The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

A Ceremony in Munich by Kitty on Kitty Cooper’s Blog

The Holy Cards They Saved by Lynda Heines on Heines Sight

A Little Something for Their Final Journey by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Adopted Ancestor – Elizabeth Birdwistle by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants

Orville Wright Signed His Pilot’s Certificate by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

Research Resources

“My Ancestor Isn’t in the Records” — Why You’re Almost Certainly Wrong by Chris on Scottish Genealogist

The Poor School Laws of Appalachia by Misty Hamilton Smith on Appalachian Genealogy & History

Access Some Articles Directly from PERSI for Free by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Finding Your Ancestral Town: Your Go-To Resource by Michelle Chubenko on Have Questions? Get Answers for Research in Galicia

Tech News

How to Stop Browser Fingerprinting, the Latest Method for Tracking Your Activity Across the Internet by Ritoban Mukherjee on Lifehackeer

Revamped BLM-GLO Website by Myrtle on DearMYRTLE’s Village Square

Ask AI: “Describe 20 AI Use Cases For Genealogists and Family Historians” – Anthropic Claude’s Response by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Adding GPS Coordinates to Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Genetic Genealogy

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Methodology

Searching for Abijah LeCroy: A New Lead Through Nancy Williams by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Ask AI: 20 Record Types That Genealogists Should Search For by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Finding What’s Missing by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry

The Missing Husband by Carole McCulloch on Essential Genealogy

Education Is for Everyone

Something I Learned From Chatting with AI by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails into the Past

Take-aways from Tracing a Neighbor’s Roots by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Online Fake Genealogy — Surname Scams by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

What Kind of Deed Copy Is It? by Michael John Neill on Genealogy tip of the Day

Research Mistakes – Trusting an Online Family Tree Without Proof by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt

When Searching Those Court Case Indexes by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day

New Videos on International Institute of Genealogical Studies’ YouTube Channel by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Keeping Up with the Times

Your Claude Chats May Have Been Exposed on Google by Jake Peterson on Lifehacker