Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
The Possible Origins of the Acadian Michel Haché dit Gallant and the Ongoing D.N.A. Analysis of Haché/Gallant Descendants Today by Nicole Gallant-Nunes on Treasured Trees Genealogy Services.
Ancestry releases 1950 index by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
NYC Vital Records Are Online Now in New York: A Guide on Geneanet.
320 Top Free Online Archives and Digital Collections for Historians and Genealogists by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Day 2 in Ireland – The Valuation Office and the Registry of Deeds and Day 3 – Wills at the National Archives by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
Online estate maps by John Grenham on Irish Roots.
Dutch Genealogy News for April 2022 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
More Than 1 Million Records Added to the Largest WWII Soldier Database of the Former USSR by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
Let’s Talk About Death by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood.
How to decide what heirlooms to pass down by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
Who’s Your Daddy, Harold Alfred Thompson? by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt.
Working Through 3,000 Matches at MyHeritage by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.
Book Review: “DNA for Native American Genealogy” by Dr. Margaret M. McMahon on A Week of Genealogy.
Articles
Our Obsession with Ancestry Has Some Twisted Roots by Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker, New York, New York.
Grandpa, 85, uses VR technology to create a ‘HOLOGRAM TWIN’ of himself that will allow his great-grandchildren to meet him after he has died by Ria Newman, Daily Mail, London, England.
Researchers collect personal stories from coast to coast to illuminate the history of Muslims in Canada, University of Toronto, Ontario.
Archbishop of Canterbury promises release of residential school records in England following survivors’ calls by Olivia Stefanovich, CBC News, Canada.
How making recipes etched on gravestones changed this student’s perspective on death by Sheena Goodyear, As It Happens, CBC Radio, Canada.
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