Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Focus on an Archive: Lindsay Public Library Reference Section by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Ontario Update by Sherri on CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Project.
Kingston Trip – Part II: Discoveries by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.
Finding Your Ancestors in Canada – the Maritimes by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy.
City Directories at BAnQ and the short life of Norman Parker Smith by Anna Matthews on Tripping Over My Roots.
Have you Used Lewis’s Topographical Dictionaries by Jenny Joyce on The In-Depth Genealogist.
Family History Palaeography & Latin Online Free Course by Linda Elliott on Mad About Genealogy.
How to Find Images Online for Family History: Free Video Tutorials by Lisa Louise Cooke on Genealogy Gems.
Fraternally yours by Rhonda McClure on Vita Brevis.
August 2017 Update to the Shared cM Project by Blaine Bettinger on The Genetic Genealogist.
Podcast
The Drouin Institute’s Lafrance Database and the PRDH by Sandra Goodwin on Maple Stars and Stripes.
Articles
Once Upon A City: Poor house helped Toronto’s destitute by Janice Bradbeer, Toronto Star.
Hants’ Faces Friday — John Wilson by Colin Chisholm, Hants (Ontario) Journal.
United Empire Loyalists keep history alive at Ancaster’s Cooley-Hatt pioneer cemetery by Kevin Werner, Amherst (Ontario) News.
Relocating Sarnia’s early cemetery dead was a grim undertaking by Randy Evans and Gary Shrumm, Sarnia (Ontario) Journal.
New tombstone marks 1914 grave by Kevin Hampson, Daily Herald-Tribune, Grande Prairie, Alberta.
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 questions about your family history research.
