Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
A New Home Children Research database from BIFHSGO by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
New York Public Library’s Top 10 Best Kept Online Secrets by Rhonda Evans on New York Public Library Blog.
How to Search PERSI with State Postal Codes by Nicole Dyer on Family Locket.
Online Genealogy Resources Continue to Increase by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
GeneaNet.org Offers a Beautiful Fan Family Chart for Free! by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
6 Tips to Make Your Genealogy Research Easier by Will Moneymaker on Ancestral Findings.
2020 Genealogy Goals by Anna Matthews on Tripping Over My Roots.
Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories and Part 2 by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
A Genealogist’s Letter to Santa by Kate on Legacy Tree Genealogists.
Steven Smyrl elected Fellow of Society of Genealogists by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Using MyHeritage to get Triangulation Groups by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.
GEDmatch Acquired by Verogen by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
The Art of Reaching Out by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
GEDmatch acquired by forensic firm and 2019 alphabet soup: T is for … by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Articles
Prague: Jewish gravestones used as cobblestones to be returned, BBC, London, England.
Newly digitized photo albums celebrate MN history, International Falls Journal, Minnesota.
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney objects to big fee increase for federal genealogy records by Benjamin Wood, Salt Lake Tribune, Utah.
Algarve’s digital archive dating back to 1810 launched By Michael Bruxo, Portugal Resident, Algarve, Portugal.
Experience: I am a great-great-great-grandmother by Vera Sommerfeld, The Guardian, London, England.
Welland church closes it doors after 157 years, The Standard, St. Catharines, Ontario.
4 Ontario sisters meet for the first time thanks to Google, a little luck and a DNA test by Taylor Simmons, CBC, Toronto, Ontario.
The dark side of our genealogy craze by Honor Sachs, Washington, Post, DC.
New owner of genealogy website GEDmatch vows to protect users from search warrants by Julia Jacobo, ABC News, United States.
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.
Hi! Can you please correct the author of “The Art of Reaching Out”? It’s Leah Larkin (The DNA Geek), not Roberta Estes. Thanks!
Immediately corrected. I am very sorry about that. Thanks for letting me know.