Category Archives: Prince Edward Island

Tribute to the late Dave Hunter, founder of Prince Edward Island genealogy resource, The Island Register

Posted on September 16, 2021 by Gail Dever

In its series, What a Life, CBC reports on Dave Hunter, who created The Island Register, the go-to message board for genealogists researching their Prince Edward Island ancestry. Mr. Hunter, who was also a huge collector of vintage telephones, passed … Continue reading →

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Canada loses a genealogy star — Dave Hunter

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Gail Dever

When you look at FamilySearch’s Prince Edward Island Land Records page, the resource at the top of the list is Prince Edward Island land record database on The Island Register website, created by Dave Hunter. Sadly, after many years of … Continue reading →

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PEI Museum to launch online collection this month

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Gail Dever

The PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation yesterday released a series of tweets to announce the launch its online collection on January 21. In one of the tweets, the museum wrote, “Thanks to funding from @Innovation_PEI and the PEI Culture Action … Continue reading →

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Veteran grave markers to be restored in cemeteries across Prince Edward Island

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, announced yesterday that in 2020-2021, Veterans Affairs Canada plans to complete repairs to veteran grave markers in more than 20 cemeteries on Prince Edward Island — … Continue reading →

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Prince Edward Island Archives has reopened

Posted on June 24, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office reopened to the public on Monday at its new location, the Atlantic Technology Centre (ATC), 176 Great George Street in Charlottetown.  The provincial archives is taking several COVID-19 precautions.  All visitors … Continue reading →

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Findmypast adds 19th-century Prince Edward Island directories and almanacs

Posted on February 9, 2020 by Gail Dever

Findmypast has added a new Canadian record collection, with promises of adding more from across the country over the coming months, raising hopes among those who research their Canadian ancestry. On Friday, Findmypast announced it had added Prince Edward Island … Continue reading →

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Prince Edward Island Archives closes for move to new location

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Gail Dever

Work to relocate the Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office two blocks away to the Atlantic Technology Centre has begun. On November 1, at the end of the day, the provincial archives closed for several weeks. The staff … Continue reading →

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Prince Edward Island Public Archives adds thousands of death registrations, 1965-1968

Posted on September 17, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Public Archives and Record Office (PARO) of Prince Edward Island has uploaded the index of thousands of death registrations, from 1965 to 1968. Until as recently as the end of June, death registrations were available online only from 1906 … Continue reading →

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PEI to table legislation this fall to open adoption records

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Gail Dever

Prince Edward Island’s Minister of Social Development and Housing said the province will be bringing forward legislation in the fall to make adoption records more freely available. Minister Ernie Hudson made the remarks in response to a question posed by … Continue reading →

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How to carry fish alive a great distance — and other old Maritime recipes

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

In case anyone in 1791 needed to know how to carry fish alive a great distance, an item in the Halifax Weekly Chronicle that year explained how. Take an ounce of white sugar-candy, and as much salt-petre as is about the size … Continue reading →

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