Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
New Brunswick Ancestors: The New Brunswick Irish Portal by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.
New Series: Links to Digitized U.S. County Histories by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Ultimate Guide to 1890 Census and Substitute Records by Lisa Cooke on Genealogy Gems.
Sources about Slavery – 1.9 Million Records Online by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Irish Emigration – Not always to the US or Canada by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
Post Service Appointments Books, 1831-1969: full of Irish workers and New free burials database for Antrim and Newtownabbey area by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Lessons learned from watching the pros… by Teresa Basińska Eckford on Writing my past.
What Else Are They Clipping? by Mary Kircher Roddy on Searching for Stories.
About that swiped photograph… by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
How to Join a YDNA Surname Project by Diahan Southard on Your DNA Guide Blog.
Articles
Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry’s new digital newspaper archive includes more than 200,000 pages by Nate Vandermeer, CTV, Ottawa, Ontario.
I’m the daughter of immigrants and my ancestors led remarkable lives; what stories will our generation be remembered for? by Uzma Jalaluddin, Toronto Star, Ontario.
‘Somewhere in France’: Manitoban hopes sharing WWI letters will encourage others to dig into family history by Riley Laychuk, CBC, Manitoba.
With a nod to the past, a Maine couple preserves gravestones and maintains historic cemeteries by Abigail Curtis, Bangor Daily News, Maine.
“Ambitious” digitization of Tipperary’s Famine-era records underway, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
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.
