The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

A Collier’s Long Road to Northampton by Jenny MacKay on Jenealogy Scrapbook of Family History Stories

Before the Beatles were The Beatles: An Usherette’s Story by Marian Bulford on Genealogy Ensemble

Who Shot Frank Domino? by Justin Cascio on Mafia Genealogy

The Iowa Sailor Who Survived the Sinking of the USS Yorktown by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

The Hay Poisoner by Dr. Angela Buckley on The Detective’s Notebook

Julius Baer and His Family: Running for Their Lives by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey

Not strictly about family, but about town life:
The Cotton Belt Railroad Comes to Grapevine by Nancy Maxwell on Grapevine Public Library Genealogy and Local History Blog

“Has a Violent Temper”: The Colorful Life of Catherine Walsh by Aidan Walsh on Vita Brevis

Knuckles, Cameras, and Con Men: How Two Sisters’ Hoax Built an Institution by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy by Aryn

Research Resources

Search Changes for WWII Morning Reports by Dr. Mac on A Week of Genealogy

Your Illegitimate Ancestor’s Father Has a Name by Chris on Scottish Genealogist

Tech News

What’s New in Evidentia 4: A First Look AND Moving to Evidentia 4, Whatever Version You’re Coming From, both by Edward Thompson on Evidentia Software

Genetic Genealogy

This Filter Makes DNA Matches Easier to Place by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

The New Family Finder NGS Test Results, Comparison, and Preparation by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

Finding the Elusive Daughter of Dennis Claunch and Nancy Beasley by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening doors in Brick Walls

Education Is for Everyone

September 19, 2026 Free Saturday Seminar: From Parlor to Platform: Women’s Clubs & Organizations as Genealogical Sources by Barbara on Genealogy Friends News

The LOC Veterans History Project, Part 5: Submitting a Vet’s Memories by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Postcards in Your Family Part 2 by Maureen Taylor on The Photo Detective News

Blood and Bond: A History of Kentucky’s Mountain Feuds by Misty Hamilton Smith on Appalachian Genealogy & History

Keeping Up with the Times

UGA Summit of Excellence 2026 Wrap-Up: Three Days of Genealogical Learning by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

The Couldery Family by Xanthe Hall on X-Factored – Family Stories

A Spot on the Map: Four Brooklyn Neighborhoods by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree

That Needle in Grandma’s Hand by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

Jane’s Illness: What Did Community & Church Offer? by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree

Laid to Rest: Whitefield, Part I by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past

Time Travelling in Spitalfields: the Huguenots by Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors

Research Resources

Part Two: What Scotland’s Regional Divide Actually Does to Your Records by Chris on Scottish Genealogist

Who Came to Say Goodbye by Lynda Heines on Heines Sight

Postcards in Your Family by Maureen Taylor on The Photo Detective News

RootsIreland.ie Discount by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections

How Road Petitions Can Reveal Your Ancestor’s Neighborhood on
Ancestral Findings

Tech News

Three Reasons You Shouldn’t Use Your Browser’s Password Manager (and What to Use Instead) by Emily Long on Lifehacker

OpenAI Just Launched ChatGPT Images 2.5, and Here’s How It Compares to Google’s Nano Banana 2 by David Nield on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

The Unbroken Line by Jenny Mackay on Jenealogy Scrapbook of Family History Stories

What is a Quick-and-Dirty Tree, and When Might I Need One? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Methodology

How to Find Your Ancestor’s Place of Origin by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree

A potential family for Mary Page… by Teresa on Writing My Past

Three Names, Two Households: What Naming Patterns Can and Cannot Prove by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Revisiting My Roots: Filling the Gaps by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants

Education Is for Everyone

The LOC Veterans History Project, Part 3: Recording the Interview AND The LOC Veterans History Project, Part 4: Paperwork, both by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

New Series – Postcards from the Past by Alicia M. Prater on GenTales

The Pee Dee Quaker Network: A Forgotten Corridor of Faith by Robin on Genealogy Just Ask

GPC eBook Library: 800+ Genealogy Books at Your Fingertips by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name

10 Ways to Survive Using the FamilySearch.org Website by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

The Corridor That Carried Them by Robin on Genealogy Just Ask

Keeping Up with the Times

Convert your files now!
Microsoft Publisher Is Retiring: My Last-Minute Family History File Rescue by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

US Copyright Law vs. AI by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Is AI Trying to Kill Me? by Paul Chiddicks on Stories Behind the Records

The best Family History Finds this week:

Family Stories

The First Bathtub in Dexter, Iowa by Joy on Joy Neal Kidney

The Case of Pegge: Tracing Enslaved People in New England Archives by Sulaiman Jamil

Retracing Steps in Berlin by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog

The Wreck of Walter L. Main’s Circus Train, Part 1 by Lori Olson White on The Lost & Found Story Box

What Was Important to Mom: The Last Roll of Film by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leave on the Tree

Lifting the Mius and Guidry Men Out of the Shadows: The Gallows Didn’t Win – 52 Ancestors #483 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy

Research Resources

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

SF Public Library Launches Massive, Historical Platform Free to Public by Debbie Mascot on California Genealogical Society Blog

Deathindexes dot com Updates by Paula on Paula Stuart-Warren

Tech News

Testing ChatGPT Work: Can It Build a Genealogy Research Workbook, Using AI? by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family

I Let ChatGPT Sign Into My Web Accounts for Me, and It Was More Trouble Than It’s Worth by David Nield on Lifehacker

Genetic Genealogy

Where Do Clusters Fit? by Jim Bartlett on Segment-ology

Methodology

Could This Be my 3rd Great-Grandfather, David, Bestowed Upon Presley Nelms Jr. by Presley Nelms Sr.? by Robin on Genealogy Just Ask

No Marriage Record, No Problem: Proving the Marriage of John Dawson and Elizabeth “Betsy” Cessna by Diana Elder on Family Locket

Education Is for Everyone

The LOC Veterans History Project, Part 1: Getting Ready AND The LOC Veterans History Project, Part 2: Plan and Practice the Interview, both by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree

Understanding FamilySearch.org’s User-Owned Trees by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

The AI Brief for Family Historians: September 2026 by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers

Privacy and Online Family History by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Keeping Up with the Times

Announcing the AATP 2026 Pacific Edition lineup. It’s “All About That Place” LIVE! by Barbara Tien on ProjectKin