Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Voyageurs performed superhuman feats of endurance by Bill Waiser on Bill Waiser.
Religious Records Part 4- Quebec and Ontario by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Railway lines and trains for the Battle of Vimy Ridge by Margaret Dougherty on My Family History.
The Battle of Vimy Ridge—preparations by Dr. George Hay on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
Day 1 Who Do You Think You Are by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy.
Genealogy in France: How to Research French Ancestry by Kimberly Powell on Thoughtco.
LAC’s DigiLab Opens by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
It’s Time to Meet Your Civil War Soldier by Cindy Freed on The In-Depth Genealogist.
The Old Find A Grave to Live On? on Ancestry Insider.
Articles
Meet the grave hunters: British retirees battle overgrown cemeteries to find long-lost Canadian war dead by Joe O’Connor, National Post, Toronto.
How to research your personal connection to Vimy Ridge by Josh Dehaas, CTV, Toronto.
How students in Smith Falls, Ontario, are bringing First World War soldiers’ stories to life by Roy MacGregor, Globe and Mail, Toronto.
Here are the 71 names of Peterborough and area soldiers that are listed on the Vimy Memorial, Peterborough (Ontario) This Week.
The forgotten man behind the unforgettable Vimy memorial by Donovan Vincent, OurLondon.ca, Ontario.
Commander’s journals capture ‘momentous’ day for Canadians on Vimy Ridge by Carolyn Dunn, CBC, Calgary, Alberta. (Read Vol. 3, digital pages 81 and 82 for entries about the battle at Vimy.)
Thank you Gail for including my post, “It’s Time to Meet Your Civil War Soldier,” in Crème de la Crème. It is an honor and I’m appreciative!