Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Quebec Adoption Records and Scotlands Places now Free by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.
Piper James Cleland Richardson, VC by Emily Monks-Leeson on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
The History of the Workhouse by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
GB1900 – Online Project – Great for Genealogists by Paul Milner on Paul Milner Genealogy.
Family History Month – Mapping It Out by Christine Woodcock on Scottish Genealogy Tips And Tidbits.
More than a 1000 books a week digitized for the FamilySearch Books Collection by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
How to Introduce Yourself at Genealogy Conferences by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Legacy News.
Articles
Quebec group pushes Ottawa to recognize former slave burial site by Morgan Lowrie, Canadian Press.
Chilliwack to commemorate Piper Richardson centennial by Jennifer Feinberg, Chilliwack (British Columbia) Progress.
Trove of historic documents heads to Vancouver Public Library by Jane Armstrong, CBC, British Columbia.
One of Canada’s first WW I casualties featured in Citadel Hill exhibit by Moira Donovan, CBC, Nova Scotia.
Ward family genealogy series to be launched by Wendy Elliot, Kings County Advertiser, Kentville, Nova Scotia.
More bodies found in forgotten cemetery by Bill Sawchuk, St. Catharines (Ontario) Standard.
Interest grows in family trees by Michael Lea, Kingston (Ontario) Whig-Standard.
Fact-Checking Family Folklore With DNA Tests by Cameron McWhirter, Wall Street Journal, New York, New York.
