Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Alberta Ancestors: Issues of University of Alberta’s ” The Gateway” Online by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
The cemeteries of New Westminster, BC, from the BC Pen to Woodlands, and the ones under the high school by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Ontario Land Registry Offices Are Moving to All Online Access to Land Records by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Answering your WWII questions with Progenealogist, Simon Pearce on Ancestry UK Blog.
Finding Your Family’s Fallen War Heroes and Why Did Your Ancestor Leave Home? by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family History.
Walking in Their Footsteps: Maps and the Family Historian by Dr. Sophie Kay on The Parchment Rustler.
Free Family History Mini-Class : Lesson 9 by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian.
Using the Internet Like a Pro: Genealogists Have No Idea What’s Out There by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
Marin Boucher Pioneer of New France by Claire Lindell on Genealogy Ensemble.
Louis Riel in Massachusetts and Update to Riel in Massachusetts! by Jackie Corrigan on As Canadian as can be.
Fast Ways to Cluster Your DNA Matches at the Beginning of a Research Project by Robin Wirthlin on Family Locket.
Articles
Letter to the editor: Family history researcher in U.K. looks for Nanaimo connections, Nanimo News Bulletin, British Columbia.
Remember this: Has an almost century-old Barrie mystery finally been solved? by Mary Harrie, Barrie Today, Ontario.
‘Oh my God, that’s Mary’: Toronto woman spots late mother-in-law in photos posted to social media by Katherine DeClerq, CTV, Toronto, Ontario.
Second World War medals returned to Edmonton family by Laine Mitchell, CTV, Edmonton, Alberta.
Project a 6-year journey to connect names to Marshalltown Alms House’s unmarked graves by Tina Comeau, Tri County Vanguard, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Nineteen children and counting by Kyle Swenson, Washington Post, DC.
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