Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Archives150: origins of LAC by Glenn Wright on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
“Were my ancestors UEL?” by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
World War II Records Digitized by Amanda R. Pritchard on National Archives Blog.
Maps for Polish Genealogy by Julie Roberts Szczepankiewicz on From Shepherds and Shoemakers.
Dutch Genealogy News for May 2022 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Irish Place Names by Sheilagh Doerfler on Vita Brevis.
3 Must See Resources for English Research by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
London Picture Archive by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Old Photographs of England at Leisure by Gary Winter on The Historic England Blog.
How to Preserve Newspaper Clippings by Marc McDermott on Geni Blog.
Ancestry Tree Public Photo and Document Search Engine by Charlie Purvis on Carolina Family Roots.
It’s Easy to Make This DIY Lightbox for Scanning Negatives With Your Phone by Elizabeth O’Neal on Heart of the Family.
Ancestry, this one’s on you by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Find a Grave (Owned by Ancestry), Seriously, JUST STOP Incentivizing the Creation of Memorials of the Recently Deceased by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Why I’m Staying with FindaGrave by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
Painting Your Populations by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog.
Articles
Catholic order that staffed some residential schools in B.C. to hand over archives to museum by Courtney Dickson, CBC News, British Columbia.
Toronto man is uncovering unmarked graves of Black settlers in Niagara-on-the-Lake by Bobby Hristova, CBC News, Hamilton, Ontario.
Records of Sussex people by Zac Sherratt, The Angus, Brighton, East Sussex, England.
Richmond man discovers long-lost graves of more than a dozen relatives by Chris Bouchard, Portland Press Herald, Maine.
Photographer gifts one million images that help tell the story of Scotland by Alison Campsie, The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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.
