Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Cemetery project in Eastern Europe documenting millions of graves on databases by Vera Miller on Finding Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
5 Tips for Success with Italian Vital Records by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
YouTube: 217 million census records: evidence from linked census data by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Webinar Review: Irish Immigrant Women in the US by Dr. Margaret M. McMahon on A Week of Genealogy.
Five Tips for Contacting Genetic Cousins by Paul Woodbury on Legacy Tree Genealogists.
Share Your DNA Results at MyHeritage by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Why a Chromosome Browser Is Necessary to Prove Distant Ancestry by Annette on AK’s Genealogy Research.
Through Y-DNA testing, traditional genealogy, and multiple trips to the Isle of Bute, a connection between a subgroup of Duncan descendants and McConnachie descendants was found on the Isle of Bute in Scotland by Susan Hedeen and Tim Duncan on FamilyTreeDNA Blog.
Articles
Searching for Scotland’s lost emigrant children shipped to Canada and beyond by Alison Campsie, The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Family research, DNA and buttons identify British-Canadian lieutenant 107 years after his death by Sam Samson, CBC News, Saskatchewan.
‘I was stunned’: DNA tests reveal hidden family secret for B.C. woman by Hunter Crowther, CTV News, Canada.
Woman makes appeal for ‘McCloskey’ male descendants living in Derry to help trace family ancestry by Kathryn McKenna, Derry Journal, Northern Ireland.
DNA sampling underway at Tuam Mother and Baby Home, Connacht Tribune, Galway, Ireland.
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.
