Monthly Archives: September 2014

Journées de la culture — Quebec’s Culture Days

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Gail Dever

This weekend, from September 26 to 28, is Culture Days — Journées de la culture across Canada, a celebration of arts and culture, and many genealogy societies are participating. The Canada-wide Culture Days began in 2009, inspired by the success … Continue reading →

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Webinar today — Library at your fingertips: Internet Archive

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree presents a free webinar with Maureen Taylor today at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. The webinar, entitled Library at your fingertips — Internet Archive is about: “Genealogies, local histories, historic publications and more are available through the Internet … Continue reading →

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Ancestry updates Ontario BMDs

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors lived in Ontario and you are a subscriber to Ancestry.ca, this may be a good time to take another look at the records. Ancestry has posted an updated collection of Ontario births, marriages, and deaths. You can … Continue reading →

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Savoir faire — Quebec genealogy volunteers reach 10,000 transcriptions milestone

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Gail Dever

Congratulations to the Missisquoi RootsWeb volunteers who last week reached the 10,000-image mark in their transcription project of Quebec non-Catholic parish registers for the years 1763-1967. It has taken them ten years to reach this milestone, transcribing the browsable registers … Continue reading →

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Free webinar tonight about genealogy standards

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Gail Dever

There is still time to register for Thomas W. Jones’ webinar, Fine Wine in a New Bottle: Guidelines for Effective Research and Family Histories, on Monday, September 22 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. This live webinar is part of a … Continue reading →

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Facebook for genealogists

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Gail Dever

Yesterday was the last day of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa’s 20th annual conference. As in previous years, the volunteers ran an excellent conference. The lectures were terrific, and I enjoyed browsing and shopping in the … Continue reading →

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The road to Vimy from Quebec City: Lecture

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Gail Dever

Charles André Nadeau, a retired officer from the Canadian Navy, will speak about the road to Vimy at the Morrin Centre in Quebec City on Wednesday, Septemer 24. During the lecture, Connecting Through Culture: From Québec to the War, September … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 20, 2014

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Newly Digitized Microfilms on the Héritage Portal on the Library and Archives Canada Blog. Rockstar Genealogists: Gold Medalists and Rockstar Genealogists: Silver and Bronze Medalists by John D. Reid on Canada’s … Continue reading →

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Drouin Institute updates BMDs in 80 Quebec parishes

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute announced it has updated its LAFRANCE collection. They have added baptism, marriage, and burial records from 1850 to 1861 for 80 parishes in Quebec. A list of the parishes is available here. The LAFRANCE collection is available … Continue reading →

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Early Catholic parish records of Acadian Argyle Township now online

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Gail Dever

The Nova Scotia Archives has posted online the first 50 years of Catholic parish records, from 1799 to 1849, of the predominantly Acadian French township of Argyle, Yarmouth County. This collection of baptisms, first communions, marriages, and burials contains 4,575 … Continue reading →

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