Monthly Archives: April 2016

This week’s crème de la crème — April 30, 2016

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Alberta Online Historical Newspapers Summary, and New Brunswick Online Historical Newspapers Summary and Prince Edward Island Online Historical Newspapers Summary by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. The British Colonist … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Think You Are? double header Sunday

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Gail Dever

This Sunday will be the season finale of the current season of TLC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, and they will be airing two new episodes back-to-back: Chris Noth at 8:00 p.m. and Lea Michele at 9:00 p.m. Mr. … Continue reading →

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Registration opens today for BIFHSGO’s annual conference

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Gail Dever

In the early hours of the morning, the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa in Ontario opened the online registration for its 22nd annual conference to be held September 9 to 11, 2016 at Ben Franklin Place in … Continue reading →

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Canadiana launches online database of Aboriginal soldiers

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Gail Dever

April has been a good month for genealogists researching their Canadian ancestors with several new or expanded online databases, and here is another one. The following is the release Canadiana.org issued yesterday. OTTAWA, ON, April 26, 2016 — The World … Continue reading →

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Kelowna & District Genealogical Society’s conference in September

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Gail Dever

“One of Western Canada’s largest genealogy conferences promises to be bigger, better and more exciting than ever,” says the Kelowna & District Genealogical Society (KDGS) in British Columbia. The KDGS’s bi-annual conference, September 23 – 25, 2016, will feature 33 … Continue reading →

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Webinar about England and Wales — Rummaging in the parish chests

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Gail Dever

This week’s guest speaker on Legacy Family Tree’s webinar will be Kirsty Gray, who will speak about England and Wales — Rummaging in the parish chests. The parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials in England and Wales give many … Continue reading →

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Prairie genealogical societies issue call for articles about North West Mounted Police

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Gail Dever

Three genealogical societies in Canada’s prairie provinces are collaborating to find articles about the North West Mounted Police for their respective journals. The Alberta Genealogical Society, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, and Manitoba Genealogical Society have issued a call to members and … Continue reading →

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Facebook for genealogy around the world

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Gail Dever

Katherine R. Willson has added more than 1,000 links to her Genealogy on Facebook list for a total of more than 8,000 links. This update includes a lot of new groups for Michigan and New York. You will find a … Continue reading →

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Canadians contributed to new British Red Cross digital archive of WWI volunteers

Posted on April 26, 2016 by Gail Dever

The British Red Cross yesterday launched a digital archive of WWI volunteers, and Canadian volunteers are among those who contributed to this online collection of more than 244,000 personnel index cards. According to the British Red Cross’ announcement, “The collection … Continue reading →

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Online family collection chronicles life in Upper Canada and War of 1812

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Gail Dever

Only two years ago, descendants of the Woodruff family donated 14 boxes of family records, dating back to 1784, to Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. Now, after months of describing, scanning, and uploading images, the Woodruff Family Fonds is … Continue reading →

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