Author Archives: Gail Dever

New British Home Children records on Findmypast

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Gail Dever

Findmypast has added three new sets to its British Home Children collection to help trace the migrations of 130,000 British children in the 19th and 20th centuries. Boarded-out Children and Home Children sent to CanadaThese records document children who were placed … Continue reading →

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Latest release of indexes for Alberta births, marriages and deaths available to search online

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of Alberta has added indexes for 1904 births, 1949 marriages and 1974 deaths that are newly available this year. The indexes provide a person’s name, location of the birth, marriage and death, and the exact date or … Continue reading →

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Ontario Ancestors’ virtual presentations feature old photos, cemeteries, nuns, Black settlers, and finding documents online

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Gail Dever

Ontario Ancestors and four of its branches will host five free virtual presentations this week. As usual, all are open to the public. The following times are in Eastern time. Monday, March 3, 7:00 p.m. — Leeds & Grenville BranchA … Continue reading →

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Upload your DNA data to MyHeritage and enjoy free access to all advanced DNA features

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Gail Dever

For a limited time, you can upload your DNA data to MyHeritage and unlock advanced DNA features for free, forever. MyHeritage supports DNA data from Ancestry, FamilyTreeDNA (Family Finder), and 23andMe. This offer is only available until March 9 at 11:59 p.m. For … Continue reading →

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1951 Ontario death registrations now on Ancestry

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Gail Dever

Note: Less than a day after publishing the blog post below, I learned that Ancestry had also added death registrations for 1952. So, I wrote an updated blog post. Ancestry has updated its collection, currently called Ontario, Canada, Deaths and … Continue reading →

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Virtual presentation — Researching Genealogy at the US National Archives and Records Administration

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Gail Dever

The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society (KDGS) in British Columbia will host the virtual presentation, Researching Genealogy at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), USA: More that just the Census!, that will be delivered by Eric Flores and Michelle … Continue reading →

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Free access to the 1921 England and Wales census and more on Ancestry until March 9

Posted on March 2, 2025 by Gail Dever

To celebrate Women’s History Month, Ancestry is offering free access until March 9 to the 1921 England and Wales census, along with what could be specific English collections and perhaps some Canadian collections. It’s not clear (to me) what is … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 1, 2025

Posted on March 1, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew database helps users to find scanned Ukrainian archive records in a few clicks by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Finally! A Great Tool to Transcribe Handwritten Documents … Continue reading →

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Public library releases digitized issues of The Sudbury Star, 1910-1925

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Gail Dever

During an official launch last Friday at the Greater Sudbury Public Library, digitized issues of The Sudbury Star, dating from 1910 to 1925, were released online alongside other historic publications already available. The searchable digitized collection of this northern Ontario … Continue reading →

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Family History Writing Studio newsletter available online

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Gail Dever

The Family History Writing Studio’s latest newsletter has arrived, and it’s online. This is the fourth quarterly Lynn Palermo has published. The free, 20-page February 2025 issue includes articles on writing about family heirlooms and how to research your story … Continue reading →

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