Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
A cautionary tale… by Teresa Basińska Eckford on Writing my past.
Relocation of Calgary’s Glenbow Archives by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy.
Top 5 topics addressed by our Reference Archivists by Rebecca Murray on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
Digital memorials for all veterans in US national cemeteries by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
2019 List of Church of Ireland parish registers published by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Queensland, Australia Government Historical Dataset Indices are now Available Online by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Dutch Genealogy News for August 2019 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Where To Find Free Online Historical Maps by Lisa Lisson on Are You My Cousin?
Streamlining Your Family History with Family Tree Lite by Leslie Albrecht Huber on FamilySearch Blog.
Men’s workwear over the last 100 years by Chris Paton on The GENES Blog.
Describing Family Dynamics by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.
Genealogy Research Planning with DNA by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.
Articles
Telling a story that has been mostly untold by Tom Morrison, Windsor Star, Ontario.
Black Loyalist descendants from Sierra Leone return to their Birchtown roots by Kathy Johnson, Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dalhousie University apologizes for historical ties to racism, slavery by Taryn Grant, Toronto Star, Ontario.
Justin Bieber Found Out Ryan Gosling & Avril Lavigne Are His Distant Cousins & He’s Thrilled by Daffany Chan, Elite Daily, New York, New York.
Who left the dolls at little girl’s grave? by Gord Howard, The Standard, St. Catharines, Ontario.
After a long journey, Quebec soldier’s Second World War backpack returns home for good, CBC, Montreal, Quebec.
A digital family tree grows in Boston by Alison Kuznitz, Boston Globe, Massachusetts.
Here are the Mayflower 400th anniversary events that can be streamed live and how you can watch them by Christopher Gavin, Boston.com, Massachusetts.
Who Do I Think I Am? Family trees aren’t just for aristos and celebs — they’re a thrilling tribute to our past by Ellen E. Jones, Evening Standard, London, England.
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.
Thanks for the mention 🙂
As ever, thank you for the round up – my favourite part of a weekend morning (along with coffee).