This week’s crème de la crème — July 10, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.

Crème de la crème of genealogy blogs

Blogs
Alberta Ancestors: Homestead Records on Internet Archive by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story.

Pier 21 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.

The Companie des cents — Associés of Nouvelle-France 1627-1663 by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble.

Our slave-owning ancestors, part 1 by Cathie-Anne Dupuis on Généalogie et histoire du Québec.

Dutch Genealogy News for June 2021 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.

A Deep Dive Into the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.

9 Reasons Why You Should Be Researching Voter Records – A Hidden Gem and 32 Free Genealogy and Newspaper Research Quick Reference Guides by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.

Salt Lake City, Utah Family History Library Reopens by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.

Remembering the Last Leaf on a Branch by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

Writing the difficult chapters of your story: An Overview by Laura Hedgecock on Treasure Chest of Memories.

Ideas For a Genealogy Time Capsule by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy.

Time for FTDNA’s change by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.

How To Use The 3D Chromosome Browser On GEDmatch by Margaret O’Brien on Data Mining DNA.

Articles
‘Heartbreaking’ destruction of Chinese-Canadian heritage, as heatwave inferno consumes museum by Ian Young, South China Morning Post, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Centuries-Old Gravestones to be Restored in Fredericton’s Old Loyalist Burial Ground by Laura Brown, CTV, Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Taking print online: FSHS digitises historical copies of The Free Press by Scott Tibballs, Cranbrook Daily Townsman, British Columbia.

‘We Bought Every Manuscript’: Black Historians, Community Members Band Together to Reclaim Trove of Rare Records Documenting Lives of Free and Enslaved Black People by Niara Savage, Atlanta Black Star, Georgia.

After 60 years, a DNA test may have uncovered a secret identity, solved a cold case and reunited a family by Sarah Rieger, CBC, Calgary, Alberta.

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.

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