The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

What Caused a Young Navyman to Go AWOL in Late 1941? by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

THE SHOOTING AT LOWER HOUSE FARM Part 2 — What They Carried With Them by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records

A Sage Move by Jeff Record on The Last Aha

Barns by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

The Face That Remembered by Lori Olson White on The Lost & Found Storybox

It Happened in Newmarket by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past

The Life and Times of Stanley Clark Bagg, Part 1 by Janice Hamilton on Genealogy Ensemble

Research Resources

Yukon Archives Launches New Database by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Tech News

Ask AI: “What Can a ‘Thinking’ AI Model Do For Genealogy Research?” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

New Ancestry Features: One Disappeared and One Made Me Smile by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Can an AI Browser Agent Create an NEHG Register-Style Family History Report From Research Notes? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Smarter AI Prompts for Genealogists by Natalie Webb on Family Tree Technology

Genetic Genealogy

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Methodology

Five Ways to Overcome Your Genealogy Research Hurdle by Robin on Genealogy Just Ask

Eight Steps Later: Following Up on the Blackman/Peck Marriage Record by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Rounding Up the Sims Men and the Nalle Women by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls

Finding John Mann’s Family: A Case Study by Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors

Education Is for Everyone

Twenty Family Trees Can’t Be Wrong. . . Right? by Tina on A little of This and That

Two New Rules for Genealogy and Some Random Thoughts by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

GRIP Virtual Evening Sessions by Barbara on Genealogy Friends News

What Are the Possibilities? by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past

Keeping Up with the Times

Vanishing Swedish Surnames: 19 Historic Family Names on the Brink of Extinction by Naama Lanski on MyHeritage Blog