Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Improving your online experience: Analytics, feedback, improvements, user experience and changes to come on our new website by Andrea Eidinger on Library and Archives Canada Blog.
Saying their names by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Discover the New HathiTrust Website by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
Dutch Genealogy News for July 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
Birth Record Gives Important Details on Family’s WWII Escape from the Soviet Union by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
A Tip for Easier Indexing at FamilySearch by Nancy Messier on My Ancestors and Me.
Put to the Test: Is the New MyHeritage Reimagine App Worth a Try? by Patricia Hartley on Family History Daily.
My First School Photograph – Sepia Saturday by Sue Donaldson on Family History Fun.
This Old Fishing Town Built a Massive Family Tree Dating Back 800+ Years on MyHeritage by Daniella on MyHeritage Blog.
Fact Check: The Misunderstood Centimorgan by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Globetrekker – A New Feature for Big Y Customers From FamilyTreeDNA by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
National archives to digitize, transfer 6 million pages of Indian day school records, official says by Brett Forester, CBC, Canada.
His family profited from slaves. Her family were Black activists. This B.C. couple wants to tell their stories by Michelle Gomez, CBC, British Columbia.
Almost half a million pages of The Scotsman opened up for the public in archive update by Alison Campsie, The Scotsman, Edinburg, Scotland.
Ancestry adds Second World War POW questionnaires by Rosemary Collins, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
Was Elvis Presley Jewish? by Carrie Zeidman, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
Every family has stories. Some are too good to be true. by John Priestly, Washington Post, DC.
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