Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
235 Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collection Links from Canada by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
King’s and Queen’s Counsel appointments in Canada by Rebecca Murray on Library and Archives of Canada Blog.
Milestones for NEHGS collection of RC records (Boston) by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
3 Underused Resources for Finding Eastern European Ancestors by Lisa Alzo on Legacy News.
Finding an Ancestor in Upper Canada (Ontario) pre 1871 – part 1 of 3 and part 2 of 3 by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy.
Desperately Seeking: Locating Lost Family in Newspaper Advertisements by Sue McNelly on KindredPast.
Masonic Records in the Archives and Preserving Old Family Letters by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist In The Archives.
Finding Family Histories in the Archives by Cheri Hudson Passey on The In-Depth Genealogist.
The Sad Archives Municipales of Epinal by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog.
Five Reasons to Join a Lineage Society by Sam Williams on Ancestral Anamnesis.
Imported gravestones from Massachusetts in Atlantic Canada & examples from Cambridge (One common skull, continued) by Robyn Lacy on Spade & the Grave.
Looking Back at Microfilm, and Ahead to Online by Larry Naukam on The In-Depth Genealogist.
How Many of These 5 Gifts Does Genealogy Research Give You? by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree.
Research Like a Pro with DNA by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
The Glass Is More Than Half Full—2018 Version by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Articles
Genealogy: How to date old letters, memorabilia by Tamie Dehler, Tribune Star, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Vancouver Island University to give archives a thoroughly modern update by Richard Watts, Times Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia.
Esquimalt archivist honoured by BC Museum Association by Kristyn Anthony, Sooke News Mirror, Sooke, British Columbia.
Irish Landmark in Montreal in Danger by Mary Gallagher, Irish America, New York, New York.
The Record’s visual history kept alive in digital archive by Terry Pender, The Record, Waterloo, Ontario.
State Archives gets $125K grant from US to conserve records, Associated Press, Albany, New York.
Long after they died, military sees surge in identifications by Scott McFetridge, MSN, United States.
Ancestry.com Is In Cahoots With Public Records Agencies, A Group Suspects by Katie Notopoulos, BuzzFeed News, New York, New York.
Epitaphs for first world war fallen offer glimpse of unprecedented loss, The Guardian, London, England.
Site of Tuam mother-and-baby home to be excavated by Teresa Mannion and Joe Little, RTÉ, Dublin, Ireland.
National library makes its data publicly available by Heledd Pritchard, Luxembourg Times, Luxembourg.
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