Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Where are the Archives? by Candice Mcdonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
BC Historical Newspapers Update- 2017 by Liz Otero on UBC Library Digitization Centre Blog.
Canada’s Secret Archives by Dennis Molinaro on Active History.
Stanley Mission’s Holy Trinity Church still inspires awe by Bill Waiser on Bill Waiser.
Forgotten Casualties: Canada’s Spanish Influenza Epidemic on Canadian Centre for the Great War.
The Next Step After Griffith’s Valuation by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life.
Irish Historic Towns Atlas: full digital series now online by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Sanborn online at LOC by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Massive database reveals priceless information on rebels of the Russian Revolution by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukranian Family.
Restricted Records — A Word to the Wise by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
How a visit to the Society of Genealogists sparked a surprise interest in my family history by Liz on London Life with Liz.
How to Write Family History More Powerfully: Tips from a Master Storyteller by Lisa Louise Cooke on Genealogy Gems.
Heirloom Hunt – Family History Activity for Kids and Grandparents by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.
Reflections on Identity and DNA testing, 2017 by Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog.
With all due respect by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Articles
Black Rock memorial park: Montreal’s Irish community feels betrayed by Marian Scott, Montreal Gazette.
Uncovering Canadian slavery by Jon Tattrie, Chronicle Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Champlain saw potential in Montreal’s site by John Kalbfleisch, Montreal Gazette.
The Story of Toronto’s First Jewish Congregation by Erin Sylvester, Torontoist.
Milton church with Underground Railroad ties celebrates 175th anniversary by Melanie Hennessey, Milton (Ontario) Canadian Champion.
Lost remains of real-life Tess of the D’Urbervilles who inspired Thomas Hardy’s tragic heroine ‘should be identified using DNA so she can be given a fitting burial’ by Nick Enoch, Daily Mail, London, England.