Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Wills and Administrations in Ireland Prior to 1858 by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
New address for IWM’s Lives of the First World War by Chris Paton on The GENES Blog.
548 Volumes of U.S. Navy Muster Rolls now digitized by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Roots.
Paging through the Town of Boston’s Tax Records by J.L. Bell on Boston 1775.
Genealogical research of Vermont ancestors is getting easier by Christine Blythe on Empty Nest Genealogy.
Ancestry.com quietly adds incredible WWII database by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
Duplicate Birth Records – Different Names, Different Information, Same Person by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy.
Family History and Getting Things Done by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
Resources for Learning About Genetic Genealogy by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.
MyHeritage Updates Theories of Family Relativity by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
Tracing ancestors through the archives by Luke Hendry, The Intelligencer, Belleville, Ontario.
Leland Currie compiles P.E.I. family records in new book by Carolyn Drake, Journal Pioneer, Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
Initiative to honour Indigenous veterans with new grave markers and their traditional names by Jessica Deer, CBC, Canada.
UVa begins project to identify, contact descendants of slaves by Ruth Serven Smith, Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Ukraine’s Soviet archives are opening up – and changing memory politics by
Grigory Pyrlik, OpenDemocracy, United Kingdom.
Kate Winslet reveals her mother urged her to contact Who Do You Think You Are? as she lay dying by Andy Halls, The Sun, London, England.
After A DNA Surprise: 10 Things No One Wants to Hear by B.K. Jackson, Severance Magazine, United States.
What Does the Future Hold for Investigative Genealogy by Carol Bingham and Tara Luther, The ISHI Report, Promega, Madison, Wisconsin.
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.
