Some of the bijoux I discovered this week.
Blogs
Research in France on a Carignan Soldier, Part 1 by Gail Moreau-DesHarnais on The French Genealogy Blog.
Top Seven Free Canadian Genealogy Sites by Elizabeth Lapointe on GenealogyCanada.
Updating Early Ontario Teacher & Pupil lists 1838-1916 by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy.
The revolution will continue in 2015 by John Grenham on Irish Roots.
UCD launches Army Barracks of 18th-century Ireland by Claire Santry, Irish Genealogy News.
The Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections.
Genealogy Do-Over – Week 2: 9-15 January 2015 by Thomas MacEntee on GeneaBloggers.
The Ancestry Y-DNA and mtDNA samples have not been destroyed after all by Debbie Cruwys on Cruwys News.
Internet Archive — changes by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD.
Reminder: PBS’ “Genealogy Roadshow” Opens Its Second Season on Tuesday by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter.
Articles
Steeped in history, Sherbrooke Street mansion hits the market and Montreal Diary: Short street has long history by Robert N. Wilkins, Montreal Gazette.
The cross on Mount Royal: a storied history by Katherine Wilton, Montreal Gazette.
Thomas Shaughnessy Mansion – Then & Now Montreal by Dick Nieuwendyk, Montreal Times.
Remembering the dead at Huronia Regional Centre by Tim Alamenciak, Toronto Star.
Historicist: Torn Between the Synagogue and the Concert Hall by Kevin Plummer, Torontoist.com.
Second Draft: John A. Macdonald’s 70th birthday bash in Montreal lasted two days by John Kalbfleisch, Montreal Gazette.
