The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

The Bootlegging Pugliano Family of West Springfield, Massachusetts by Justin Cascio on Mafia Genealogy

There’s a Story Behind My Mom’s Birth Name and Why The Spelling Changed by Mel on Mel’s Genealogy Research Journal

Snippets for Aunt Sharon: The Kellings and the Founding of St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Following a Wandering Ancestor by Aidan Walsh on Vita Brevis

Update on Lotte Nathan: Thanks to the Genealogy Village by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Research Resources

Researching Quaker Ancestors by Nancy Maxwell on Grapevine Public Library Genealogy and Local History Blog

A Gem Uncovered at the Internet Archive by Teresa on Writing My Past

Tech News

These Malicious AI Assistants in Chrome Are Stealing User Credentials by Emily Long on Lifehacker

Editing Citations: One Ancestry Glitch Is Fixed with the New Update by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

How DuckDuckGo’s New Encrypted Voice AI Chat Compares With ChatGPT and Gemini by Khamash Pathak on Lifehacker

New Ancestry Sticky Notes Aren’t Small Screen Friendly by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Genetic Genealogy

MyHeritage Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) Results and Comparison by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Half Relationships in Genetic Genealogy by Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors

Methodology

One Address, Eight Census Records, 45 Years of Family Survival by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

Registration Opens for the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia’s 2026 Virtual Conference by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Using Steve Little’s Genealogy Narrative Assistant V3 to Develop a GPS Compliant Narrative Sketch by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Testing AI’s Ability to Map Historical Land Records: ChatGPT Compared to DeedMapper by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket

The Great Pretenders Were Anything But (Meet Black History Trailblazers and Changemakers) by Flora M. Brown on Your Life Story Matters

You Do You by Linda Jewell on Family Story Tree

Bad Dates Built a Brick Wall in This Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

From My Family or From Ebay? by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day

Keeping Up with the Times

Can You Tell If Something Is AI Generated? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Is Genealogy Worth It If Everyone Forgets You? on Ancestral Findings