Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Newfoundland and Labrador Ancestors: The Maritime History Archive Part 1 by Candice MacDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Finding Your Ancestors in Saskatchewan and Manitoba by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy.
Eastern Canada Update by Kate Ford on CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Update.
NYGB Society Organizes Response to the NYC Proposal on Restricting Access to Birth and Death Records by Ol Myrt on Myrt’s Musings.
How to Use a Surname Search to Sift Through DNA Results by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
DNA doesn’t lie! by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Inheritance of DNA Segments by Blaine Bettinger on The Genetic Genealogist.
Connecting Your DNA Matches by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life.
Suggestions from My Side of the Desk by Jenn Morrow on Archivist Jenn.
Stanley Clark Bagg’s Four Forgotten Daughters by Janice Hamilton on Writing Up the Ancestors.
Articles
How one man’s search for Quebec adoption records turned into a ‘wild goose chase’ by Leah Hendry, CBC, Montreal.
Finding Private Ryan: Portrait of soldier killed in WW I found in dump and 99 years after his death, portrait of Nfld. soldier found in dump returned to family by Geoff Bartlett, CBC, Newfoundland.
Remains of early Ottawa settlers buried again at Beechwood Cemetery by Andrew Foote, CBC, Ottawa.
‘It’s like they never existed’: Toronto monument will honour mistreated British Home Children by Mark Gollom, CBC, Toronto.
Barnardo’s black history in the words and pictures of long-forgotten children by Vanesse Thorpe, The Guardian, London, England.
Last plaque commemorates Marchmont Home by Brock Ormond, QuinteNews, Belleville, Ontario.
Plans unveiled for Irish commemoration site in Montreal by Matt Grillo, Montreal Gazette.
Vancouverites commemorate historic francophone village, CBC, British Columbia.
Surprising move in Louis Riel saga a big step for Métis by Jim Coyle, Toronto Star.
Skeletal remains found in Saint John may be connected to old TB hospital, say police by Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC, New Brunswick.
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