Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
“Genealogy” and “census” are missing in the LAC 2025-26 Departmental Plan by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
The Underground Railroad in Canada Helped Thousands Find Freedom by Laurie Bradshaw on FamilySearch Blog.
The Chinese Times Digital Collection Moves from Simon Fraser University to Canadiana on Canadian Research Knowledge Network.
How To Obtain Canadian Dual Citizenship by Kim Gilboy on Legacy Tree Genealogists.
Did Your Ancestor Have an Accident at Work on the Railways? by Nick Thorne on The Nosey Genealogist.
Need Records from NARA? Try This Game-Changer by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy At Heart.
The Ultimate FAN Club: When Family Becomes Everything by Kirsten M. Max-Douglas on Our Growing Family Tree.
Should You Include Unresolved Questions in Your Family History Writing? by Devon Lee on Family History Fanatics.
Why Genealogists Need Good Citations by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
What Will Happen to Once-Treasured Silverware and China? by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
How Genealogy Societies Can Master Organic Social Media (No Ads Required) by Jon Marie Pearson on The Simple Living Genealogist.
The Story of Lost Lynn: Part 1 by Miriam Robbins on AnceStories.
FamilyTreeDNA and WikiTree Collaboration – In Two Easy Steps!! by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
WikiTree and Family Tree DNA Group Projects by Mags Gaulden on Grandma’s Genes.
WWII Soldier Identified 80 Years Later Through DNA by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Articles
MSU project documents names of enslaved people through online archive by Riley Connell, WILX, East Lansing, Michigan.
Tattered Pages Discovered in Storage Reveal an Enslaved Man’s Daring Bid for Freedom—and His Second Life at Sea by Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, Washington, DC.
New database uncovers lives of Czechoslovaks executed by Nazi regime by Alex Webber, TVP World, Warsaw, Poland.
Family Tree Maker 2024 Software Tips, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Findmypast hires agency to step up assault on Ancestry, Decision Marketing, Doncaster, England.
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.
