Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Census of the Prairie Provinces, 1926 now on Ancestry…sort of by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Making Acadianness in Northern Maine, Part 1 by Patrick Lacroix on The Acadiensis Blog.
Full-Text Search Finds by Cari Taplin on Genealogy Pants.
Tips for Searching on Chronicling America by Robin Butterhof on Headlines & Heroes.
New Family Tree Feature by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge: Let’s Get Started! by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun — Your Genealogy Goals for 2025 by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
Storing 3-Ring Binders to Protect Your Records by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist In The Archives.
Why and How to Document Personal Stories for Future Generations: Be a Good Ancestor! by Vanessa on Legacy Tree Genealogists.
Support Your Local Family History Society by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian.
MyHeritage is on deadline to make a difficult change for some users on Feb. 1 by Vera Miller on Finding Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
Viewed Match Switching Within Genetic Networks: Find More Relevant Matches by Rick T. Wilson on My Family Pattern.
Identifying a Canadian Birth Mother: A DNA Story by Melanie Mohler on Your DNA Guide.
Articles
How adding names to archival images has been healing for people of We’koqma’q First Nation by Cassidy Chisolm, CBC News, Nova Scotia.
$500K boost for York’s Portuguese Canadian History Project by Jessica Kubin, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
Proposals to destroy original wills overturned after public outcry by Rosemary Collins, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
National archive warns of mistakes in list of WWII collaborators, DutchNews, Netherlands.
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.
