Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Surprise Canadian Records from MyHeritage and More newspapers and BMD abstracts available at Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
The Library of Congress Digital Collections and 13,000 United States High Schools and Colleges with Free Online Yearbooks by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Preparing for the 1950 Census by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History.
Book Documents Maine’s Original Acadian Families Left Out of 1790 U.S. Census and Is Your Family From Cavan? Earliest Irish Census Records Revealed Online by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
South West Cork Graveyards Database adds more burial grounds by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Jamaican Jewish Cemeteries Preservation Fund launches its database by Emma Lewis on Petchary’s Blog.
Geneanet’s Community Has Indexed Over A Million Of Napoléon’s Soldiers! on Geneanet News.
Paleography for Genealogists Part 2: Transcription of a Warwickshire Deed from 1675 by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood.
The One-Step Webpages are NOT spam by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Genealogically Related Books to Give (and Receive) this Holiday Season by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
Christmas Traditions of Our Ancestors and Chaplin’s Dairy – Christmas Eve by Arlene Stafford Wilson on Arlene Stafford Wilson.
You Can’t Get There from Here by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
How To Find Paternal Relatives On 23andMe by Margaret O’Brien on Data Mining DNA.
Articles
Ontario woman adopted as baby meets 91-year-old sister for first time by Scott Lightfoot, CTV News, Toronto, Ontario.
1950 Census Release Will Offer Enhanced Digital Access, Public Collaboration Opportunity by Victoria Macchi, National Archives News, Washington, DC.
Search for Indian boarding school records gets a boost by Dan Gunderson, MPR News, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Jasper County Public Library receives grant for digitization project, Post News, Kankakee Valley, Indiana.
Family history project aims to photograph every gravestone by Chris Cope, Shetland News, Scotland.
More than 500 years of historic Hampshire records to be released to public for free by Carolyn Griffith, New Milton Advertiser & Lymington Times, England.
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