Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
***** FamilySearch Experimental Labs Search of Canadian Probate Records and Origins of the People Map by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
FamilySearch Full-Text Searching of Ontario Probate and Land Records by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Canadian Probate and Homestead (Land!) Records Are Searchable on FamilySearch Full-Text Search by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
NARA NYC Closing by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist.
5 Tips to Use Misogynistic Laws to Solve Brick Walls by Kathleen Brandt on a3Genealogy.
‘Records About Our Ancestors Should Be Free.’ Discuss! by Janice Heppenstall on English Ancestors.
Cooking Through Generations: The Blue Ribbon Recipe Books That Shaped My Family’s Meals by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt.
FamilyTreeDNA Match Download Files are Back! by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Update to Theory of Family Relativity™ by Erica on MyHeritage Blog.
Articles
Over 200 people are buried in this N.S. cemetery. These women won’t let their names be forgotten by Cassidy Chisolm, CBC News, Nova Scotia.
Search to finish her family tree led this Chicago woman to an unmarked grave in Ingersoll, Ont. by Isha Bhargava, CBC News, London, Ontario.
Archive digitisation project hits 20 million, Our Wellington, New Zealand.
Documents discovered in chest hidden for centuries donated to University of Nottingham archives, University of Nottingham, England.
‘It can be life-changing’: How exploring ancestry helps mental health by Katherine Wang, BBC, London, England.
Body found in southern Ontario in 2005 identified as B.C. woman using sophisticated DNA testing by Kate Bueckert, CBC News, Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
Genetic genealogist helps crack cold case murder of Belgrade girl by Kylie Gibson, NBC, Missoula, Montana.
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.
