Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Why we are excited about the 1931 Census by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
Coffee Chat Series: Canadian voters lists for Asians and other disenfranchised folks by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Free Online Genealogy Website of the Day – I Dream of Genealogy and 175,000 Free Genealogy Books Available Online at the Internet Archive by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Welcome to Number 11! by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Cork Graveyard Database adds records from 23 more burial grounds by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Reading Samuel Pepys’ Diary by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy.
New Unique Database Indexes Lists of Almost 300,000 Funds at Russian Archives by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
Dutch Genealogy News for April 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Add Consistency to Your Source Citations by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
Ancestry’s New Messaging Center Features by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family.
10 ChatGPT Prompts Every Genealogist Needs to Know and Using ChatGPT to Write The First Draft of Your Family History in Less Than 5 Minutes by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Romeo and Maid Marion: A Rom-Com Romance by Dorothy Nixon on Genealogy Ensemble.
Articles
Accessing Veterans’ records from the National Archives or National Personnel Records Center by Theresa Fitzgerald, VA News, US Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Washington, DC.
NARA has a plan to tackle its backlog, and its inspector general has thoughts by Natalie Alms, FCW, Washington, DC.
A Critical Step in the Process’: Archivists Release List of Catholic-Run Indian Boarding Schools by Jenna Kunze, Native News Online, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Ahwatukee man’s genealogical journey sparks grave project by Paul Maryniak, Ahwatukee Foothill News, Phoenix, Arizona.
Appeals panel: Blackrock’s purchase of Ancestry.com doesn’t mean they can be sued for obtaining Illinoisans’ genetic info by Scott Holland, Cook County Record, Chicago, Illinois.
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.
