Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Searching the Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
French Genealogy Education Resources, Part 1: Free FamilySearch Learning Center Courses by Amberly Beck on The Genealogy Girl.
Aberdeenshire poor relief applications index online by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
A big win for access to immigration records by Jennifer Dix on California Genealogical Society Blog.
Old Map Collections That Every Family Historian Should Know About by Bridget Sunderlin on Family History Daily.
Ancestry Statement: Working to Bring Black Family Histories Forward by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
5 Things You Can Learn from a Genealogy Database by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
Best Way to Find 20% More Pertinent Newspaper Articles Online by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Creating a Research Plan for John Moag by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
Book Review: Tracing Your Female Ancestors – A Guide for Family Historians by Edele Emm by Paul Milner on Milner Genealogy.
Book Review — German Residential Records for Genealogists by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie’s Genealogy & History Hub.
The Unpleasant Side of Life With Horses in Cities by Stephan Blank on New York Almanack.
How Can YOU Get Theories of Family Relativity at MyHeritage? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Ancestry Says It Fought Two Police Requests to Search Its DNA Database, Genetic Genealogy Leader 23andMe is Going Public. What Will That Mean for You?, and Florida Bill Would Classify ‘DNA Theft’ as a Felony Property Crime by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Video
FamilySearch: If You’re Not Using the Catalog, You May Be Missing Out hosted by Julie Cahill Tarr on Genealogy in Action.
Articles
Pandemic boredom sparks record drive to prove Loyalist roots by Jon Tattrie, CBC, Nova Scotia.
History Hunter: Exploring Yukon’s history attic by John Hopkins-Hill, Yukon News, Whitehorse, Yukon.
Vancouver woman waits as mom’s ‘miracle’ DNA goes MIA on way to lab by Jason Proctor, CBC, British Columbia.
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.
