Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blog posts
Digitize New York Milestone: One Million Scans on New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Blog.
Irish Land Commission’s Keane Index Cards Now Online and New Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) website to go live on April 30th by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES.
Searching the 1926 census and Report errors in the 1926 census by Claire Bradley on CBGenealogy.
TheGenealogist Expands MapExplorerTM with New Historic Maps from the 1940s-1970s by Nick Thorne on The Nosey Genealogist.
Tips for Using the New FamilySearch Simple Search Tool by Diana Elder on Family Locket.
From Attics to Archives: Preservation tips for your own family memories by Elena Abou Mrad on Collections Chronicles.
How to transcribe church records with Transkribus by Fiona Park on Transkribus.
How I Brought this Ambitious Genealogy Project to Life by DiAnn Iamarino Ohama on Fortify Your Family Tree.
I Can’t Read This by Aryn Youngless on Genealogy by Aryn.
Your Dash: What Family History Teaches Us About Life Between The Dates by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree.
Maritime Scavenger Hunt: Where Did Philippe Mius d’Entremont Build His Manor House? – 52 Ancestors #475 and Sixteen Unique Trees at FamilyTreeDNA: How and When to Use Each by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained.
Articles
Census 1926: National Archives records 20 million hits on first weekend of release by Niamh Browne, Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland.
Exploring Family History After the 1926 Census Release, National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.
A new perspective on my Irish roots, thanks to the Irish Family History Centre at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum by Kerry O’Shea, IrishCentral, New York, New York.
The best free genealogy websites, Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine, Bristol, England.
How to Use the Library of Congress Website for Genealogy by Rick Crume, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
Top French Genealogy Websites and Online Resources by Paul Woodbury, Family Tree Magazine, Dublin, New Hampshire.
National Archives of India digitises 20 crore pages—nearly 60% completed in 2 years by Krishan Murari, ThePrint, New Delhi, India.
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.
