Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Halifax Municipal Archives: A Local History Research Centre by Susan McClure on Halifax Public Libraries Blog.
Finding Ancestors in Yukon Newspapers by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
BC-related Dictionaries by Risa Hatanaka on UBC Digitization Centre.
New: Ottawa Directories and Newspapers Online by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Summer Series – Introduction to Acadian History by Stephanie Pettigrew on Unwritten Histories.
Mapping Newspapers at Chronicling America by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy.
Why Genealogists Ought to Love Taxes by Sam Williams on Ancestral Anamnesis.
Using Google Earth to Find Old Properties by Jena Altman Hamilton on Geneosity.
5 Tips For Maximizing Use of the Internet Archives by Devon Noel Lee on Family History Fanatics.
Summer reading from the genealogy bookshelf by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Are You Ready to Research in Ireland? by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
Future Irish census will carry messages from the past by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Genealogy SMART Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Transcribing Genealogy Records Correctly Helps Find New Clues by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter.
Including context in Immigration stories by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.
Ancestry DNA testers please download your data by Jill Ball on GeniAus.
DNA Results – First Glances at Ethnicity and Matching! by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
MyHeritage enters the genetic health testing market by Debbie Kennett on Cruwys news.
Articles
Monument to British Home Children unveiled outside Pier 21, CBC by Shaina Luck, Nova Scotia.
‘He was the love of her life’: Lost WW II love letter makes its way home by Marilla Steuter-Martin, CBC, Montreal, Quebec.
Families seek ‘rightful’ owners of World War vet’s belongings found in Mississauga by Steve Cornwell, Mississauga News, Ontario.
Remains of 300 nuns to be exhumed from Waterdown convent cemetery by Katrina Clarke, Hamilton Spectator, 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 quick questions about your family history research.
Thank you for this week’s mention. The dog days of summer are a great time for some genealogical reading. 🙂