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Genealogy and Family History Blogs and Newsletters Published this Week

Anne’s Family History

Mightier Acorns

Lori Olson White

Alicia M Prater

Emma - Journeys into Genealogy

Cynthia Boatright Raleigh

Dr. Mary M. Marshall

Diane the FH Bowerbird

Helene @ Letters…

A Special Thank You to J.D. Murgolo for asking me about my inherited research records. If you get the chance, check out his podcast. He’s making a difference for family historians who hold keepsakes close to their hearts.

Keepsake Chronicles

Robins Documents

There’s something sacred about old paper…

2 months ago · J.D. Murgolo

Mightier Acorns

The Progressive Doctor Putnam

Carolyn Elizabeth "Carrie" Putnam was the daughter of George C Putnam (1835-1873) and Elizabeth Ann Force (1836-1918), born in Jan 1857. She grew up in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, until her father moved the family to Brownstown, Wayne County, Michigan, to start a new business around 1870. George died in 1873, and by 1875, Elizabeth had returned …

2 months ago · 4 likes · 3 comments · Mightier Acorns

Mightier Acorns

Devout: Were Our Ancestors "Godly"?

Stop and think before you read on…

2 months ago · 3 likes · Mightier Acorns

Journeys into Genealogy

Hackney Mosaics and much more

I have been a subscriber to The Gentle Author of Spitalfields Life for several years. Most days I receive an anonymous email with interesting historical and sometimes contemporary goings on around Spitalfields, Hackney and the East End of London, generally with some interesting photographs within it…

2 months ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Emma - Journeys into Genealogy

Emma’s Substack

Dorothy Isabel Cattley - my paternal great grandmother

I never met my great grandmother Dorothy as she died before my father was born. I have heard stories about her and have several photos and even some newspaper clippings about her…

2 months ago · 5 likes · Emma - Journeys into Genealogy

The Chiddicks Observer 10th Edition

It's the beginning of another fantastic Family History Week, everyone! What exciting research plans do you have lined up? Even better, are you currently working on any new and exciting writing projects? If so, I'd love to hear all about them—feel free to share…

2 months ago · 9 likes · 5 comments · Paul Chiddicks

BJNL's Genealogy

Eliza Kirk - Workhouse Inmate to Lighthouse Keeper

Eliza Kirk (abt. 1828 - 1887) was about three and a half years old when her father, James Kirk, was arrested and convicted of sheep stealing on 28 February 1832 and her mother, Elizabeth (née King) was left to fend for herself and provide for Eliza and her four siblings. The children's ages ranged from about one and a half years old to twelve years…

2 months ago · 2 likes · 4 comments · Jane Chapman

From Research to Novel

Bringing Historical Writing to Life with Social History

Family history is more than names and dates—it's about understanding the lives your ancestors lived. These details may feel challenging to find or simply lost in the passage of time. By learning social history, you can better understand the world they lived in, which will make it eaiser to creatue a backdrop to their life history. A better understanding of social history will provide the context needed to make both historical and family history stories richer and more meaningful…

2 months ago · Aryn Youngless

Genealogy by Aryn

Graveyard Gossip: May

In 1939, Raymond Chandler published, The Maltese Falcon, and introduced Philip Marlowe to the world. Seven books, and I don’t know how many movie adaptations, later, the name has been seared into the…

2 months ago · 6 likes · Aryn Youngless

Beaubassin 1678: Part 3- Plough Mud

In the winter of 1688 my Morin ancestors were expelled from their village of Beaubassin, Nova Scotia. They walked into the wilderness taking only what they could carry. The exile of the Morins is an Acadian legend. But to know why they were …

2 months ago · 10 likes · 5 comments

Chronicle Makers

I finally tackled my genealogy paper pile—here’s how I used AI

Welcome back to Chronicle Makers, where we turn genealogy facts into engaging stories. In this post, I show you how I organized my piles of genealogy research and used AI to better understand the records I found…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 1 comment · Denyse Allen

Chronicle Makers

The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Perplexity AI for Family History

Welcome back to Chronicle Makers, where we turn genealogy facts into engaging stories. In this post, we are going use AI to find historical context for our stories…

2 months ago · 15 likes · 9 comments · Denyse Allen

The Children of Three Ephraims in Colchester, Connecticut

I love the Barbour Collection.* Connecticut’s pre-1870 vital records are transcribed and alphabetized so beautifully. I can’t say enough about…

2 months ago · 3 likes · 1 comment · Alicia M Prater

Family History with Bill Moore

My Moore Family in America - Part 4

“Twas the night before Christmas….” I’m sure we all can finish that line. “A Visit from St. Nicholas” was an important part of the Christmas holiday when I was a child. But finding out that Clement Clarke Moore is my 4th cousin, 8 times removed, makes it even more special to me now…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 6 comments · Bill Moore

The Lost & Found Story Box

The Epic Canoe Journey of George W. Gardner: PART 5

2 months ago · 12 likes · 10 comments · Lori Olson White

Culinary History is Family History

May the relish be with you

Release date: May 2, 2025…

2 months ago · 9 likes · 4 comments · Lori Olson White

DearMYRTLE's Village Square

Substack for Blogging & More

Our friend & colleague Daniel Loftus shared insights in a webinar that luckily is recorded at Legacy Family Tree Webinars…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 6 comments · DearMYRTLE

DearMYRTLE's Village Square

How Much Should We Tell?

Every family endures painful experiences. Some more than others. There’s poverty, illegitimacy, bigamy, rum running, religious persecution, racial profiling. Sadly, the list goes on…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 13 comments · DearMYRTLE

DearMYRTLE's Village Square

The Louisiana Purchase

Archivist Adam Brennan reminds us that 30 April is the anniversary of the signing of the Louisiana Purchase Treaty signed in 1803…

2 months ago · 5 likes · DearMYRTLE

The dead speak in stone

I hear dead people…

2 months ago · 16 likes · 20 comments · David Shaw

Genealogy Storytelling

That Little Oven...

I am frequently inspired by Lori Olsen White’s posts, one of which was A Family History in Biscuits. It got me thinking about the Kenmore Auto Oven, a small countertop oven, that both my mom and grandmother had when I was a child. I still have one of them…

2 months ago · 14 likes · 12 comments · Cynthia Boatright Raleigh

Family History Bowerbird

My Sixteen – George Chambers

George Chambers was the last of my Orcadian ancestors, born on Orkney, a group of over 70 islands northeast of Scotland…

2 months ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · Diane the FH Bowerbird

Tracking Down The Family

Sunday Snippets 27 April 2025

Time for another in my occasional Sunday Snippets series. This is where I share what’s been happening in my world of genealogy. I’ve had a very busy week, deep diving into research, writing blog posts and reading some of the amazing family history stories that are published on Substack…

2 months ago · 14 likes · 3 comments · Jennifer Jones

Tracking Down The Family

X: Extreme Opposition to the Scheme

The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is an annual challenge put out to bloggers, to publish a post from A-Z, every day in April, except for Sundays. April 1 is A, April 2 is B……….and so on throughout the month. Participants can post on a chosen theme or publish random posts with no theme at all…

2 months ago · 10 likes · 2 comments · Jennifer Jones

Tracking Down The Family

Y: Young Orphan Girls - AtoZ Challenge

The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is an annual challenge put out to bloggers, to publish a post from A-Z, every day in April, except for Sundays. April 1 is A, April 2 is B……….and so on throughout the month. Participants can post on a chosen theme or publish random posts with no theme at all…

2 months ago · 6 likes · 1 comment · Jennifer Jones

Tracking Down The Family

Z: The End of the Challenge - The End of the Scheme - AtoZ Challenge

The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is an annual challenge put out to bloggers, to publish a post from A-Z, every day in April, except for Sundays. April 1 is A, April 2 is B……….and so on throughout the month. Participants can post on a chosen theme or publish random posts with no theme at all…

2 months ago · 8 likes · 6 comments · Jennifer Jones

Tracking Down The Family

A to Z Challenge Reflections 2025

The Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is an annual challenge put out to bloggers, to publish a post from A-Z, every day in April, except for Sundays. April 1 is A, April 2 is B……….and so on throughout the month. Participants can post on a chosen theme or publish random posts with no theme at all…

2 months ago · 5 likes · Jennifer Jones

Tracking Down The Family

My A to Z Challenge Themes Through the Years

After the completion of the A-Z April Blogging Challenge this week, my friend Pauleen , who also participated in the A To Z Challenge, published a post about her A to Z Themes to Date. I thought his was a great idea and an opportunity to reflect on the many themes I’ve had for this challenge, throughout the years, over four blogs…

2 months ago · 3 likes · Jennifer Jones

Tracking Down The Family

Thomas Waters - Destructive Fire at Kyneton, Victoria, Australia

My great great grandparents Thomas WATERS and Anne COCK were living in Kyneton, with their five small children, when in June 1865, their house caught fire, and they lost all of their belongings. At the time, with their growing family, they were struggling to make ends meet…

2 months ago · 2 likes · Jennifer Jones

Anne’s Family History

My fifth cousin twice removed Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny (1907-1952), eighth of the Champion de Crespigny baronets, was married three times, the first and third time to the same person, Barbara “Helen” Rendel Dobb (1905-1991…

2 months ago · 5 likes · 9 comments · Anne’s Family History

Anne’s Family History

Y is for Yakumo Koizumi

RootsTech, if you haven’t heard of it, is a family history and technology conference and trade show held each year in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is organized by FamilySearch, part of the Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

2 months ago · 6 likes · 2 comments · Anne’s Family History

Anne’s Family History

Z is for Zachary

My sixth great uncle Zachary Philip Fonnereau (1706 – 1778) was the sixth of the ten children of a wealthy linen merchant named Claude Fonnereau (1677 – 1740) and his wife Elizabeth Fonnereau née Bureau (1670 – 1735). Both Claude and Elizabeth were Huguenot refugees. Born in La Rochelle, they had came to England as children. Claude and Elizabeth were ma…

2 months ago · 3 likes · 7 comments · Anne’s Family History

Anne’s Family History

A to Z 2025 reflections

The A to Z Blogging Challenge is a friendly annual blogging event. Participants post every day of April except Sundays: 26 times, with a contribution for every letter of the alphabet…

2 months ago · 4 likes · Anne’s Family History

Letters from LaBelle

A young scholar, ‘fallback farmer’, and “a dear, dear man”

#151 Postmark December 5, 1964 Addressed Mrs. Douglas Green, East Lansing, MI…

2 months ago · 1 like · Helene @ Letters…

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Genealogy and Family History Videos Published this Week

Genealogy and Family History Podcasts Published This Week

Emma - Journeys into Genealogy

Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 23 to 29 April 2025
Randy Seaver

The Daily Century: 29 Apr 1925 Wed
Jodi Kiffmeyer

I Couldn't Believe My New Found Luck
Ollie - if Only i

Another Elizabeth Maybin? A Genealogical Journey Through Union County, South Carolina
Genealogy Just Ask - Robin

Charles Edward Gallagher Q156203 Sig
Jean Hay

The legend of how the Warroad Warriors got their name
Jill Swenson

The Tragic Life of "Sister" in the Backwoods
Jeannette Holland Austin

The Call Came at 6 p.m.
Annette Gendler

R is for Reflections
X-Factored - family stories

A Chance Encounter & Connection
Crystal Lorimor

Adlaide “Annie” Thompson Sisco Jarvis, 1853 - 1944
Carol

Correction Alert for May 2025 Newsletter
Tyler Loiselle

April 2025 Encyclical
The Genealogian

Stories from the Battlefield
Jennifer Holik

Emma #174: July 1941
Linda Hoopes

Thomas Chubb and the 19th-Century Convict Gender Divide: Part 1
Courtney

BEYOND THE PEN.
Carole McCulloch

THE QUILT, FAMILY REUNIONS AND OTHER LINKS
Susan Austin

The firmness of his wife...
Cath Giesbrecht

Indiana Federal Census Agricultural Schedules
Deborah Sweeney

A Mob, A Woman, & A Baby
Kailey G

The Brotherhood of Free Gardeners
Alison Baxter

Problem-Solving, Married But Separate, File Formats, High School Sweaters, Actual Newspapers, Ground Level Pictures, Tricks and Address Sortings
Genealogy Tip of the Day

Poetry About Ancestors' Jobs
Linda Goin

The unemployed grocer and a lady solicitor
Dr Nell Darby

Buried Treasure in Store Ledgers
Nicole Palsa

Mavis L. Wallace 1924-1934 School Years 2025-3
Tammy's Genealogy Treehouse

29. A Woman With A Past
Geoffrey Marx

Love, war, and legacy: The enduring bond of Dorothy and Jim Salter
Tiffini Theisen

Jerome Caminada's first night on the beat
Dean Kirby

Adventures in historic artificial intelligence
ScottH

Shifting My Perspective on Martin Kelly
MelRootsNWrites

Genealogy news + 180 new genealogy events to May 4, 2025
ConferenceKeeper by Tami Mize

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Lori Olson White

What a great variety of stories and storytellers again this week - so much fun to watch this wonderful community grow. Thanks for the shout outs, @Robin 🤩

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Deborah Sweeney

Thank you for sharing!

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