This week’s crème de la crème — May 26, 2018

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.

Blogs
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — PANB by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

Explore Open Collections: Greater Vancouver Maps by Paula Arasaki on UBC Digitization Centre.

How to Search for Huguenot Ancestors in France by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble.

Are you using maps in your Irish research? by Donna M. Moughty on Donna’s Irish Genealogy Resources.

FamilySearch Communities by Debbie Mieszala on The Advancing Genealogist.

Am I Researching the Wrong Person? Research Objectives Can Help by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.

Why You Should Stop Your Research and Reexamine Every Single Genealogy Record You Have by Barb Bauer on Family History Daily

Why a Genealogy Lookup Request Might Not Pan Out by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy.

Why You Should Look for Archives in Museums by Melissa Barker on Genealogy Gems.

Finding Relatives in Your Ancestral Hometown’s Cemetery by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree.

Writing Postcards: A Lost Art in Need of Revival by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.

Enough with the GDPR! by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.

Genealogy and DNA casualties of GDPR – farewell to World Families Network, Ysearch and Mitosearch and Updates to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy at GEDmatch by Debbie Kennett on Cruwys news.

Articles
Parliament to decide whether to honour MP, also a lieutenant-colonel, who killed himself in First World War by Laura Stone, Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario.

Montreal WW II hero, largely unknown at home, honoured as Dutch town’s saviour by Laura Marchand, CBC, Montreal, Quebec.

Digitization project preserves local history by Luke Edwards, Grimsby (Ontario) Lincoln News.

‘I finally look like someone’: DNA test leads woman to ‘famous’ hockey player dad by Pam Douglas, Brampton (Ontario) Guardian.

‘It’s just astounding’: Genetic genealogy credited with helping solve cold cases, CBC, British Columbia.

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.