Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Quebec Ancestors: Prison Registers at BAnQ by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
Researching African American Ancestors in Government Documents Part 4: Southern Claims Commission by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
Why Visit Ireland? by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
Searching for London Ancestors by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian.
Sir Tom Devine interviewed on NVTV about the Clearances by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
Holland-America Passenger Lists 1900-1974 by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy.
My Top 10+ Free Genealogy Sites by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Why map your chromosomes? by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog.
DNA: Using the What Are the Odds Tool Version 2 by Anne Young on Anne’s Family History.
Mitochondrial DNA Facebook Group Launches by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
Family history website helps Greeks build their family history, Neos Kosmos, Melbourne, Australia.
A lifetime of history: Shirlee Anne Smith was key in transfer of HBC archives to Winnipeg by Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba.
Two boys drowned at Shingwauk residential school. Who were they? by Charnel Anderson, TVO, Toronto, Ontario.
A look at genetic genealogy, the science that helped identify Christine Jessop’s killer by Graham Slaughter, CTV, Toronto, Ontario.
Great-grandmother’s remains found in Oregon’s ‘Room of Forgotten Souls’ reunited with family in Massachusetts by Ann Ringwood, Milford Daily News, Massachusetts.
Genealogy is a religious experience for PBS host by Scott D. Pierce, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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.
