Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Merchant Marine Records on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Family.
Book Review: L’Emigration française by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog.
Cook County Illinois Vital Records Has Turned The Genealogical World Upside Down!; You Can NO LONGER SEARCH THE SITE For Ancestral Connections On Vital Records by Tony Kierna on Tony’s Genealogy Blog.
5 Steps to Improving Your Family History Experience and Reclaim the Records Files the Biggest Lawsuit Ever by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
What Do You Want to Know? 3 Steps to Focus Your DNA Research by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
DNA & A Question of Paternity: Part 6 – Statistically testing hypothetical relationships by Erin Hill-Burns on Genes & History.
Thirteen Good Reasons to Test Your Mitochondrial DNA by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Ancestry’s IPO Talk Shows How Consumer DNA Testing Has Matured by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Articles
Grave-robber unearths remains from 1800s in historic Newfoundland cemetery by Holly McKenzie-Sutter, Canadian Press, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Retirement project to find Canadian soldiers’ graves earns English couple Rideau Hall honours by Bruce Campion-Smith, Toronto Star, Ontario.
National Archives review begins as agency races to save ‘at risk’ records by Doug Dingwall, Canberra Times, Australia.
That tone-deaf Ancestry ad was playing on Canadian emotions about Americans by Jeff Beer, Fast Company, New York, New York.
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 quick questions about your family history research.