Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Why Your Great-Grandmother’s Ontario Birth Record Isn’t There and Where to Look Instead by Kathryn Lake Hogan on Looking4Ancestors.
TheGenealogist Adds Over 100,000 Occupational Records by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Scotland Poor Law Applications and Registers helping with a mystery by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.
Key Facts on Your Ancestor’s Italian Military Record by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
Results of our “Save our Graves” weekend on Geneanet Blog.
Reading and Transcribing Old Handwritten Documents: Transkribus by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy.
Writing a family history like a Hollywood blockbuster by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
Francois Savoie’s Homestead Rediscovered – 52 Ancestors #446 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
MyHeritage May Be Ending RAW DNA Uploads From Other Sites by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.
Finding the Fallen with DNA by Wesley Johnston on Kitty Cooper’s Blog.
Shared DNA at a glance: the new DNA matrix tool by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog.
Articles
How to Find Records Faster with FamilySearch’s Catalogs and OldNews: 3 Steps for Finding Historical Newspapers by Sunny Jane Morton, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Translating Old Genealogy Records: 20 Top Tools by Rick Crume, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Hub helps Blackfoot connect with their roots by Alexandra Noad, Canadian Press, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Lincoln County Archives and Genealogy Building holds open house, ribbon cutting by Laurie Caruso, Elk Valley Times, Fayetteville, Tennessee.
Author Alfred Saulniers: New Bedford’s Franco-American ‘story needed to be told’ by Joanna McQuillan Weeks, New Bedford Light, Massachusetts.
New book uncovers ‘compelling’ chapter of Newport’s social history by Sallie Phillips, Yahoo!News, United States.
Harvard agrees to relinquish early photos of slaves, ending a long legal battle, Associated Press, Boston, Massachusetts.
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.
