NOTE: Recommended Reads will again be on hiatus until mid-June. We are off to Alaska for a two week cruise. The list is a bit short this week as internet access becomes sporadic on Thursday.

Here are my favorite picks of the week:

Extensive Online Bibliography About History of Montreal an Important Resource for Genealogists AND

Free Access to Toronto Star Archives Until May 31, both by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte

Going Beyond Online Resources AND

How Do You Spell Genealogy? P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E, both by Janine Adams on Organize Your Family History

Tips for New Geneabloggers by Bill West on West in New England

What is Bad Genealogy? AND

How to Find Genealogy Images That Are Free of Copyright, AND

Genealogy on Facebook, all by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star

3 Sources for Historic Maps That May Surprise You by Lisa Louise Cooke on LisaLouiseCooke.com

African Autosomal DNA Matching: A Feeling I Can’t Describe by Melvin J. Collier on Roots Revealed

Think Outside the Search Engine by Julie Phelps on It’s a Beautiful Tree

Organizational Project Part 6: Ready for the Second Sort of Photographs by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy