Monthly Archives: January 2015

This week’s crème de la crème — January 31, 2015

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Let It Go? Save or Toss Those Old Family Escrow Papers? by Denise Levenick on The Family Curator. L’hôtel de ville de Montréal by Mario Robert on Archives de Montréal. Dalhousie … Continue reading →

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LAC releases 19th-century Ontario directories

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada announced yesterday it has released a new version of its online database, Canadian Directories, adding 152 19th-century Ontario directories. The new directories are for the cities of Hamilton, Kingston and London and for the counties of … Continue reading →

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New documentary about Auschwitz premièred this week

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Gail Dever

A new 15-minute documentary, Auschwitz, had its première earlier this week in the prescence of 300 Holocaust survivors at the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Oświęcim, … Continue reading →

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Quebec City in photos, 1930 – 1937

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Gail Dever

Blogger Vicky Lapointe has assembled an interesting collection of about two dozen photos of Quebec City, taken by engineer Clifford M. Johnston who took the photos while on vacation in the 1930s. Mr. Johnston was an amateur photographer who immortalised … Continue reading →

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Tweet today to re-instate the long-form census in Canada

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Gail Dever

John D. Reid on his blog, Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections, writes that today there is a nationwide social media campaign in Canada to bring back the long-form census. John writes that the purpose of the campaign is “to get this issue … Continue reading →

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New book released about the Franco-Americans in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Gail Dever

Released this week is a book about the Franco-Americans in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. Appropriately named The Franco-Americans of Lewiston-Auburn, this book explores the history of the community. It is written by Mary Rice-DeFosse, a professor of French and Francophone studies at … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch offers free England, Scotland, and Wales research webinar series

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Gail Dever

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a free England Research webinar series offered by FamilySearch in January. Since some of you may have missed yesterday’s presentations, as I did, here is a reminder. Note that webinars about Scottish … Continue reading →

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Quebec Family History Society to hold conference in June

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Quebec Family History Society will hold a conference in Montreal from June 19 to 21, 2015. Called Roots 2015, the conference offers several lectures about Quebec genealogical research, such as coroner files at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du … Continue reading →

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Pre-1920 RCMP service files available at Library and Archives Canada

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Gail Dever

Canadians are very proud of their Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and today thousands are expected to attend a funeral service in Edmonton to honour Constable David Wynne who was killed in the line of duty last week. Across the country, … Continue reading →

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Toronto’s deep connection to London, England

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Gail Dever

My hometown Toronto has a deeper connection to London, England than it does to almost any other city in the world. Or at least that is what Adam Bunch claims in his blog, The Toronto Dreams Project Ephemera Blog. He … Continue reading →

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