Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
MyHeritage Adds England & Wales, Probate and Administration Registrations 1996-2023 and Welcome The London Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Visiting the Lincolnshire Archives: Tips for Genealogists, part 3 by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Digital Michigan Newspapers Adds/Updates 5 Titles – July 2024 by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
New ScotlandsPeople site to be launched early September? and Orkney Museum and Archive catalogue now online by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
What clubs did your ancestors belong to? by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy.
Before You Donate Items to a Society by Michael John Neill on Genealogy Tip of the Day.
Preserving Our Ancestor’s Textiles by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist In The Archives.
Postcards of Love from Flanders Field: Sepia Saturday by Susan Donaldson on Family History Fun.
Boosting Awareness for Historical and Genealogical Societies with User Generated Content (UGC) by Jon Marie Pearson on The Simple Living Genealogist.
The Complete Guide to FamilyTreeDNA by Roberta Estes by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog.
Articles
Filling the silences in family stories − how to think like a historian to uncover your family’s narrative by Andrea Kaston Tange, The Conversation, Toronto, Ontario.
2 N.B. regions compete to host the 2029 Acadian World Congress by Raechel Huizinga, CBC News, New Brunswick.
From the archives — Coffee and tea rationing: ‘A lot of coffee gets drunk because the drinker hasn’t anything more exciting to do’ by Monica Zuroswki, Calgary Herald, Alberta.
Canadian funeral directors warn of unauthorized obits by Cassidy McMackon, Canadian Press, Toronto, Ontario.
Ireland’s Famine museum unveils Choctaw Nation memorial in Roscommon, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
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.
