Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Loyalist Ancestors? Trio of books for Your Reference Library by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Niagara Falls (NY) newspaper digitization by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
New records added to Scotland’s Criminal Database by Emma Maxwell on The Scottish Genealogy Blog.
Researching Agricultural Labourers in Scotland by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
RootsIreland.ie adds 20,000 more records for County Armagh and BritishNewspaperArchive races past the 45-million-pages marker by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Free Family History Websites to Check Out by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian.
The Virtual Help Desk from the BYU Family History Library by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
How to Be a Family Tree Myth Buster by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree.
Save Family History with LOCKSS by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
When the Family Gives you Their “Stuff” by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.
How To Scan An Old Book With A Phone (Non-Destructive) by Margaret O’Brien on Data Mining DNA.
Family History Can Be a Whale of a Tale—Just Ask Genealogist David Allen Lambert by Twila Van Leer, FamilySearch Blog.
Not Soup in 2021 Either by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
DNA Beginnings: Matching at Ancestry and What It Means by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Ethnicity Schmethnicity by Leah Larkins on The DNA Geek.
Articles
Joe Theriault traces his Acadian roots in ‘Destination: Madawaska’ by Carlene Phillips, Harvard University Press, Boston, Massachusetts.
‘How we re-delivered a baby’s postcard – 75 years on’ by Amanda Kirton, BBC News, London, 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.
