Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
News about Canada’s National Registration File of 1940 by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots.
Major Canadian database coming via LAC: patience required by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
New database of indexed Ukrainian archive records boosts genealogy research by Vera Miller on Finding Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family.
France’s Death and Inheritance Tables on Geneanet Blog.
Special Collections: An Underused Resource for Genealogy Research and Do You Use Family Histories? by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
FamilySearch AI Research Assistant Secrets REVEALED by Lisa Louise Cooke on Genealogy Gems.
How I Planned a Research Trip by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree.
The Summer of My Genealogical Discontent, Lesson 8: What I’ve Learned (and Unlearned) and Book Review: Your Stripped Bare Guide to Citing & Using History Sources by Elizabeth Shown Mills by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy At Heart.
How to Write Compelling Family Biographies from Genealogy Research by Hannah on Legacy Tree Genealogists.
4,195 Free Online Historical Photo Archives from the U.S. by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Francoise Corbineau (c1609-c1665), Bride in Chinon, Founder of Acadia – 52 Ancestors #453 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Revisiting the “Are Your Parents Related Tool” at GEDmatch by Dr. Leah Larkin on The DNA Geek.
Articles
U of Winnipeg project aims to keep stories of Mennonite immigration to Canada in 1920 from disappearing by Justin Fiacconi, CBC News, Manitoba.
Sask. historian connects Second World War medals with family overseas by Allison Bamford, CTV News, Saskatchewan.
Finding Female Ancestors: Common Brick Walls and How to Solve Them by Gena Philibert-Ortega, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Star-Spangled Genealogy: War of 1812 Research Guide by David Allen Lambert, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Ancestry used to need 9 months to scan census records and make connections for users. AI cut it to under 9 days. by Lauren Edmonds, Business Insider, New York, New York.
DNA sequencing of ancient remains by Colombian scientists reveals unknown human lineage by Julia Symmes Cobb, Reuters, Columbia.
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.
