Some of the bijoux I discovered during this first week of the new year.
Blog posts
Ships that stopped at Grosse Île Quarantine Station and Waiting for a file from LAC? ATIP Progress Report by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Dutch records that became public in 2024 and Dutch Genealogy News for December 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
FindMyPast Adds 1 Million Pages and 78 Titles to Their Free Collection by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Special 2012 edition of Peter Christian’s “The Genealogist’s Internet” now available on the Internet Archive by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
FamilySearch’s “All About Your Ancestors” by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me.
2023: MyHeritage Year in Review by Esther on MyHeritage Blog.
FamilySearch 2023 Genealogy Highlights on FamilySearch.
Using OCR for Transcribing Newspaper Images by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.
Archival Adventures: My Approach to Organizing NARA Images by Dana Leeds on Genealogy with Dana Leeds.
Genealogy: Essential Research Methods by Helen Osborn — Book Review by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
1924 – John Flynn by Dave Annal on Lifelines Research.
Geneastar: New Famous Family Trees Added in December 2023 on Geneanet Blog.
Articles
Princes call Order of Canada honour ‘humbling’ by Trevor Terfloth, Sarnia Observer, Ontario.
Sask. Cree actor gives Indigenous actors chance to tell their stories on Actors and Ancestors podcast, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Saskatchewan.
‘It’s sad’: Graves in Cape Breton pioneer cemetery being claimed by Baddeck River by Christopher Connors, Saltwire, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
A Fall River museum to Black history has its first exhibits, given by a long-lost relative by Dan Medeiros, Herald News, Fall River, Massachusetts.
More Newspaper Pages Available Through MTHS Library & Archives, Montana Historical Society.
The Guardian view on digital-only archives: material items still matter to historians, The Guardian, London, England.
Irish townlands: What they mean and why they matter by Amy Stewart, BBC, London, England.
Russell Crowe says he is descendant of last man executed by beheading in England by Jamie Grierson, The Guardian, London, 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.
