Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Free U.S. Database Searches the Text of 1.1 Million Russian Newspaper Pages by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
NY State Historical Newspapers Adds 15 Titles – December, 2025 and Using FamilySearch Full-Text Search for Newspapers & Periodicals by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Cataloguing Essex building plans on Essex Record Office Blog.
TheGenealogist: Free Trial and Expansion of Early Marriage Records Across England by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Have You Tried the Ancestry.com Member Tree Profile Advanced Search Feature Using the Genealogy Assistant Browser Extension? by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
Evaluating the FamilySearch AI Research Assistant by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
Book Review: “Ultimate Guide to Mastering FamilySearch” by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
Openings of award-winning family history articles by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Family History Writing: Telling Our Stories by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood.
Using AI as Your Genealogical Deed Abstracting Partner: A Case Study by Jill Leonard Nock on Family Locket.
Articles
‘We stand. We remember’: Belgian couple ‘adopts’ Saskatchewan soldier’s grave and connects with family by Olivia Grandy, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Saskatchewan.
Group mapping graves for future generations by Hattie McCann, BBC, Buckfastleigh, Devon, England.
Where Can I Find Jewish Genealogy Records? and MyHeritage DNA’s Theory of Family Relativity by Sunny Jane Morton, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Ancestry’s new AI feature narrates ancestors’ stories. But it won’t make ‘dead people dance.’ by J.D. Capelouto, Semafor Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.
For more gems like these throughout the week, join the Genealogy à la carte Facebook group. When you submit your request to join, you will be asked to answer two quick questions about your family history research.
