The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

From Arkansas to the Texas Frontier: The Life of Hickman Monroe Shults by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Maury I. Diggs: Changed the Mann Act by Gwen Kubberness on Criminal Genealogy

Not So Wordless Wednesday: A Family Math Book and a Note from 1917 by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Guillaume Blanchard (c1650 – 1715/1717), Founder of “Village des Blanchard” at Petitcodiac – 52 Ancestors #485 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Grandma Ruby Neal Remembers Funerals in the “Old Days” by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

John Bagg of Springfield, Massachusetts by Janice Hamilton on Genealogy Ensemble

Elementary, My Dear Houdini: How Doyle and Houdini Went from Friends to Foes by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy by Aryn

Research Resources

AI Transcribes Almost 24 Million Russian Archive Record Pages for Free Searching by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

What the First Statistical Account Can Tell You About Your Scottish Ancestors by Chris Paton on Scottish Genealogist

NARA Quietly Expands Two Databases of Its Most Valuable Immigration Collections to 2.5 Million Files by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family

Web Archive Collections in Online Reference Resources by Melissa Wertheimer on The Signal

Tech News

Animating Charts, Advent of Agents, and Death of Chatbots by Steve Little on Vibe Genealogy

Complex Genealogy Use Cases for “ChatGPT Work” – Part 1 by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Can You Change an Accepted Ancestry Hint? What I Found by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Testing ChatGPT Deep Research for Genealogy: Can It Create a Professional Locality Guide? by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

Genetic Genealogy

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Methodology

Fact or Fiction? More Answers on the Dewitt Blackman Mug Book Bio by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

German Hometown Proved – with Plenty of Help from German Friends! by James Beidler on Roots and Branches

Education Is for Everyone

Invited Back into the Fold by Robin on Genealogy Just Ask

Second Edition Now Available: Finding and Using U.S. Army WWI and WWII Morning Reports by Dr. Mac on A Week of Genealogy

Sometimes Vital Records Are All You’ve Got by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

The Rent of One Pepper Corn on Lady Day Next by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB’s Genealogy Blog

Keeping Up with the Times

Projectkin: Collaborate on Migration Stories by Debbie Mascot on California Genealogical Society Blog

Will Genealogy Survive AI? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star