Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
We still give birth, get married and die under the Poor Law by John Grenham on Irish Roots.
42 Newspapers from the North Carolina Collection by Geoff Schilling on DigitalNC Blog.
Flat Rock High School Yearbooks (1942-1957) Now Available! by Alona on DigitalNC Blog.
Researching Your Scandinavian Ancestors Part 1: Introduction and Patronymics by Torhild Shirley on Family Locket.
Dutch Genealogy News for October 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
3 Websites to Learn More About Preserving Your Family Records by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.
5 “Next Steps” to Do After the Leeds Method and Using Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy by Dana Leeds on Dana Leeds.
Use ChatGPT to Identify Related People in Family Archives by Mark Thompson on Making Family History.
Unlocking the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Blogging by Brenda Leyndyke on Journey to the Past.
Writing an AI Narrative Report in ChatGPT for David Auble (1817-1894) by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
Is Scotland’s family history community developing Long Zoom? by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
Moorshead Magazines Ceases Operations by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Securing Your MyHeritage Account with Two-Factor Authentication by Daniella on MyHeritage Blog..
DNA Doesn’t Lie, but It Sometimes Speaks in Riddles by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Looking More Closely at DNA Shared Matches by Angela Napolitano on Vita Brevis.
Articles
Letters from the Past: Mac grad helps Canadians share family war stories, McMaster University Daily News, Hamilton, Ontario.
After a lifetime of silence, more female Second World War veterans are telling their stories by Ashley Burke, CBC News, Canada.
Canadian veteran who served in Afghanistan finds healing in identifying unmarked graves of soldiers, CBC News, British Columbia.
First World War postcard project connects past to present by Keri Ferguson, Western (University) News, London, Ontario.
Residential school records released day before archbishop testifies at Senate by Alessia Passafiume, Canadian Press, Ottawa, Ontario.
Using AI to decipher historical manuscripts by Martin Lasalle, udemnouvelles (Université de Montréal), Montreal, Quebec.
‘My radio to heaven’: Online VA memorial adds the names and stories of millions of veterans, service members by Linda F. Hersey, Stars and Stripes, Washington, DC.
Women in the Military Oral History Collection Available Online, University of Maine, Orono, Maine.
New digital archive allows Black and Native families to connect with ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War by Shara Dae Howard, KYW Radio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Unveiling Untold Narratives: Laurinda Weisse preserving history, unlocking stories as UNK archivist by Kim Hachiya, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
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.
