One day late due to travel, but here are my Recommended Reads for the week:

Identifying Old Photographs Part 3 by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy

It All Starts with the Land – Looking at Land and Property Records – Part 1 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

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The Ultimate Challenge – Building a Family Tree from Sources – Post 4: Westfall Family by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings

Who Was the Father of Rachel Proffitt – A Study of Family Groups by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls

Case Study: Lammert Huybertsen Brink by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy

One Thread to Tie Things Together by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry

The Court Doth Adjudge, Order and Decree by Schalene Dagutis on Tangled Roots and Trees

Here are my choices for Recommended Reads for this week:

Comments on Becoming an Excellent Genealogist- Chapter Eleven by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

Les Cimetieres du Quebec Website Contains Headstone Photos by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la carte

Mappy Monday: Chicago Districts by Beth Gatlin on So Many Ancestors

More to Love About Crowdsourcing by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry

Message Left in a Family Painting. . . by lostrussianfamily on Find Lost Russian and Ukrainian Family

The Kingston, New Hampshire Throat Distemper Pandemic of 1735 by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy

Two DNA Circles or a Venn Diagram? by John on TransylvanianDutch: Genealogy and Family History

Updated List of PERSI Collections with Page Images by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.

Here are three more that I am reading with interest by Randy as he is trying out the idea of building a family tree strictly from sources as proposed by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star:

The Ultimate Challenge – Building a Family Tree from Sources – Post 1: Crawford Family

The Ultimate Challenge – Building a Family Tree from Sources – Post 2: Meyers Family

The Ultimate Challenge-Building a Family Tree from Sources-Post 3: Alford Family

My Great Great Grandmother’s Maiden Name – SOLVED – (I think!) by Lara on Lara’s Family Search

Finding an Ancestor in Almshouse Records by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy

12 Genealogy-Related Gifts to Add to Your Holiday Gift List by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy and History Hub

My Evernote To-Do List by Jenny Lanctot on Are My Roots Showing?

Go the the Original Source!? by Cathy Meder-Dempsey on Opening Doors in Brick Walls

Here are my choices for Recommended Reads for this week:

The Ghosts of Appomattox by Kelly Membry Midura on Well That Was Different

My Top Ten Genea-Mysteries by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy

The Threat of Online Genealogical Databases by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star and also

Beyond the U.S. Census – Expanding Your Frontiers also by James Tanner on Genealog’s Star

The Great Jennens Case by Schalene Dagoutis on Tangled Roots and Trees

How I Learned What to Do with Undocumented Family Trees by Harold Henderson on Midwestern Microhistory:A Genealogy Blog

Census Sunday: Not Always the Full Story by Jeanne Ruczhak- Eckman on Genealogical Gems

Like Romping in a Newly-Found Playground by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry. I’ve been following Jacqi’s travails as she searches for her Tully and Flannery families. I especially like the moral in today’s story – never make assumptions that a search won’t work. Just make the search!

Immigrants to Upper Canada via New York 1817-1819 by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy.