The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

The Ghost in My Attic by Lisa Rogak on Rooting Around

The Family Pattern I Didn’t See Until Now by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree

Alimony Sam: The Man Who Wouldn’t Pay, Part 3: Out of Jail on 48 Hours’ Parole by Lori Olson White on The Lost & Found Story Box

Part 1: The Legendary Life of Pennsylvania & Kentucky Frontiersman John Hinkson (1729-1789) by Helene on Letters from LaBelle

Research Resources

Finding LAC’s Upper Canada Land Petitions by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots

250 Years of Record Survival: What’s Been Digitized, What Hasn’t, and Where to Look by Shannon Bennett on T2 Family History

Checking Out Newspaper Finder by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree AND

Two Free Sources For Locating Digitized Newspapers Online by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Tracing Responsibility: Bastardy Bonds in Appalachian Records by Misty Hamilton Smith on Appalachian Genealogy

Tech News

The Genealogical Research Assistant (GRA): Free for Every AI Platform by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy

Meet Leo: The Handwritten Text Recognition Platform Built for Researchers by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket

Ask AI: What Is the “Interactive AI Digital Twin” Conversational Experience? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Using Steve Little’s AI Genealogy Research Assistant V8.5.1c To Develop a Research Plan by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Anthropic Is Forcing Users to Pay Extra to Run OpenClaw With Claude by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Yes, Microsoft Really Said Copilot Is ‘for Entertainment Purposes Only’ by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

Clustering vs Triangulation by Jim Bartlett on segment-ology

Uncle Nicholas Johnson was in My Backyard by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed

A Calculated Guess Is Great by Jim Bartlett on segment-ology

Methodology

Could Luke Congleton be Redden Congleton’s Father? by Jane Chapman on BJNL’s Genealogy

A Brick Wall Revisited: Ten Hours, Seven Suspects, One Direction by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

A family anecdote revealed… by Teresa on Writing My Past

Five New Genealogy Videos on Allen County Public Library’s YouTube Channel by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Keeping Up with the Times

Philadelphia’s Records to be Digitized by Jody on Family History Research by Jody on Family History Research by Jody Lutter