Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
But I KNOW My Great Grandma’s Name! So Why Am I Stuck? by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy.
10 Ways to Avoid Common Genealogy Mistakes by Eileen A. Souza on Old Bones Genealogy.
What Does “Reasonably Exhaustive Research” Really Look Like? by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Original or Derivative Sources: What’s the Big Deal? by Diana Elder on The Family Locket Blog.
Step Eight: Friends, Neighbours and Acquaintances (FAN) by Barbara J. Starmans on Out of My Tree Genealogy.
The genealogist’s information world, where do you fit? by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
New Research Resource: The Maclean’s Archive Goes Online by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit.
Podcast
Acadian History-Part 2: Deportation hosted by Sandra Goodwin on Maple Stars and Stripes.
Articles
In 1711, Montreal was jittery as troops approached from New England. Then came a … miracle? by John Kalbfleisch, Montreal (Quebec) Gazette.
Canada: It all started in Port Royal by Lawrence Powell, Annapolis County (Nova Scotia) Spectator.
French history in North America – Acadia and the Maine Coast by Julianne L’Heureux, Portland (Maine) Press Herald.
Ryerson University Librarian looking the identity of a Canadian solider stationed in Eindhoven, Netherlands, during Second World War by Madeleine Lefebvre, City Centre Mirror (Toronto, Ontario).
The magnificent library at the heart of Anglo Quebec City: A surprising history of the Morrin Centre by Brian Bethune, Maclean’s magazine (Canada).
Nota Bene: If You ‘Discover’ Something in an Archive, It’s Not a Discovery by Suzanne Fischer, The Atlantic (Washington, DC).
GAil, Thank you for the mention this week.
Thank you for mentioning my in your blog.
That should be “me” not “my”