Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
1931 Census of Canada – A Release Fiasco? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
540 Free Online Historical Photo Archives from Canada by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
War of 1812 Pension Files Digitization Moves Forward! by Jennie Ashcroft on Fold3 HQ.
Policing migration: researching the lives of foreign nationals in a government archive by Lisa Berry-Waite on The National Archives Blog.
FamilySearch Updates, Tools, and Features: New Home Page! by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family.
Sometimes, there is no index by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.
Alternatives to Genealogy Software Source Citations by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Test Driving the MyHeritage Reimagine Mobile App by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
Remembering My Dad by Claire Lindell on Genealogy Ensemble.
Articles
Just released, the 1931 census begins to bare its secrets about London, Ont., and Canada at-large by Colin Butler, CBC News, London, Ontario.
Nelson Museum moving archives to online platform by Storm Lennie, My Nelson Now, Nelson, British Columbia.
Alberta Genealogical Society’s Red Deer branch celebrating 45 years by Sean McIntosh, Red Deer Advocate, Alberta.
Shattered Lives: British Home Children in Prince Albert by Joan Champ, Prince Albert Daily Herald, Saskatchewan.
Mapping the genetic history of French Canadians through space and time, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
5 Records for Finding French Canadian Ancestors by Michael J. Leclerc, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Dig into history: Search the more than 140 years of Yale Daily News now online by Deborah Cannarella, Yale Library, New Haven, Connecticut.
National Genealogical Society to Acquire Genealogical Research Institute of Pittsburgh, National Genealogical Society, Falls Church, Virgina.
Newspaper archive featuring almost 1,000 titles saved after fundraising success by David Sharman, HoldtheFrontPage, Walsall, England.
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.
