The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Marie Josèphe LePrince (1715-after 1787), A Grandmother’s Choice to Preserve Acadian Culture – 52 Ancestors #468 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Research Resources

Vast database tracking Ukrainian archives going online improves with search engine by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

The Circuit Rider’s Journal by Misty Hamilton Smith on Appalachian Genealogy

The Origins of County Histories, Biographical Sketches, and Mug Books by Jennifer Shakshober on Vita Brevis

Free Genealogy Resource Leads to Fun Research by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Illustrated Historical Atlases of Ontario Counties Online by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots

Tech News

The backlash over OpenAI’s decision to retire GPT-4o shows how dangerous AI companions can be by Amanda Silberling on TechCrunch

Ancestry’s New Research Ideas: A First Look at AI-Powered Genealogy Guidance by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

Your Browser’s Extensions May Be Reading Your Passwords by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

What Is the Gramps Software? by Mercedes on Who Are You Made Of?

Google Is Rolling Out Two New Ways to Remove Your Sensitive Data From Search by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

A Forest of Fathers: FamilyTreeDNA’s Y-DNA Tree Tops 100,000 Branches by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

I Thought Dad’s Entire Family Died in the Holocaust. A MyHeritage DNA Test Proved Otherwise by Adriana Turk on MyHeritage Blog

AutoKinship by Genetic Affairs Builds Family Trees from Your Matches at FamilyTreeDNA, and More by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

Moses and the Queen City and the Mayflower Descendants of Ruth Fuller Francisco by Jeff Record on The Last Aha

Finding Clues in FindAGrave, et al by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification: My Personal Journal

New Developments in the Elliot/Darragh/Dillane Project by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Resolving Conflicts in Censuses – A Hork Family Example by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past

Education Is for Everyone

Understanding AI Online Thursdays by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Registration Now Open for Strathclyde’s Postgraduate Genealogy Courses by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES

Transforming Court Records Research with AI: A Case Study from Colonial Virginia Part 1 – Finding and Logging by Diana Elder on Family Locket

A Wrong Date for Miss Odie Morse by Maureen Taylor on The Photo Detective

Keeping Up with the Times

My Book Reviews Leading Up to America 250 by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Genealogy Life Lessons by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name