Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Past-Presence roundup: what’s new? by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Forthcoming on Ancestry by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Researching the Revision Books at the Valuation Office or PRONI by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
Dutch Genealogy News for January 2021 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Finding Information on Michiganology That Was on Seeking Michigan by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past.
The US Black Heritage Project at WikiTree by Connie Davis on Family Locket.
PERSI: Search Tips Part 2 by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants.
Unearth Genealogy Treasures With PERSI: Part 2 by Julie Cahill Tarr on Genealogy In Action.
If you don’t share it — You lose it! — Part One by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
Be Quick about your Ancestry Quick Links by Michelle Patient on PatientGenie.
Book review: Tracing your Irish Ancestors through Land Records by Claire Bradley on CBGenealogy.
Friday Book Review: “The Story of My Life: A Workbook for Preserving Your Legacy” by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist In The Archives.
Meet Dick Eastman: Author of Online Genealogy Newsletter by Maggie Stevens on FamilySearch Blog.
Chromosome Mapping and Endogamy by Lara Diamond on DNA Painter Blog.
Articles
Historian Mary McCarthy-Brandt cares for her ancestors and Black Loyalists graves by Ron Fanfair, NB Media Co-Op, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Project will digitize colonial records pertaining to enslaved and free Black people in Louisiana by Rachel Wallach, Hub, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Study reveals ‘extraordinary’ DNA of people in Scotland by BBC, Scotland.
New $290m national archives facility to be built in Wellington by André Chumko, Stuff, New Zealand.
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.
