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.
Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France by Ann Foster on JSTOR Daily.
Ulster Historical Foundation launches A Sense of Place toolkit by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
War Brides and the War Brides Act of 1945 on Ancestry Blog.
Following the Leaves: What I Learned from Unexpected Ancestry Hints by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
The Family History Nobody Falls Asleep For: Why Your Family Cookbook Matters More Than Any Family Tree by Lisa Lisson on Lisa Lisson.
Walk with Your Ancestors: Peace, Light and Healing in an Abandoned Medieval Village by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Following Nova Scotian Maritime Migration through DNA and Records by Eva Goodwin on Ancestry Blog.
Articles
The Mennonite game: Are you the long-lost family the Blatzes want to celebrate with? by Kylee Bailey, Pembina Valley Online, Winkler, Manitoba.
Fotini Kaklamanou’s Passion for Heritage Reconnecting Generations Globally by Evelyn Karatzas, National Herald, Long Island City, New York.
WWII veteran’s grave found empty after daughter hoped to relocate burial site by Mike Arsenault, CBC News, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Why 18th-Century Americans Were Just as Obsessed With Their Genealogy as We Are Today by Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, Washington, DC.
Using Google Maps for Genealogy and Family History, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
The 1890 Census Fires and Other Burned Genealogy Records by Sunny Jane Morton, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
How to Find German Protestant Church Records on Archion.de by James M. Beidler, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Don’t miss free access to The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland by Rosemary Collins on Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, 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.
