Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Library and Archives Canada now offers Monday – Friday service and LAC Departmental Plan 2022-23 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
New Brunswick’s Loyalist Experiment: Examining the Lives of William Burtis, Robert Campbell, and Thomas Mullins by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections.
The Many Trials of Lower Canada by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past.
Free Online Military Records from the New England States and Genealogy vs Family History – Graphed! by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Using the 1950 Census District Finder at Ancestry by Amie Bowser Tennant on The Genealogy Reporter.
Cataloguing Funerals & Burials in Joshua Hempstead’s 18th-Century Diary by Robyn S. Lacy on Spade & the Grave.
Translating a Book at No Cost with Passable Results by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.
Simple Tips for Understanding Italian Birth Records by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Roots.
This is Genea-Musings 16th Blogiversary! Celebrate!!! by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
Gravestone Cleaning Tips From Cathy Wallace and BillionGraves and Blog Your Family Tree by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Articles
The history of B.C.’s South Asian communities, only partially preserved in archives, is slipping away by Shawn Conner, Vancouver Sun, British Columbia.
Canadian archivists go down the digital rabbit hole to help save Ukrainian culture by Mark Gollom, CBC, Canada.
Roots: Going Off Script by Paul Jones, Canada’s History, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
New database highlights African American burial grounds across NY state by Ricardo Kaulessar, Rockland/Westchester Journal News, New York.
First MOD service personnel records now available, The National Archives, Kew, England.
FamilySearch names new director of the Family History Library by Trent Toone, Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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.
