Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Ontario Concession and Lot in the 1871 Census of Canada and Finding the Concession and Lot in Ontario in the 1901 Census by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
“Female Ancestors Are Hard to Find”, They Say, But Not If They Were French, We Assure You by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog.
Getting a marriage record from Ukrainian archives gives a surprising eye-opening view by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
The Best Database for Somerset Resources by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Galway’s Irish Historic Towns Atlas (digital ed.) online by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
South African Passenger Lists Online by Sue McNelly on Kindred Past.
My new book: Getting started in Chinese genealogy by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Media Files in Family Tree Maker by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.
Using a GEDCOM file to add to FamilySearch by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.
The extraordinary life of John Freemont Smith—a Black History Month Co-Lab challenge by Caitlin Webster on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
The Family Christening Gown by Alicia Crane Williams on Vita Brevis.
MyHeritage explains the digital sorcery behind Deep Nostalgia by Chris Paton on Scottish Genes.
Check Out Coming Technology — Innovators at RootsTech Connect 2021 by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
RootsTech 2021 Day 2: Hints, Chats & Bittersweet Memories by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Investigating a new DNA match by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter.
Double Match Triangulator 4.0 by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.
Articles
Provincial award for heritage excellence by Monte Sonnenberg, Simcoe Reformer, Ontario.
“We just didn’t know where it was’ by Susan McNeill, Nipawin Journal, Saskatchewan.
A Teenager Was Bullied. His Ancestors Saved Him. by John Leland, New York Times, New York.
Genealogists work to help African Americans break through the 1870 ‘brick wall’ by Tamika Cody, WTSP-TV, Tampa Bay, Florida.
The national archives of the Presbyterian Church digitizes records of historic Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church by Michael Gryboski, Christian Post, Washington, DC.
Scots prison’s Victorian mugshot helps solve century-old family mystery in Australia by George Mair and Sean Murphy, Daily Record, Aberdeen, Scotland.
MyHeritage to be Acquired by Leading Private Equity Firm Francisco Partners, BusinessWire.
MyHeritage offers ‘creepy’ deepfake tool to reanimate dead by Jane Wakefield, BBC, England.
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.
