Monthly Archives: October 2015

New season of Finding Your Roots to air in January

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Gail Dever

The PBS program, Finding Your Roots, will return on January 5, marking the return of the show since host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was found to have acquiesced to Ben Affleck’s request to scrub a slave-owning ancestor from the actor’s … Continue reading →

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French-Canadian Heritage Society of California holds bi-annual meeting

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Gail Dever

On a chilly fall or winter day, how often have you asked yourself why your ancestors didn’t emigrate further south? I suspect many members of the French-Canadian Heritage Society of California (FCHSC) in Burbank are glad they or their ancestors … Continue reading →

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American-French Genealogical Society announces 2015 Hall of Fame inductees

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Gail Dever

The American-French Genealogical Society (AFGS) in Woonsocket, Rhode Island inducted three people and one group into its French Canadian Hall of Fame last Friday evening.The Hall of Fame annually recognizes individuals of French Canadian ancestry who have made significant contributions … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 17, 2015

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Montreal’s Old Burying Ground by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. Finding Tips for Using the Upper Canada Sundries by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Legacy Family Tree. What a Great … Continue reading →

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Ontario presents commemorative plaque to town of Honfleur, France

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Gail Dever

Ontario presented the town of Honfleur, France with a commemorative plaque recognizing the historical, social, cultural and economic ties that link Ontario to France and marking 400 years of French presence in Ontario. French explorer Samuel de Champlain embarked on … Continue reading →

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New look for website with New France resources

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Gail Dever

The bilingual website, Electronic New France/Nouvelle-France électronique, has a new look thanks to its creator, historian Joseph Gagné. Mr. Gagné describes the website as “where all the best websites pertaining to French colonial America are gathered.” While the bilingual website’s … Continue reading →

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Attend today’s NIGS virtual meeting to ask questions about Canadian research

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Gail Dever

Have questions about your Canadian genealogy research? This morning is your chance to ask professional genealogist Kathryn Lake Hogan questions about the National Institute for Genealogical Studies’ (NIGS) Canadian record courses and/or your research during an NIGS virtual meeting. Time … Continue reading →

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Webinar tonight about cracking the clue in Canadian census records

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Gail Dever

Here’s your chance to attend Ontario Genealogical Society Hamilton Branch’s monthly meeting from home. This evening, Thursday, October 15, at 7:00 p.m., the Hamilton Branch will live stream its meeting and we can all attend Kathryn Lake Hogan’s webinar, Cracking … Continue reading →

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Governor General’s History Award winners will interest many genealogists

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Gail Dever

Among the winners and those on the shortlist of this year’s Governor General’s History Awards are a books that will interest genealogists researching their Canadian family history. The awards are Canada’s top honours in the field of history and heritage. … Continue reading →

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Beware: Family history fraud is (apparently) as old as the Bible

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Gail Dever

A recent Canada’s History magazine column about genealogy fraud — in this century, the last century, and even Biblical times — has been making the rounds on social media. Written by retired publisher and genealogist Paul Jones in his bi-monthly … Continue reading →

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