Category Archives: Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island archives moving up the street this fall

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Gail Dever

Only a week after the public learned the Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office in Charlottetown was looking for a new home to acquire more space, officials announced the provincial archives will move to the Atlantic Technology Centre, only … Continue reading →

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PEI Public Archives may relocate this year

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Gail Dever

Prince Edward Island’s Public Archives and Records Office in Charlottetown needs more space and is looking for a new home. Jean Doherty, a communications officer with the Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture, told The Guardian a decision on the … Continue reading →

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Prince Edward Island to open adoption records

Posted on November 14, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Hon. Tina Mundy, Minister of Family and Human Services for Prince Edward Island, announced during Tuesday’s question period that the province has decided to open up adoption records. The minister said she expects to introduce legislative changes next spring and added … Continue reading →

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Charlottetown church receives funds to digitize 150 years of archives

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Gail Dever

St. Peter’s Cathedral in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island received $99,558 to help preserve its archives and make them digitally available on a future website. The funding was provided by Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Community Program. Michael Smitherman, chairman … Continue reading →

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P.E.I.’s Glenaladale Heritage Trust receives $705K to protect and preserve historic site

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Government of Canada announced Wednesday it has provided $705,000 in funding to allow Glenaladale Heritage Trust Inc. to acquire the Glenaladale Estate in Tracadie Bay, Prince Edward Island. The announcement was made by the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and … Continue reading →

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Moncton Times & Transcript to stop publishing genealogy column after 12 years

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Gail Dever

Despite genealogy remaining one of the most popular pastimes, the Moncton Times & Transcript after this Saturday will no longer publish Diane Tibert’s weekly column, Roots to the Past. For 12 years, since October 2005, Ms. Tibert has written Roots to the … Continue reading →

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Why your people in PEI didn’t drive cars in the early 1900s

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Gail Dever

There must have been a blue moon in the sky Monday. I read the Driving section in the Montreal Gazette about cars and trucks — something I have never done — and I found a resource about the history of Prince … Continue reading →

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A soldier’s hidden memoir and a Gaelic grandmother’s story from Atlantic Canada

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Gail Dever

Two new books from Atlantic Canada will undoubtedly pique the interest of genealogists researching the area and may encourage all of us to write our family’s history. A Boy from Botwood: Pte. A.W. Manuel, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 1914-1919 by Brian Davies … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch adds PEI death records, 1721-1905

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch has uploaded almost 16,000 images of handwritten index cards that provide information about deaths in Prince Edward Island between 1721 and 1905. Access to the Prince Edward Island Death Card Index, 1721-1905, is free, and it is easy to … Continue reading →

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