Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Alberta Ancestors: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Ontario Update by Sherri on CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Project.
Marriage Dispensations in the Catholic Church by Michael J. Leclerc on Genealogy Professor.
100 Years Ago, Maine’s Economy Was Powered by Immigrants by James Myall on Parlez-Vous American?
No Luck of the Irish 4 – Convicts by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.
What? An Archives Wants My Stuff and Londonderry to Quebec on the Dr. Kane in 1862 by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life.
Genealogy Building Blocks – Census by Linda Elliott on Mad About Genealogy.
Why Should You Add Historical Context To Your Writing? by Devon Noel Lee on Family History Fanatics.
Research Like a Pro Part 6: Write it Up by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
Are Family Histories in the Archives? You Bet They Are! by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist in the Archives.
“I Took a DNA Test. Now What?” by Mary Ann on Collecting Cousins.
Maine Irish Fundraise to bring DNA Tests to Galway by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Articles
How One Woman Brought the ‘Mother’s Curse’ to Canada by Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, Boston.
Sainte Famille Cemetery recognized as provincial heritage property for Acadian history by
Colin Chisholm, Hants Journal, Windsor, Nova Scotia.
Forgotten settlement for escaped slaves, a piece of Nova Scotia heritage by Sherri Borden Colley, CBC, Nova Scotia.
Finding family roots has never been easier, Chatham (Ontario) Voice.
Rare First World War photos, diary donated to archives, Sarnia (Ontario) This Week.
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