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.

If my Ancestry Subscription Expires, What Happens to My Tree

~by Lisa Louise Cooke at Genealogy Gems

Good advice on keeping your tree and media safe. 

Were Your  Affected by a Disaster?

~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!

Images of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother now in Flickr

~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!