Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Newly Digitized Microfilms on the Héritage Portal on the Library and Archives Canada Blog.
Rockstar Genealogists: Gold Medalists and Rockstar Genealogists: Silver and Bronze Medalists by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. (Read the entire series about all the medalists.)
French-Canadian most common names with roots in Perche region of France by Juliana L’Heureux on The Franco-American Blog.
IrishGenealogy to upload abridged version of indexes by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News.
Blogging Your Family History by Lynn Palermo on The Armchair Genealogist.
What If Someone Asked for Your Best Genealogy Advice? (My Top Tips) by Diane Haddad on Genealogy Insider.
9 Hints for Better Genealogy Interviewing by Valerie Hughes on Genealogy with Valerie.
Sneak Peak at Steve Robinson’s New Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery by Denise Levenick on The Family Curator.
DNA 101: The Secrets in the Science by CeCe Moore on Finding Your Roots blog.
Irish Archives Resource Goes Online by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Genealogy Online Newsletter.
Articles
Montreal’s contentious toponymy by Robert N. Wilkins, Montreal Gazette.
How the Scots Invented Canadian Diversity by Ken McGoogan, Canada’s History Magazine.
Strathroy-born woman lays headstone for great-grandparents, looks for long-lost relatives by Elena Maystruk, Strathroy (Ontario) Age Dispatch.
Law students killed in WWI to be called to bar by Katie Daubs, Toronto Star.
Civil War soldiers buried as ‘unknowns’ identified by Hilary Butcshek, Marietta (Georgia) Daily Journal.
Son ‘appalled’ to find mother’s gravestone online, Dundalk (Ireland) Democrat.
Have you read Steve Robinson’s earlier books…………….they are very interesting!
No, I have not, but I intend to look for them. Thanks for letting me know.