answers, Lessons, Methods, and Workarounds by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

Julius Adler, Part IV: Did I Have the Wrong Guy or Not? More Confusion! by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

12 Genealogy Projects to Put on the Calendar by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Never Giving Up: The Power of Persistence in Genealogy by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed

Background on The Bronx, Where My Grandparents Settled by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

Free BCG-Sponsored 2026 Webinars by Paula on Paula Stuart-Warren

2026 Legacy Family Tree Webinars: The Year of the Genealogy Deep Dive by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

A New Year, New Genealogy Sales, and New Research Plans for All of Us by Paula on Paula Stuart-Warren

The Cost of Doing Genealogy by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy

Tip Roundup for 5 January 2026 by Deborah Carl on Mission Genealogy

Keeping Up with the Times

Skybridges Connect Communities Across Platforms by Barbara on Project Kin