This week’s crème de la crème — August 4, 2018

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.

Blogs
Canada’s Newspaper Heritage at LAC on Library and Archives Canada Blog.

Showing Library and Archives Canada the way and Book: The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.

Annuaire de Ville Marie – Montreal’s Beginnings by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.

GRO’s online civil bmd registers: latest on progress by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.

Book Review: Lost Lives, New Voices: Unlocking the stories of the Scottish Soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650 by Paul Milner on Paul Milner Genealogy.

P is for Polaroid. L is for Lost. by Maureen Taylor on Maureen Taylor The Photo Detective.

Artwork & Memorabilia: Five Steps to Turn “The Pile” into Precious Memories by Laura Woolsey on The Photo Organizers.

IT’S ALL THERE IN BLACK & WHITE Sorry, still doesn’t mean it’s true by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life.

When your family tree comes instantly – thinking about genealogy television shows by Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog.

Articles
Too hot? In 1858 a heatwave turned London into a stinking sewer by Judith Burns, BBC, London, England.

Hundreds of newly digitized Oakville Beaver issues offer window to the past, Oakville (Ontario) Beaver.

Finding Freddy Lee: search continues for Chinese-Canadian WW1 veteran from Kamloops by Adam Donnelly, CFJC Today, Kamloops, British Columbia.

Archeologists dig up more than 350 years of history near Quebec City by Angelica Montgomery, CBC, Montreal, Quebec.

Grant backs project to digitally preserve slave deeds across North Carolina by Molly Horak, Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen Times.

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.