Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Second World War: Researching the Canadian Fallen – Resources by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Using NARA’s Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers by Jessie Kratz on Pieces of History.
Civil War Veterans Remembered in the Records of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers by Gail E. Farr on The Text Message.
Those Other Franco-Americans: St. Albans, Part I by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past.
Creative Searching = Family Discovery by Deb Ruth on Deb’s Adventures in Genealogy.
Ancestry Users: Don’t Forget to Check FamilySearch by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History.
Book Review: In Search of Your Asian Roots by Sheau-yueh J. Chao by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Photo database of more than 20,000 Russian churches brings new life to genealogy by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
The Uncommonly Good Commons by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Looking for Volunteers to Help with the “Stories Behind the Stars” Project by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Deck The Halls: Create A Family Tree Christmas Tree by Cindi Foreman on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog.
DNA Tidbit #2: FamilyTreeDNA’s Compare Origins Map by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
Sault Star archives get a new home by Elaine Della-Mattia, Sault Star, Sault Ste-Marie, Ontario.
Soldiers’ letters home now available digitally, thanks to lockdown transcription project, McMaster University Daily News, Hamilton, Ontario.
The comfort of strangers: how a British family kept a slain Canadian airman’s memory alive by Murray Brewster, CBC, Canada.
12 best websites for tracing British First World War soldiers by Phil Tomaselli, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
Family Hires Professional Cartoonist To Document Stories by Mike Anderson, KSL TV, 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.
