The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Betty Corrigall: A Woman the Church Would Not Bury by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree
I Was Told My Grandfather Was an Orphan. A DNA Match Revealed a Different Story by Debra Dezarn on MyHeritage Blog
Do I Have the Right to Say Goodbye? by Jenny Hawran on Like Herding Cats
Research Resources
What I Learned from Nellie Block’s AR 2 by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Tech News
Google Maps Now Makes You Log In to See These Key Features by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker
Loathsome Jargon: Hard Take-Off by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy
Genetic Genealogy
Building a Genealogical Case with DNA: Samuel Tanner of Texas by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed
Methodology
Using Steve Little’s Genealogy Research Assistant V8 to Develop a GPS Proof Summary by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Could They Be Related to Doc Holliday? by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name
From Chaos to Clarity: How Merging & Separating Identity Techniques Identified David Dewitt’s Father by Jan Joyce on Family Locket
Education Is for Everyone
What is a “Congregate Setting” at a Cemetery? by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree
Almshouse and Poorhouse Terminology by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt
New videos on International Institute of Genealogical Studies’ YouTube channel — Upper and Lower Canada marriage bonds, DNA, deciphering handwriting, Mayflower ancestors, and Eastern European and Jewish records by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte
The Long Silence: What the Black Death Did to Scandinavian Genealogy by Arik Hesseldahl on Arik Tries Genealogy
Women in Wartime – Sepia Saturday by Scot Sue on Family History Fun
Keeping Up with the Times
AI safety for family historians: what the genealogy world isn’t talking about by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers
Weekly Online AI Q&A from the BYU Library Family History Center by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Thanks so much for the mention again this week, Linda. I appreciate you reading and being so supportive!
Thank you for the mention!
Many thanks for including me in your finds this week! Take care.