Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Some of Your LAC Links May No Longer Work and Library and Archives Canada Eliminates ATIP Fee by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
What is ATIP and why is it so important to Canadian genealogists? by Linda Yip on Past Presence.
Privacy laws and the Canadian birth certificate, 2025 by Gillian Leitch on Gillaindr’s Blog.
Scottish Indexes uploads additional prison records and FindmyPast launches new “A Family History of…” podcast series by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
Free Genealogy Websites: Dawes Rolls by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.
Japan Genealogy Connect by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star.
How to Become An Irish Citizen by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy by Aryn.
Overview of My Online RootsTech 2026 by Arlene Eakle on AK’s Genealogy.
My RootsTech 2026 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.
RootsTech 2026: Take-aways and the Year Ahead by Rick T. Wilson on My Family Pattern.
AI Handwritten Text Recognition Tools at the RootsTech Expo Hall by Nicole Elder Dyer on Family Locket.
What MyHeritage Scribe AI Can Do for Your Genealogy Research on Ancestral Findings.
Users Love Scribe AI on MyHeritage by Esther on MyHeritage Blog.
Some of the New Features at Ancestry by Marie Cooke Beckman on MarieB’s Genealogy Blog.
Ancestry Finally Adds “Add Range” to Year Fields — And It’s About Time by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In the Family.
When to Use Which AI Tool for Genealogy by Heidi Buck on The Technical Genealogist.
The Unsolved Mystery of Miss Lindsay’s Death by Lucy H. Anglin on Genealogy Ensemble.
Articles
Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it by Annabelle Olivier and Alexandre Silberman, CBC News, Montreal, Quebec.
‘Why is it always the women that get punished?’ by Katy Prickett, BBC, London, England.
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