Sunday, August 4, 2024

Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 28 July to 3 August 2024

 Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for most daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

 Genealogy Quick Tip: Verify Every Source by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

*  How to Know if Your DNA Match is a Full or Half Cousin by Mercedes Brons on Who Are You Made Of?

*  Transferring Use by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

*  Chasing Counties:Use County Formation Maps by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy.

*  Hints of a family story from a will… by Teresa on Writing My Past.

*  The search for the Ancestry of Captain John Dominis, of Boston, and Hawaii by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on Nutfield Genealogy.

*  6 Steps to Finding Your Living Cousins by DiAnn Iamino Ohana on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  Dispelling the 1870 Brick Wall Myth: African American Ancestry Before the Federal Population Census by Shelley Viola Murphy on Family Tree Girl.

*  Genealogy Research in an Archives: Uncovering Your Ancestors’ Unique History by Denyse Allen on PA Ancestors.

*  Hidden Gem on FamilySearch – Genealogies at FamilySearch by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt.

*  Analysis of the new AI Summary at FamilySearch by Lisa S. Gorrell on My Trails Into the Past.

*  Bounty Land Applications vs. Bounty Land Warrants by Brian Rhinehart on CivilWarRecords.com.

*  AncestryDNA Traits: Learn About Your Personal Traits by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide.

*  Total Shared cMs Are Important, A Chromosome Browser Is More Important by Annette Kapple on AK's Genealogy Research.

*  Contribute "Oral History" With or Without Artifacts by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday’s Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

*  Friday Fossicking 2nd Aug 2024 by Crissouli on That Moment In Time.

*  This week’s crème de la crème — August 3, 2024 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add the blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I currently am reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.


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3 comments:

Marian B. Wood said...

Thanks so much for including my post in your "best of" listing! Have a good week.

Heather Wilkinson Rojo said...

Thank you for mentioning my blog post about Captain John Dominis of Trieste, Boston, and Hawaii. His story is still a mystery, but we're gathering clues and getting closer to learning the real story!

Teresa said...

Thanks for including my post in your round-up!!! Always an honour :)