Friday’s Family History Finds is a couple of days late this week, due to RootsTech, but here is the (somewhat short) list:

Family Stories

The rest of the story from Dana:
What’s a Half Wagon (Dorothy’s Will Part 2) by Dana (Stewart) Leeds on The Enthusiastic Genealogist

Amy is a wonderful storyteller, although today’s post is poignant:
Aunt Dean: A Long and Difficult Life by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Building a Genetic Haplogroup Family Tree on Family Sleuther

Research Resources

Race, Slavery and Free Blacks. . .Petitions to Courts 1775-1867 – A Finding Aid NOT to Be Missed! by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS

Tech News

Living DNA Results by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

New: Online Family Tree Consistency Checker by Esther on MyHeritage Blog

Methodology

None!

Education Is for Everyone

None!

Keeping Up with the Times

Randy Seaver has a compendium of blog posts written this week about RootsTech 2017:
RootsTech 2017 Blog Compendium on Genea-Musings

Photos from Day 1 at #RootsTech 2017, also by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

 

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

George Dodson (1702 – after 1756), Disappeared Without a Trace, 52 Ancestors #145 by Roberta J. Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Jesson Lesson by Tony Proctor on Parallax View

Using DNA to trace family branches:
The Kaplans AND Six Siblings – Part 1: Origins, both by Israel Pikholz on All My Foreparents

Imagine bequests like blind mules and half a wagon!:
The Interesting Will of Dorothy Kline by Dana (Stewart) Leeds on The Enthusiastic Genealogist

Research Resources

If you aren’t following  A Genealogist in the Archives blog, you should be. Tons of great tips on little known resources:
Archived Records That Are Off the Beaten Path by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives

Virtual Museum about Holocaust and WWII Resistance Movements by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

State, County, Town Histories Online Free by Colleen Pasquale on Leaves & Branches

New Resource for Loyalists from New York by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy Blog

Unprocessed or Uncatalogued Records, Ask the Archivist! by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives

Tech News

For RootsMagic Users:
Finding Family Tree “Problems” in RootsMagic 7 by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Revisiting AncestryDNA Matches: Methods and Hints by Roberta J. Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

I’ve run into her a couple of times just in the last two days!:
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

The Original Structure of the Records by Michael John Neill on Rootdig

For those with more unique surnames in their family trees:
Dear Randy: Tell Me More About Your One-Name Studies by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

I’ve tried to get into bujos, as they are often called. I have a ringed notebook, but I am just not into doodles, artistic stamps, etc. I love the fact that I can move pages around and my genealogy work is in sections. DearMYRTLE had the best suggestion – write on your pages before inserting them into the notebook so the rings don’t get in the way of you writing!:
My Genealogy Bullet Journal, Month 2 by Mary Perkinson Nelson on Celebrating Family Stories

Education Is for Everyone

RootsTech 2017 Live Streaming Schedule by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Keeping Up with the Times

Native American and First Nations DNA Testing – Buyer Beware by Roberta J. Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

What Happened to the Parents of Cecelia J. Flynn? Using Part of FAN Principle to Analyze Margaret Loughrey and Thomas Flynn by Bill Barrett on The Times of Their Lives

Schalene shares an interesting mystery:
Secret Wife of John Wilkes Booth, Presidential Assassin? By Schalene Dagutis on Worldwide Genealogy – A Genealogical Collaboration

Research Resources

The Keepers Registry – Who Is Ensuring Long-Term Access to Scholarly and Cultural Content? By Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS

Searching on ScotlandsPeople Website by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy

Hapsburg Empire (Austrian-Hungarian Empire) map source:
Tuesday’s Tip: Mapire by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors!

Thousands of Photos of Canadian Prairie Towns Available Online by Gail Dever on Genealogy à la Carte

Virginia Reenslavement Petitions: A Little Known Bit of History by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS

Seven counties so far included:
Exploring the New FamilySearch Collection “Pennsylvania Civil Marriages, 1677-1950” by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Tech News

Heredis Genealogy Software Launches New Version for 2017 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Top 10 Free Alternatives to Expensive Software AND

RansomFree Proactively Protects Your Computer Against Ransomware Attacks, both by Alan Henry on Lifehacker

Methodology

I’ve got the same kinds of dead ends in my tree and I imagine you do, too:

Types of Dead Ends in a Dutch Tree by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

Janine would like votes:
Please Weigh in on Your Biggest Organizing Challenges by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History

Education Is for Everyone

A look at 1911 family history research methodology:
How to Trace a Pedigree by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections

Keeping Up with the Times

Privacy and the Genealogy Part 1 AND Part 2, both by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart

I love James’s analogy of bailing the ocean with a teaspoon. I have to agree, people would have to spend the rest of their lives trying to get themselves removed from all these databases. Not that it’s right posting so much info about living people, but I don’t think it can be stopped:
Alert! Is Your Private Information Online? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star