Monthly Archives: August 2014

CBC creates interactive map to locate WWI monuments

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Gail Dever

CBC News has created an interactive map of Canadian WWI memorials and asks Canadians to contribute to it. Take a look at the map. If you do not find a memorial in your community, take a photo of it, write … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 23, 2014

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 〈Quebec〉 Notarial Records on the Library and Archives Canada Blog. Searching for Your Irish Ancestors, Part 4 – Records for Other Religious Denominations by Timeline Genealogy on The Wild Geese. The … Continue reading →

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Ontario Historical Society reviews books on War of 1812

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Gail Dever

Are you still reading about the War of 1812 or interested in doing so? The Ontario Historical Society has added two new reviews to its list of book reviews about the War of 1812. The latest books reviewed are The … Continue reading →

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Nursing exhibit celebrates over a century of caring for life at Montreal hosptials

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Gail Dever

If you have a nurse in your ancestry and wonder what it was like to be a nurse more than a century ago, you should visit the exhibit, Caps of Courage: A Nursing Journey / De coeur et de courage: … Continue reading →

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Take a self-guided tour with Mount Royal Cemetery’s new app

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Gail Dever

Montreal’s 160-year-old Mount Royal Cemetery has entered the digital age. It now offers a new free mobile app designed for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices that will allow you to experience the nature and history of this National Historic … Continue reading →

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Historic walking tours at Mount Royal Cemetery begin this weekend

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Gail Dever

Starting this weekend, Montreal’s Mount Royal Cemetery is offering free walking tours in English and French. English tours This Sunday, August 24, take part in Mount Royal Cemetery’s walking tour, The Impact of the Great War on Montrealers, led by … Continue reading →

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British Home Child display opens near Upper Canada Village

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Ontario East British Home Child Family (OEBHCF), in partnership with the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, is once again hosting the British Home Child exhibit. The exhibit will be hosted at the Aultsville Train Station near Upper Canada Village in … Continue reading →

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WDYTYA? research notes

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Gail Dever

If you did not take notes while watching the US version of Who Do You Think You Are? and would like to know more about the research process, the information about each episode on the AncestryProGenealogists’ website will be helpful. … Continue reading →

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Montreal’s Angus-McIntyre home has changed little in 100 years

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Gail Dever

Whenever I take a power walk in downtown Montreal, I choose Peel Street because it is one of the steepest streets in the area and it leads to even steeper stairs up the side of Mount Royal. It is also … Continue reading →

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ActiveHistory seeks blog posts about WWI

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Gail Dever

ActiveHistory.ca has put out a call for blog posts about WWI under the theme Canada’s First World War. They are looking for blog post contributors that “expand perspectives, deepen insights, and challenge assumptions” and posts that will “help complicate, demystify … Continue reading →

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