This week’s crème de la crème — October 12, 2019

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. (Not a turkey in the bunch.)

Blogs
WWII Honours & Awards Indexed on Library and Archives Website and Why I Follow Genealogy News Bloggers by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life.

French Canadian and Acadian Research on migrations.fr by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.

“The most stupid reports and slanders”: The Repatriation Crusade in 1889 by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past.

Explore Open Collections: History of Nursing in Pacific Canada: Part 1 by Margot Chen on UBC Digitizers’ Blog.

Voici Voilà and Ancestry.ca Thanksgiving by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.

Report: The Latest Online Release of Military Service Pension Files by John Dorney on The Irish Story.

Day 5 – The National Archives of Ireland by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.

Accessing digital books online for genealogical research by Linda Sufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

Five places to find out-of-copyright books from the Netherlands by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.

How genealogists can use newspapers by Emily Potter on Library and Archives Canada Blog.

Hey, Find A Grave… and The history in the news by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.

Setting Up The Family Archives by Ann C. Gilchrest on Renaissance Ann.

Preserving Your Ancestor’s War Letters and V-Mail by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist In The Archives.

DNAPainter: Ancestral Trees and Lineage Societies: Requirements and DNA by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.

Articles
Help wanted to identify people, places in these old Halifax photos, CBC, Nova Scotia.

Holyrood veteran’s grave captivates St. John’s woman who wants to restore it by Barb Sweet, Western Star, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Artifacts hidden in wall turns up local woman’s 366-year family history by Kim Champion, Newmarket Today, Ontario.

From ‘waifs’ to ‘nation-builders:’ Collingwood pays tribute to British Home Children by Erika Engel, Collingwood Today, Ontario.

More remains given final resting place, 2 centuries later, CBC, Ottawa, Ontario.

19th-century funeral held for remains found beneath parking lot by Kimberley Molina, CBC, Ottawa, Ontario.

Digitized letters explore life at residential school by James Hopkin , Soo Today, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Veteran flies across Canada to return a war medal to a Guelph stranger by Anam Khan, Guelph Today, 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.

Happy Thanksgiving!