Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Townlands and Irish Land Divisions – How to Use the Townland Atlas of Ulster presentation by Andrew Kane by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
New FamilySearch Feature: “Simple Search” in Full-Text Search Collections by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
Using the FamilySearch Research Wiki – Part 2: Understanding Locality Pages by Virginia Pratt on Family Locket.
Finding Unexpected Genealogical Sources in JSTOR and Finding Hidden Genealogical Sources Using Google Scholar by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt.
From Loose Ends to Clear Next Steps: A New year’s Eve Research Reset by Kathryn Lake Hogan on Looking 4 Ancestors.
They Added Their Own Memories to Family History Booklet! by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
Part 4: Helpful Hoosiers, Elusive Records, and One Good Clerk and Part 5: Postmarked in Purgatory: The Mail That Might Never Arrive by Lori Samuelson on Genealogy at Heart.
Me and ChatGPT, a story by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
My Newly Found Half Second Cousin Once Removed by Kitty Cooper on Kitty Cooper’s Blog.
Article
Marriage and the Maiden Name by Margot Mifflen, JSTOR Daily, New York, New York.
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.
