Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Canadian Titles on FamilySearch Full-text Search by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
The “Lost” 1820 U.S. Census Records Have Been Found by Dick Eastman and Darren Criss, Kristin Chenoweth, More Will Explore Their Genealogy in Finding Your Roots on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Measuring the Distances by Jacqui Stevens on A Family Tapestry.
Why Addresses Matter in Family History by Andrew Redfern on GSQ Blog.
The Costs of Living in Earlier Times – Prices and Wages by Decade 1700s-2000s by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me.
Why I’m Saying Goodbye to Some Social Media Platforms (and Where Genealogists Really Belong) by Jon Marie Pearson on The Simple Living Genealogist.
Genealogy Rabbit Hole by Dorothy Nixon on Genealogy Ensemble.
Articles
Moose Jaw and Regina co-organizing first provincial genealogy conference since 2019 by Jason G. Antonio, SaskToday, North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
An inside look at how PBS host Henry Louis Gates Jr. met Pope Leo by Dan Cooney, PBS News, Arlington, Virginia.
Faces of Welsh convicts sent to Australia recreated by AI by Tomos Morgan, BBC, London, England.
Unseen WWII letters and diaries released for VJ Day’s 80th anniversary, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.
Coroner: Free partnership will help ID victims of suspected Indiana serial killer by Joe Schroder, Fox59 News, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Five Replacements for Twitter/X for Genealogists by Melina Papadopoulos, 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.
