Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Trying Out Ancestry.com’s New Document Transcription Tool by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
First Impressions: Family Tree Maker 2024 (FTM 2024) by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.
8 Ways to Find Your Ancestor’s Emigration Date by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Finding Amelia Small in FamilySearch Full-Text Search by Dr. Margaret M. McMahon on a Week of Genealogy.
Don’t Miss the 2025 National Archives’ Genealogy Series by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History.
Verifying the parents of Elizabeth Beake…Part 2 by Teresa Basińska Eckford on Writing my past.
Mother’s Day and Legacies by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
5 Questions to Ask Your Mom (or Ask About Her) This Mother’s Day by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family.
If I Could Do It Over: Oral History by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
Photos That Tell Half the Story: Discovering Family Beyond Blood and Marriage by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.
The Miller of Moneymore by Janice Hamilton on Genealogy Ensemble.
Ancestry Discovers Pope Leo XIV’s Sicilian Roots on Ancestry Blog.
Pope Leo’s European Grandparents: The Mystery Solved by Sean Daly on Geneanet Blog.
Article
How to Preserve Your Family History Like an Archivist by Nisa Khan, KQED, San Francisco, California.
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