Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
1851 and 1871 Canadian Census Non-Population Schedules and My Farming Families in 1871 Quebec – The John Deans by Anna Matthews on Tripping Over My Roots.
How Do You Find Your Ancestors in the Boston Cemeteries? by Barbara Poole on Life From The Roots.
FamilySearch Wiki – a valuable genealogy tool by Linda Elliott on Mad About Genealogy.
New At FamilySearch by Margaret M. McMahon on A Week of Genealogy.
And another thing… by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Using ArchiveGrid for Your Genealogy by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
Book Review: Manorial Records for Family Historians by Geoffrey Barber by Paul Milner on Paul Milner Genealogy.
Book Review: Children’s Homes and Library and Archives Canada Departmental Plan 2018-19 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Olive Tree Genealogy — How One Woman’s Passion Has Given Family Historians Free Resources for Researching Their Family Trees by Kristine Crane on BadCredit Blog.
How to Preserve and Test Old Letters for Grandma’s DNA by Denise May Levenick on The Family Curator.
DNA Basics: Mitochondrial DNA by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Articles
Forgotten deceased mental health patients memorialized at newly named Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital Cemetery by Megan O’Toole, National Post, Toronto, Ontario
94-year-old Niagara woman meets half-brother for 1st time by Scott Rosts, Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ontario) Advance.
His father brought hundreds of Jewish tailors to Canada – now he’s stitching together their stories by Ryan Patrick Jones, CBC, Toronto, Ontario.
UBC Library acquires rare letters written by young Japanese Canadians during World War II by Michelle Blackwell, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Edmonton’s new historian laureate wants your grandmother’s shopping list by Natasha Riebe, CBC, Edmonton, Alberta.
How DNA experts can identify Tuam babies: the full story by Kevin O’Sullivan, Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland.
The Great Famine Voices Roadshow breaking the silence over the Irish famine by Cahir O’Doherty, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
LDS Church helps preserve genealogy in Africa by Lauren Malner, Daily Universe, Provo, Utah.
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.
