Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
How to Access Chinese Case Files at LAC (2025) Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Tracing the Irish Famine Generation in Government Transportation Receipts by Laura J. Smith on Findings/Trouvailles (The Champlain Society).
A Shift at LAC: Staff Cuts and Hazards of AI Photo-restoration by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
NOW ONLINE: 1.5 million NEW names in the BIRLS database of deceased US veterans! on Reclaim the Records.
Ukrainian Online Records – Use the Duck! by Lara Diamond on Lara’s Jewnealogy.
Essential tools for genealogy… by Teresa Basińska Eckford on Writing my past.
New Feature Sets MyHeritage Apart by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
Essential Tools for Today’s Genealogical Research Success by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
I tried this NEW free AI image tool (with gobsmacking results!) by Lisa Louise Cooke on Genealogy Gems.
Why Old Family Photos Are Your Best Genealogy Tool by Lisa Lisson on Lisa Lisson.
How I Turned My Grandson’s Fridge Art into a DIY Book by Nancy G. Carver on Legacy Carvers.
A Letter and a Headstone Expand My Family Tree by Nancy Gilbride Casey on Leaves on the Tree.
Stranded on Prince Edward Island: Uncovering My Ancestors’ Hidden Story and Goodbye, Prince Edward Island: An Unexpected Farewell by Emily Gravelle on After Lavinia.
A Neighbourhood of Rural Villas by Janice Hamilton with Justin Bur on Genealogy Ensemble.
In the Shadow of Passchendaele: Remembering Private Keyes by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree.
New in the matrix tool: enhanced charts, sorting, and more… by Jonny Perl on DNA Painter Blog.
Articles
Boston Public Library using AI to make collections more accessible by Brianna Borghi, NBC, Boston, Massachusetts.
A new era for Public Records Office Victoria’s most popular records: Wills and probates go digital by Sarah Harris, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Project Naming by Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Christina Williamson, Beth Greenhorn and Carol Payne, History Workshop Journal, England.
Don’t make this mistake when researching your family tree by Rosemary Collins, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
Newspapers published up to the end of 1954 digitised – 250 years from the publication of the first newspaper in Finnish by Johanna Lilja, National Library of Finland, Helsinki, Finland.
Newspapers.com Case Study: Filling in the Details of My Ancestor’s Story by Katharine Andrew, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
How to Create an Organized Research Plan by Drew Smith, 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.
