Friday 18 August 2017

High Fives - August 18, 2018




High Fives are articles or blog posts I have read during the week that I find interesting, and perhaps are pertinent to my research. Sometimes there are only a couple and sometimes there are quite a few.

Back in Hot Water
~by John at John Grenham - Irish Roots
If your British ancestor was a plantation owner, this post would interest you.


~by Lisa Louise Cooke at Genealogy Gems
Good advice on keeping your tree and media safe. 


~by Alexandra Mendez-Diez at Family History Daily
Also High Five to industrious people who create websites that make it easier to find our ancestors. Alexandra tells of a website that provides a database to find your American or Canadian ancestor that was affected by a disaster. You can search by name, or browse by disaster, year, state or province. Try it! Fabulous!


~by Library and Archives Canada Blog
Visits by the Queen Mother to Canada
Scotlander travel bloggers take on an epic Outlander challenge
~by History Scotland
Follow group of Scottish travel bloggers on August 26th as they take up the challenge to visit nearly 30 filming locations of Outlander in 34 hours!


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