The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

A Little Boy and a Kangaroo by Jenny MacKay on Jenealogy Scrapbook of Family History Stories

Finding Grandfather by Dr. Judy Chew on Past Presence

The Slow Migration of the Beilh Family by Mel on Mel’s Genealogy Research Journal

Sailor Bill and His Forgotten Wife by Robert Hogan on Vita Brevis

Mom’s Turn on Stage: The Cleveland Folk Festival by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Research Resources

Polish Archives Making a Large Collection of Ukrainian Records Public by Late 2026 by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

Library of Virginia Virtual Reading Room by Barbara on Genealogy Friends News

30,000 Photos of Quebec’s Mauricie Region Now Online by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland Adds 190,000 New Records by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES

Tech News

Your Family Tree Has Been Holding Still: Here Is How to Watch It Move by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Outstanding Repair of Old Damaged Photographs by Google Gemini by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Finally: Evidentia Works with Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive by Ed Thompson on Evidentia Blog

Ancestry’s New AI “Fill in Timeline Gaps” Feature: A First Look by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

AI Assistants – The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Unseen by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

How to Find and Fix Family Tree Inconsistencies by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Genetic Genealogy

Uncle George Went Back to South Carolina by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed

Where Is Your Ancestor in a Floating Branch? by Jim Bartlett on segment-ology

Methodology

The Wrong Joseph Thomas by Shannon Thomas on Roots, AI & Reinvention

Hitting Pay Dirt: Mama Flora’s Family by Melvin Collier on Roots Revealed

Fact or Fiction? How Genealogists Separate Truth from Error by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records

The Origins of Augustus George Stanley on Family History Stories

Five Lessons I Learned Researching a Woman Who Left a Trail Everywhere by Deborah Holman on Who We Are and How We Got This Way

Education Is for Everyone

Getting the Most Value from Genealogy Subscriptions by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Using Artificial Intelligence Tools To Find Possible Family Stories by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Is the FamilySearch AI Assistant Really an AI Assistant? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Color to Add Pizzazz to Bite-Sized Family History Book by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Don’t Ignore Online Repository Hints…Assess Them… by Teresa on Writing My Past

Loudoun County’s Underground Railroad by Jim on Jim the Historian

Brick Walls Come in all Sizes — How Big is Yours? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Keeping Up with the Times

MyHeritage Has Free U.S. and Canada Historical Records For July 4th by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings