Monday Recap for September 23, 2013
Start your week off right with these interesting genealogy and family history articles!
The Genealogy Sphere
- DNA Stories: Did She Marry Her Cousin? (The Huffington Post) – Genealogist Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak shares how she used DNA testing to tackle her own family history
- Clues in Cookbooks (Genealogy Tip of the Day) – Great tip to look into the cookbooks of your ancestors for clues
- Tombstone’s origin a cold case mystery that’s finally solved (The Daily News) – After years of searching, a retired police officer returns a tombstone to its grave thanks to some help from Find-A-Grave
- Reading between the lines (The Legal Genealogist blog) – Judy G. Russell takes an indepth look at what a single court document can tell us
- 12 Ways to Find Your Ancestor’s Address (The Ancestor Hunt) – Great tips on what sources can reveal where your ancestors lived
- Overseas adoptions rise – for black American children (CNN) – An interesting trend shows the rise of U.S. children being adopted abroad
On Geni
- Monday Recap for September 16, 2013 – Last week’s recap
- Honoring the Past: Jewelry and Your Family Tree – Check out some creative ways to showcase your family history
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