Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
The Latest in Franco-American History by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past.
LAC Celebrates Sir Arthur Doughty and MyHeritage adds 1921 England & Wales Census by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Loyalist Townships by Brian McConnell, UE on UE Loyalist History.
National Archives of Ireland prepares the 1926 census for release by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
Genealogy & Divorce Records and Telling Her Story by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack: Book Review by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
The Clock Is Ticking: Appeal Denials of FOIA Requests for Veterans’ Info by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
Hidden Newspaper Articles – Gem of the Week: Undelivered Mail by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
Full-Text Search: A Powerful Tool for Making Genealogy Discoveries on FamilySearch Blog.
Three difficult issues with the FamilySearch.org Full-text Search by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
Why transcription is the heart of family history research and writing by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
Preserving Your Family History by Jill Morelli on Genealogy Certification.
How My American-born Grandmother Lost Her US Citizenship by Amy Cohen on Brotmanblog: A Family Journey.
When Did Trick or Treat Start in America? by Will Moneymaker on Ancestral Findings.
Henriette Pelletret (c1640 – before 1694), Life and Death in the Shadow of the Fort – 52 Ancestor #459 and Cheat Sheet: Mitochondrial Matches, Haplotype Clusters, and Haplogroups by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
AncestryDNA Ethnicity Update 2025: Lessons from My Cousins’ Results by Annette Kapple on AK’s Genealogy Research.
Some Thoughts on the Whole Genome Sequencing announcement from MyHeritage by Phil Glass on Learnalittleeveryday.
Articles
Africville Genealogy Society board dismissed in vote, former residents say by Gareth Hampshire, CBC News, Nova Scotia.
Here’s the info Abenaki leaders in Canada say proves VT tribe members are mostly European by Megan Stewart, Burlington Free Press, Vermont.
How police solved the century-old mystery of ‘the woman in the well’ by Jeremy Simes, Canadian Press, Regina, Saskatchewan.
The London Gazette: What is it, how can you get a copy and how is it used in family history? by Paul Blake, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
4,000 women from workhouses in Ireland became Australian pioneers by Kayla Hertz, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
How an old suitcase revealed a hidden family fortune, lost under Nazi rule by Charlie Northcott and Ben Milne, BBC, London, 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.
