The pot of genealogy gold this week.
Blogs
New FamilySearch layout reveals many new online holdings by Chris Paton on The GENES Blog.
British History Online – a genealogy gem of a website by Linda Elliott on Mad About Genealogy.
How to Add Custom Facts to Family Tree Maker and How to Customize Facts in Family Tree Maker by Mary Ann Kelley on Collecting Cousins.
Can DNA Help You Strike Genealogy Gold? by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life.
DNA distinguishes French-Canadians from different regions of Quebec by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Which DNA Test Is Best Outside the US? by Leah Larkin on DNA Geek.
Farewell to Oxford Ancestors by Debbie Kennett on Cruwys news.
Articles
How to trace your Irish family history: a step-by-step guide by John Grenham, Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland.
Shocking interactive map shows how the Great Hunger changed Ireland by Frances Mulraney, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
Cape Breton genealogy centre one for the ages by Nancy King, Cape Breton Post, Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Family historians find their happy place at Surrey genealogy library by Tom Zillich, Surrey (British Columbia) Now-Leader.
Mysterious, forgotten suitcases hold the lost history of a P.E.I. family by Cody Mackay, CBC News, Prince Edward Island.
Only 19% of European synagogues still stand, post-WWII by Frank Jacobs, Big Think.
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.
