Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Resources I’ve Used to Fill In the Story of My French Canadian Family by Annette on AK’S Genealogy Research.
Researching Quebec Loyalists at the BAnQ by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble.
Solving The Mysterious Disappearance of My Québécois Grandfather by Michael Dyer on Family Sleuther.
Poorhouses by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Lisgar Collegiate Institute Yearbooks and Society of Genealogists Newsletter by John D. Read on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Northern Ireland’s Tithe Applotment Books go online by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy news.
Dear Randy: How Did You Find the Birth Record for the Italian Ancestor? and Wills and Probate Records on Ancestry.com by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
21 December Holiday Writing Prompts by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.
Writing about Family Homes by Jessica Benjamin on Storied Genealogy.
Why Aren’t More Young People Interested in Genealogy? by Ryan Ross on Once Removed.
Articles
In an Ontario cemetery, this Anishinaabe ‘spirit house’ was built out of love – and protected thanks to reconciliation by Marcus Gee, Globe and Mail, Toronto, Ontario.
Alberta family touched by Dutch cemetery’s efforts to honour Second World War soldiers, CBC, Edmonton, Alberta.
What Maine has meant to Franco-Americans by Patrick Lacroix, Sun Journal, Lewiston, Maine.
The genealogy boom has hit a roadblock. The Trump administration plans huge fee hikes for immigration records by Sydney Trent, Washington Post, D.C.
Scientists hunt for descendants of 48 people who signed 1320 Scottish independence declaration by Toby McDonald, Daily Record, Glasgow, Scotland.
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.
