Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
The Irish in Upper Canada, 1819-1840 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Immigrant Ancestors: The Canadian Naturalization Records by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
A Surprising Source to Find Millions of Genealogy Websites by Amy Johnson Crow on Amy Johnson Crow.
How to Easily Move Your Family Tree From (or To) Ancestry, MyHeritage or FindMyPast by Kimberly Tucker on Family History Daily.
Deciphering place names just got easier by Lisa Louise Cooke on Genealogy Gems.
What do you want your One-Name Study to be? by Julie Goucher on Anglers Rest.
A Tale of Four DNA Tests by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.
Articles
Photo Detective: Dating Women’s Clothing by Maureen A. Taylor, Family Tree Magazine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lady Belle and Marie Rose: New book showcases pioneering Metis women in Alberta by Eric Volmers, Montreal Gazette.
Monument stands in memory of a toddler who died in the Argyle woods almost 200 years ago by Mary Riley, Peterborough (Ontario) This Week.
The remains of Ontario’s first parliament are buried and long forgotten in downtown Toronto. Now citizens are helping to tell its story by John Lorinc, Toronto Star.
Project to catalogue county’s WW1 fallen, Motherwell Times, London, England.
Who were my parents – and why was I left on a hillside to die? by Claire Bates, BBC, London, England.
Siblings Can Have Surprisingly Different DNA Ancestry. Here’s Why, by Nicole Wetsman, National Geographic, Washington, DC.
5 Years After the Unmarked Graves of 1,000 Enslaved People Were Uncovered Near a Shell Refinery, Descendants Will Be Able to Pay Their Respects by Breanna Edwards, The Root, United States.
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.
