Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
A Gold Mine for Genealogists-UBC Library Students Digital Projects by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy.
Snapshots of British Columbia’s Ghost Towns: Part 2—Barkerville’s Chinatown by Jill Henderson on Digitizers’ Blog.
Lesson 1 – Introduction to Quebec Genealogy by Nico Lefrançois on Généalogie et histoire du Québec.
Papa Michaud Was a Rolling Stone by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past.
News from the Irish Genealogical Research Society of Canadian interest and Global Genealogy Updates by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Vast scanning project adds WWII newspapers to its searchable database by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
New look National Library of Scotland website by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
An introduction to settlement papers on Essex Record Office Blog.
Dutch Genealogy News – June 2025 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy.
How to Prepare for an Onsite Genealogy Research Trip by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket.
Divorce Laws and Your Family Tree by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
YouTube Family History by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian.
Why I Prefer Color Images of Vital Records by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
Photograph Showcase: Grandpa Duval as I Remember Him—And Thoughts on Photo Editing by Amberley Peterson Beck on The Genealogy Girl.
Articles
5 Records for Finding French Canadian Ancestors by Michael J. Leclerc, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
HSO/Rogers TV Series – Time Travelling by Ben Weiss, Historical Society of Ottawa, Ontario.
Search New York Passenger Lists for Free, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
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.
