The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

THE SHOOTING AT LOWER HOUSE FARM Part 3 — The Name Hidden in the Records by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records

The Ghost in My Attic: Part Five by Lisa Rogak on Rooting Around

Reconnecting with Their Hometown: My Journey to Trzcianiec by Michelle Chubenko on Galician Ancestry

Part I: Malaga Island, Maine by Christine Bachman-Sanders on Vita Brevis

Sarah Hall Rushton, Cordwainer’s Wife ~ Chapter One by Anne Wendel on Grandma’s Granny’s Family Album

Less Than a Mile Apart: How Two WWI Foes Became Family in America by Andre Burner on MyHeritage Blog

My Flag Day Story by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

The Drunken Gardener, Part One and Part Two, both by Xanthe Hall on X-Factored – Family Stories

Thinking of Dad by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

How My Ancestors Survived the Swedish Wars by Arik Hesseldahl on Arik Tries Genealogy

The Jewish Legacy Hidden in My Mayflower Line by Andrew Trainor on MyHeritage Blog

The Grave That Would Not Stay Silent by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree

Research Resources

Researching Indentured Servants by Nancy Maxwell on Grapevine Genealogy and Local History Blog

RootsIreland Adds Records from County Tipperary by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES

A Cow’s Mark Reveals a Wife’s Maiden Name by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls

Tech News

The Ancestor Map of My Dreams for Free by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

TreeLab by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections

Stop Meta Tracking: Disable Off-Site Activity for Facebook & Instagram by Ramesh Reddy on TechPP

Your Wonderful AI Assistant – Sometimes Wrong, Never Unsure, Always Convincing by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Genetic Genealogy

Reaching Out to DNA Matches: Better Than I Expected by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

DNA Doesn’t Care About Pedigrees: What a Royal Study Just Proved About Genealogy by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart

A Sheriff’s Sale Record Solves a Genetic Genealogy Mystery by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed

Methodology

Cuddys and McGillicuddys: Are They Connected? by Jennifer Peace Willis on Plough and Anchor Genealogy

Serendipity – When Two Ancestral Lines Converge by Teresa on Writing My Past

Where’s the Proof? by Shannon Thomas on Roots, AI & Reinvention

Heirloom Documented on WikiTree Free-Space Profile by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Education Is for Everyone

Full-Text Search + Research = A Win! by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots

Protecting and Archiving Our 35mm Negative Collections on An American Genealogy

Genealogy Insight – A Blank Search Result Is Still a Research Result by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

Content for Bite-Sized Family History Projects by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Keeping Up with the Times

I Won’t Be Writing Any More Books for Pen and Sword by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES

Canadian Genealogical and Family History Society Annual Fees by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections