The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

My Great Great Grandfather Was a Huckster by Leslie Still on Family Cameos

The Real Wives of Whitehall and Identifying the Mayflower Lines of Ruth Fuller Francisco by Jeff Record on The Last Aha

A Scandalous Photo by Leslie Still on Family Cameos

Dutch Loyalists by Brian McConnell, UE on UE Loyalist History

How Horton Malone Got Too Much Publicity: Part 2 by Lori Olson White on The Lost and Found Story Box

A Branch Cut Short (TW: Criminal Violence) by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Research Resources

Free Searchable Database Reveals Hard-to-Find Details on Soviet-era Persecution Victims by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

4 Essential Websites for Early California Genealogy Research by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

Old-Time Remedies & Healer Records by Misty Hamilton Smith on Appalachian Genealogy

Tech News

For Substackers:
The Genealogy Category on Substack by Barbara Tien on Mission Genealogy

FamilySearch Full Text Search Quirk by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections

Airtable Jumps into the AI Agent Game with Superagent by Connie Loizos on TechCrunch

Genetic Genealogy

Insights into cM Patterns and Insights into Matches, both by Jim Bartlett on segment-ology

Why I Prefer Researching Dead Ancestors by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Ellen McAuliffe’s Irish Family Lost in Time — and Rediscovered? by Kirsten Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree

Methodology

Is Joanna Elliot the Mother of Dorah Darragh? Completing the 14-Day RLP Challenge by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

My Breakthrough Moment by Scot Sue on Family History Fun

Education Is for Everyone

Full Talk Timetable Announced for Family History Show Online 2026 by Nick Thorne on The Nosey Genealogist

Understanding the FamilySearch Research Wiki – Part 4: Case Study by Virginia Pratt on Family Locket

Permission to Copy by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry

Two Kinds of Learners (and Why Genealogy Needs Both) by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart

What AI Actually Is (and How to Avoid Getting Scammed) AND When AI helps (and when it makes things up), both by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers

7 Genealogy Regrets I’d Fix with a Time Machine by Lex Knowlton on Knext Gen Genealogy

Keeping Up with the Times

Meta Is Testing Paid Subscriptions for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

What We’re All Getting Wrong About AI: A Reality Check for 2026 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Snowed In? Perfect Weather for Digging Up Ancestors by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

The Genealogy Dilemma: Online or Off? by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry