Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Upper Canada Land Petitions at LAC and 1871 Census of Canada and Other Schedules by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Finding Loyalist Petition Papers on Library and Archives Canada (LAC) by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
Major Update to the 1861 Census of Canada Database and A paradise for genealogists: Quebec civil registers on the Library and Archives Canada Blog.
Généalogie Québec by Dianne Seale Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.
Refugees of Irish Famine to Get a Proper Burial by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy.
There Is One Thing Wrong With “Who Do You Think You Are?” by Valerie Hughes on Genealogy with Valerie.
Irish Roots: A rich source of records in Kew by John Grenham on Irish Roots.
Alex Haley – Genealogy Hero or Heel? by Thomas MacEntee on GeneaBloggers.
FindMyPast website: Search Techniques Pt.2 – Search within a Record Category by Paul Milner on Paul Milner Genealogy.
Lessons Learned from Photographing 1000 Tombstones by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist.
Please, Please, Please treat cemeteries and tombstones with respect! by Diane L. Richard on UpFront with NGS.
Bridging the Generation Gap by Alok Deshpande on Atlantic Trust Blog.
Articles
L’Acadie dans tous ses états by Amélie Gaudreau, Le Devoir, Montréal.
Acadian congress celebrates history across 3 borders by Jacques Poitras, CBC News, New Brunswick.
Improversihed home children came to Canada from England in droves by Katie Daubs, Toronto Star.
A dark past unearthed by Carmen Weld, Vernon and North Okanagan (British Columbia) News.
Family memories frame who you are by Regina Brett, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.
