Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
The right to remember the past: Opening Chinese immigration records in Canada’s national archives by Laura Madokoro on Active History.
Learn for Free: Big Genealogy Sites’ Blogs and Videos by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
GeneaGem: Map History/History of Cartography by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Introducing the New FamilySearch Catalog on FamilySearch Blog.
TheGenealogist Unveils New Access To Historic Military Prize Records by Nick Thorne on The Nosey Genealogist.
Ancestry’s New Image Transcript Feature/Tool! by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes in Your Family.
MyHeritage’s Record Matches and Discovery Settings by Louis Kessler On Behold Genealogy.
Harnessing AI to Craft Engaging Captions and Headlines by Jon Marie Pearson on The Simple Living Genealogist.
AI Locality Guide vs. FamilySearch Wiki by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
End of an era by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog.
23andMe Files for Bankruptcy – What You Need to Know! by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
23andMe Is Reorganizing. It’s Okay. by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Articles
Between the Pages: Caribbean Funeral Booklets by Antoinette Seymour, Mapping Ontario’s Black Archives, Ontario.
Introducing the Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection! by Elizabeth Edgerton, UBC Library, Vancouver, British Columbia.
This Holocaust survivor rediscovered her Jewish roots decades later, thanks to a Canadian genealogist, Canadian Jewish News, Toronto, Ontario.
American Irish Historical Society faces new “transition” by Kerry O’Shea, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
Selling 23andMe assets raises concerns for Canadians’ data: Ontario privacy commissioner by Hannah Alberga, Canadian Press.
Why you should delete your 23andMe account. Here’s the worst that could happen if your DNA data is exposed. by Andrew Keshner, MarketWatch, 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.
