The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Did Jesse James Really Buy a Horse from a German Immigrant? by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

Part 4: The Legendary Life of Pennsylvania & Kentucky Frontiersman John Hinkson (1729-1789) on Letters from LaBelle

The Ghost in My Attic, Part 3 by Lisa Rogak on Rooting Around

Research Resources

Ancestry Adds 1926 Irish Free State Census by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES

JSTOR. Useful for Family Historians? YES! by Paula on Paula Stuart-Warren

Tech News

What Genealogists Are Saying About AI Transcription of Foreign-Language Documents by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket

A New Rule for Using AI in Genealogy by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

10 Hacks Every DuckDuckGo User Should Know by Pranay Parab on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

Small Ethnicity Regions in AncestryDNA: When They Don’t Mean What You Think by Heidi Buck on the Technical Genealogist

Methodology

The Complex Legacy of Roger Lyndon in 17th Century Ireland by D.M. Debacker on Gathering Leaves

Why Would Philippina Voehringer Wollenweber Refuse an Inheritance? by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past

Tracing Edward Sims: Family, Land, and a Migration Corridor to Kentucky (Part 1) and (Part 2) by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls

Education Is for Everyone

Wartime Letters Going to a New Home, Part 1 and Part 2 by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

The Ten Deadly Sins of a Genealogist by Paul on Paul Chiddicks

Building a Good Public Ancestry.com Family Tree on An American Genealogy

A 7-Point Genealogy Document Checklist by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Keeping Up with the Times

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