Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
A Challenge: 1861 Census of Canada – Agricultural Schedule by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Maximize Your Searching with the New France Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Prairie Promises – Digitized Postcards by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy.
Canadian WW2 Servicewomen Deaths and In charge of the world’s third largest national library by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Explore online digital collections with an Ontario focus on OurDigitalWorld.
Free Websites for Finding Amsterdam Ancestors by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Hats off to Internet Archive by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
How to Find Family History on YouTube in 5 Steps by Lisa Louise Cooke on Genealogy Gems.
Genealogy learning in the time of coronavirus by Jennifer Dix on California Genealogical Society Blog.
When Life Gives You Lemons: Genealogy Activities for Coronavirus Quarantine by Rachel Popma on Legacy Tree Genealogists.
20 Homeschool Genealogy Ideas on BillionGraves Blog.
‘Decidedly Frosty’ by Judith Lucey on Vita Brevis.
The Shared cM Project Version 4 Released by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
How a Saskatchewan Family Dealt with the Pandemic of 1918 by Adrian Paton, Folklore Magazine (Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Ancaster’s White Brick church and cemetery vandalized, 17 headstones damaged by John Rennison, Hamilton Spectator, Ontario.
Money was scarce and times were tough in P.E.I.’s Bygone Days by Reginald Thompson, CBC, Prince Edward Island.
The tragic story of Africville, a thriving black Canadian settlement that was bulldozed by Mildred Europa Taylor, Face2FaceAfrica, New York, New York.
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.
