Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Puzzling through 1931 Census sub-districts – Part 2 on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
When my house became a museum – celebrating the new Chinese Canadian Museum by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Northern Ireland, Valuation Revision Books Free Access by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Looking for Little Marks on Census Pages by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
Using Websites’ Catalogs: Ancestry Tips by Cari A. Taplin on Genealogy Pants.
The Method to My Genealogy Madness by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
New Life for Funeral Cards by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree.
How My Forty Year Old Brick Wall Was Broken: The Benevolence of Strangers and the Problem with Names by Kelly Wheaton on Wheaton Wood.
Why In-Person Is Better by Mags Gaulden on Grandma’s Genes.
Threads Part 2 by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
Evernote Lays Off Most of Staff, Triggering Fears of Closure by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
DNA Painter Subscriptions by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog.
Paint LivingDNA Chromosome Segments to DNAPainter by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
Irish in Canada – Resources for hunting down Irish Canadian ancestors by Janet Walsh, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
Shattered Lives: British Home Children in Prince Albert by Joan Champ, Daily Herald, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
A fire destroyed millions of veterans’ records. 50 years later, families are still seeking answers by Allen G. Breed and Randy Herschat, Associated Press, United States.
Discover York history: 100 years of York newspapers are now online, Seacoastonline, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Last Civil War soldier buried in Nobles County honored with salute, ceremony by Kari Lucin, Globe, Worthington, Minnesota.
Turning old maps into 3D digital models of lost neighborhoods by Jeff Grabmeier, Ohio State News, Columbus, Ohio.
Dev Griffin on Who Do You Think You Are?: Everything you need to know by Rosemary Collins, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, 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.
