Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
New releases of C.I.9s for Vancouver and Victoria – 2023 by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
More Drouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec on Généalogie et histoire du Québec.
My First-Hand Experience and Top 10 Tips for Researching at NARA and NARA Land Records: Discovering Family History Details That Aren’t Online by Dana Leeds on Genealogy with Dana Leeds.
National Archives Building Designated as National Historic Landmark by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
NLS adds historical maps of Ireland to interactive viewer by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
MyHeritage Publishes Millions of Exclusive Marriage Records From North Rhine-Westphalia by Esther on MyHeritage Blog.
Choosing the Technique Used for Case Studies by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification.
What’s happening at the LAC Foundation? and Ancestry Pro Tools by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Best (Free & Paid) Family Tree Chart Makers Compared [Mac, Windows, Mobile] on Treemily Blog.
What If There Weren’t Any Stories? by Jacqui Stevens on A Family Tapestry.
I Found Sarah Kirk’s Missing Footstone by Michael Kirk on Family Sleuther.
The Bagg Family Dispute, Part 1: Stanley Clark Bagg’s Estate by Janice Hamilton on Genealogy Ensemble.
23andMe amends terms of service by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
Introducing BanyanDNA! by Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Articles
London novelist drills down into story of Canada’s ‘Salt Man’ by Paul Morden, Beacon Herald, Stratford, Ontario.
Simcoe Lions Norfolk County History Centre opens in Simcoe by Chris Abbott, Simcoe Reformer, Ontario.
Project to identify Indigenous people in old photos makes its way to northern Ontario by Warren Schlote, CBC News, Sudbury, Ontario.
Scan-a-thon in Halifax helps make images from the past more accessible by Jeorge Sadi and Taryn Grant, CBC News, Nova Scotia.
‘It scared the hell out of me,’ says lead plaintiff in proposed class-action suit over data breach at 23andMe by Rhianna Schmunk, CBC News, Canada.
The Maryland Motherlode: Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Naturalizations, Reclaim the Records, United States.
Digital archive on forced labor of the Dutch during WWII visited over 400,000 times, NL Times, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Inside London’s new family history research hub by Sarah Williams, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
Easier access to historic wills under new government plans, Ministry of Justice, United Kingdom.
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.