High Fives - June 8, 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.

The Poor Law is still with us

~by John at John Grenham – Irish Roots

One of my ancestors was a Poor Law Guardian in Lancashire. Search newspapers for Poor Law names. For other Poor Law and Workhouse info check out the link at the bottom of John’s article.

Amazing new database with pics of 18th and 19th Century Ireland launched

~by Micheál Ó Maoileoin at Galway Daily

You can search or browse different ways including by name or by map.

It's not a Genealogy Blog

~by Jill Ball at GeniAus

What a fun idea! I have only a couple that I know of – perhaps I should look for more.

http://geniaus.blogspot.com/2018/06/its-not-genealogy-blog.html

The Former Slave Who Became a Master Silhouette Artist

~by Allison Meier at JSTOR Daily

He is also mentioned in the back of this book I was just looking at recently, titled Wax Portraits and Silhouettes, published by the Colonial Dames of America. I use male and female Victorian-esque Silhouettes on my Ancestry profiles to distinguish my line of Grandparents. 

For more helpful weekend reading, see what posts these bloggers liked...

Saturday – Gail Dever, Crème de la Crème

Sunday – Randy Seaver, Best of the Genea-Blogs