Author Archives: Gail Dever

2027 call for presentations — Legacy Family Tree Webinars

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree is now accepting proposals for their 2027 webinar series. The submission deadline is September 1, 2026. Submission Formats 60-minute webinars (plus Q&A) — core format Webinar Shorts — 20 minutes or under TechZone videos — 10 minutes or under … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 8, 2026

Posted on August 8, 2026 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWeir(d?) Times at Library and Archives Canada by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. “Graveyards of Eastern Newfoundland” Book Pre-Order is live! by Robyn Lacy on Spade & the Grave. Don’t Let America … Continue reading →

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New police records on Findmypast

Posted on August 7, 2026 by Gail Dever

Understand the experiences of immigrants with Findmypast’s new Metropolitan police registrations and delve deeper into Scotland’s courts with new database records. Metropolitan Police, Aliens Registration OfficeSpanning 1876 to 1965, this new collection is made up of the registration records of … Continue reading →

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Free OGS webinar – ‘The Top 5 (Irish) Websites You Need to Know About’

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society will host the free webinar, The Top 5 Websites You Need to Know About, delivered by Natalie Bodle, tonight, August 6, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. Recent years has seen an explosion of Irish records made … Continue reading →

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More Canadian newspapers available on Newspapers.com

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Gail Dever

This week, Newspapers.com added seven Canadian newspapers — one from British Columbia and six from Ontario. 24 Hours Vancouver — 2016-2017Vancouver, British Columbia Burlington Post — 1993-2004Burlington, Ontario Bloor West-Parkdale Neighbourhood Voice — 2012-2020Toronto, Ontario 24 Hours Toronto — 2015-2017Toronto, … Continue reading →

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Interactive map of Ontario patent plans now available online

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Gail Dever

The Archives of Ontario recently partnered with the University of Toronto’s Map and Data Library to create an interactive online map of patent plans. also known as the Ontario Patent Plan Access Index. On their Facebook page, the provincial archives … Continue reading →

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OGS Toronto Branch’s list of local newspapers — an essential resource for researchers

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Gail Dever

If your relatives lived in Toronto, you should take a look at the excellent and recently updated Newspapers page on the website of the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. There you will find a long list of digitized … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick Archives updates birth, marriage and death registrations, expands historical photo collection, and adds new vital statistics search platform

Posted on August 3, 2026 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick last week uploaded to its website birth registrations for 1929 and marriage and death registrations for 1975. More than one million historical vital statistics records are now available online, including birth records more than … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 1, 2026

Posted on August 1, 2026 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsSources for researching the Scots in Quebec, 2025 by Dr. Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog. 5 things I learned researching the Drouin Collection on Ancestry and Généalogie Québec by Linda Yip on … Continue reading →

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Five-week online seminar — ‘Tracing Family History in Atlantic Canada’

Posted on July 28, 2026 by Gail Dever

American Ancestors will host a five-part virtual seminar series, called Tides of History: Tracing Family History in Atlantic Canada, from August 3 to 31. This five-week online seminar will provide a detailed overview of essential record sets, repositories, and research … Continue reading →

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