Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Ireland Death Records: A Window into the Lives of Your Ancestors by Rachel J. Trotter on FamilySearch Blog.
Try FamilySearch Simple Search in Beta by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.
How to Find Those Elusive Genealogy Records by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
What’s New from FamilySearch at RootsTech 2026 by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
Black History Month: Tracing your ancestors to before the Civil War by Wanda Whitney on Library of Congress Blog.
Say Their Names by Marcia Crawford Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.
Invisible Franco-Americans by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past.
From Angusina to Zepherina: a Scottish Female Naming Custom by Alison Spring on The Frugal Family Historian.
Using Steve Little’s Genealogy Research Assistant V8 to Develop a GPS Proof Summary by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings.
This is what your ancestor’s story could sound like by Denyse Allen on Chronicle Makers.
Betty Corrigall: A Woman the Church Would Not Bury by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree.
Do I Have the Right to Say Goodbye? by Jenny Hawran on Like Herding Cats.
Articles
‘It’s a privilege’: Anne Chafe readies for retirement after 2 decades with The Rooms by Elizabeth Whitten, CBC News, Newfoundland and Labrador.
State Archives receive century-old Portuguese immigration records by Michael Brestovansky, Aloha State Daily, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Search New York Passenger Lists for Free, 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.
