The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
New Podcast Brings Britain and Ireland’s Past to Life Through the Real Families Who Lived It by Nick Thorne on the Nosey Genealogist
The Woman Who Carried The Family Through by Xanthe Hall on X-Factored
Meier Rothschild’s Son Berthold And An Important Lesson about AI by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey
The Neill/O’Neill Family of Killeenafinane, Kerry, Ireland and an Obituary Naming 71 Relatives by Jennifer Peace Willis on Plough and Anchor Genealogy
The Unsolved Mystery of Miss Lindsay’s Death by Lucy H. Anglin on Genealogy Ensemble
Her Secret to Family Survival? Keep the Door Open by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree
A Fuller Legacy by Jeff Record on The Last Aha
Snippets for Aunt Sharon: “Widow or Wife?” Accidentally Married to Two Men at Once! by Nancy Gilbride Casey on leaves on the Tree
Research Resources
Paying Attention to Handwritten Notes in Published Genealogies by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree
Tech News
Introducing Country Coding for Family Trees by Erica on MyHeritage Blog
Testing MyHeritage’s Scribe AI by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB’s Genealogy
AI Handwritten Text Recognition Tools at the RootsTech Expo Hall by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket
Some of the New Features at Ancestry by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB’s Genealogy Blog
10 Hacks Every NotebookLM User Should Know by David Nield on Lifehacker
Genetic Genealogy
The Power of DNA: From Speculation toward Confirmation by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed
Methodology
Failure of the Genealogical Proof Standard by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections
Verifying the Parents of Thomas Beake by Teresa on Writing My Past
Taking the Next Step in Family Tree Analysis by DiAnn Iamrino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree
Education Is for Everyone
Dead or Alive? Divorced or Widowed? by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name
The Truth About Oäkta in Some Swedish Birth Records by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree
How to Become An Irish Citizen by Lori on Genealogy at Heart
When to Use Which AI Tool for Genealogy by Heidi Buck on The Technical Genealogist
Where Are All the Records on FamilySearch? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Keeping Up with the Times
An excellent overview of a RootsTech in-person experience:
RootsTech 2026 – The Wind Beneath Our Wings by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
This Scam Impersonates the Official Claude Code Website to Spread Malware by Emily Long on Lifehacker
I so much appreciate your mentions of my posts in this round-up, Linda. Thank you!
Thank you for including my blog in your finds this week! Have a lovely weekend.
Thanks so much for mentioning my posts in this week’s finds!
Thank you for the mention! You always find such helpful posts. I hadn’t seen the one on the Claude scam and I’m very glad you shared it.