The best Family History Finds this week:
Family Stories
Antoine Gougeon (c1626 – 1671/1678), Shared Land and an Unsolved Mystery – 52 Ancestors #488 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
Do I Stay? Or Do I Jump? by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records
Heirloom Investigation: Where Did This Cutlery Set Come From? Part 2 by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree
Crank Phones to Cellphones by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney
Research Resources
Loyalists of the Bahamas by Brian McConnell U.E. on U. E. Loyalist History
Week 3 – The Pee Dee River Basin: A Genealogist’s Map by Robin on Genealogy Just Ask
Top Tips for Searching a Database of a Worldwide Obituaries Collection on Russian Immigrants by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family
WWII A Pocket Guide to . . . by Dr. Mac on A Week of Genealogy
London’s Railway for the Dead by Amelia Soth on JSTOR
Tech News
Testing MyHeritage GAIA: Can AI Help With My Genealogy Brick Wall? by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name
I Tested ChatGPT’s New ‘Slides’ Tool, and Here’s How It Compares to Gemini by David Nield on Lifehacker by Emily Long on Lifehacker
Family Historian 8 Introduces Smart Folders, an AI Connector, and Integration with FamilySearch User Trees by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
Genetic Genealogy
Tracking DNA When the Trail Isn’t Clear by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry
News: Introducing MyHeritage DNA 360° — Our Most Comprehensive DNA Test by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
FOCUS Step 2: Finding the Y-DNA and Mitochondrial DNA of Your Ancestors by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy
MyHeritage Establishes Scientific Advisory Board to Guide the Future of Its DNA Products by Erica Edvi on MyHeritage Blog
Methodology
Revisiting My Roots: The GPS by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants
Education Is for Everyone
Ask AI: Two Genealogy Truths and Judging Certainty by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings
When Photos Lie by Maureen Taylor on The Photo Detective News
Options for Using Other Family Trees Rather than Using the FamilySearch.org Family Tree as a Primary Family Tree by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Oral History Projects by Linda Jewell on Family Story Tree
What is a Genealogical Source? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star
Keeping Up with the Times
This is so wrong. Teresa is a fabulous researcher. Why can’t people play nicely together in the sandbox?:
Not a serious genealogist… by Teresa Basinska Eckford on Writing My Past
Take advantage of MyHeritage’s free access this weekend:
Unearth Your Family History with Free Access to Death Records This Halloween by Esther Shuman on MyHeritage Blog