Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Newfoundland Ancestors: Directories online at Memorial University by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Canadians as POWs in the Second World War on Findmypast by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Free New Brunswick High School and College Yearbooks, Free Prince Edward Island High School and College Yearbooks and Free Newfoundland and Labrador High School and College Yearbooks by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Elephind: A Digital Newspaper Collections Search Engine by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Dutch Genealogy News for September 2020 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Diving into English Records: An Essential Guide for Tracing English Ancestry on Legacy Tree Genealogists.
10 Places to Search for Free Family History Books Online by Elizabeth O’Neal on The Heart of the Family.
Two Hidden Secrets to Find a Ton More Results from the FamilySearch Catalog by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Negative Space: Making Your Genealogy Gaps Work for You (and Your Family Tree) by Sophie Kay on The Parchment Rustler.
Creating a Genealogy Research Guide and Plat Maps & Genealogy: Uses and Totally Unexpected Finds! by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Photography of Gravestones for a Historic Survey: A How-To Guide by Robyn Lacy on Spade & the Grave.
Why do Families Tell Stories? by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.
Articles
Pier Review: Canada’s gateway by the sea by Matthew Lombardi, Literary Review of Canada, Toronto, Ontario.
‘Many stories left to be told’ about British Home Children, says researcher by Brittany Wentzell, CBC, Nova Scotia.
And her name was NOT Marco Polo, CBC, New Brunswick.
FamilySearch involved in 50 projects researching Black genealogies and history by Genelle Pugmire, Daily Herald, Provo, Utah.
How to find World War One nurses’ records by Michelle Higgs, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
Charles Thayne Capital Acquires World Archives, Business Wire, Chicago, Illinois.
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.
