Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Finding “Unknown” Children in Findmypast Parish Records by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
A Beginner’s Guide to Online Canadian Historical Images by Andrea Eidenger on Unwritten Histories.
Creating a Reference Library for Irish Research by Donna Moughty on Donna’s Irish Genealogy Resources.
History of Ireland: a free 4-week online course by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
List of 64 Library Visits to Check out the Genealogy and History Sections — Most are in New England by Barbara Poole on Life From The Roots.
Organising my Evidence, 2018 by Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog.
Researching Family History in Hathi Trust by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
What’s Going on at Evernote and Why Genealogists Should Be Concerned by Thomas MacEntee on Abundant Genealogy.
No (DNA) Bullying by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
Canadian libraries and museums prepare for natural disasters, digital threats by Holly McKenzie-Sutter, Hamilton (Ontario) Spectator.
Defunct Winnipeg Tribune enters digital age by Ashley Prest, Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press.
Makeover at Whitehorse cemetery reveals hundreds of unexpected, unmarked graves by Dave Croft, CBC, Whitehorse, Yukon.
Living memorial set to be unveiled during Royal Military College’s reunion weekend by Michael Postovit, Global News, Kingston, Ontario.
Canadian family reunited with WWI medal found by snorkeler in Hawaii, CTV, Atlantic Canada.
The World Remembers display honours those killed in First World War by Laura Stone, Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario.
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.
What a fabulous list, Gail! I’ll put in a plug for FutureLearn’s free course on the History of Ireland through The Book of Kells. It should be marvellous and intriguing!!
Thanks so much for collating these bijoux for us – a very valuable resource!
Glad you enjoyed reading this group of blog posts as much as I did.