The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

Mary Delongoroska and the Silent Train by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

When One Door Closes, Another Opens: Mecklenburg Declaration Segment #2 by Carol on Piedmont Trails

A Socialist in the Family by Teresa on Writing My Past

Morello Gangster Giovanni Pecoraro by Justin Cascio on Mafia Genealogy

Lunchtime! by Karen Miller Bennett on Karen’s Chatt

Research Resources

Southwestern United States Research: Key Records and Repositories Part 2 – Church and Cemetery Records Unique to the Southwest by Michelle Mickelson on Family Locket

7 Free Genealogy Map Projects by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

Potential Treasure Troves in User Submitted Data by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

Tech News

My Ancestry Pro Tools Experience by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB’s Genealogy Blog

Ask AncestryAI: What Was Hilperton, Wiltshire Like in 1848? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Genetic Genealogy

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Methodology

BAVARIAN Hans MOSER c1623-1696 Was From Austria, Not Germany by Kelly on Wheaton Wood

Education Is for Everyone

Jude’s Gen – January 2024 by Judith Batchelor on Genealogy Jude

The Parson’s Nose by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree

Keeping Up with the Times

Save Our Wills by Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors

29-Day Family History Writing Challenge Begins February 1 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

WikiTree Connect-a-Thon by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections

Genealogy Community Is a System by James Beidler on Roots & Branches