Monthly Archives: February 2017

Webinar — What’s new in genealogy?

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society’s free webinar this month is What’s new in genealogy?, presented by Kathryn Lake Hogan who recently attended RootsTech in Salt Lake City, Utah. Every year at RootsTech, new innovations in genealogy are revealed – new innovations … Continue reading →

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French-Canadian migration to Maine

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Gail Dever

Genealogists who cannot find the whereabouts of their Quebec ancestors may want to look south in New England, especially Maine. In the Bangor Daily News, Juliana L’Heureux writes: “It was 100 years ago when the Old Canada Road from Quebec … Continue reading →

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The Irish in Lotbinière, Quebec

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Gail Dever

A couple of days ago, I shared a blog post, written in French, about the Irish in Lotbinière, Quebec and its Protestant churches on the Genealogy à la carte Facebook group. There was a fair amount of interest in the … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 25, 2017

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Trace Your Roots at the Scotiabank Family History Centre by Caroline Michaud on Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Vital Statistics Part 6 – Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut by Candice McDonald … Continue reading →

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40% off Ancestry.ca membership

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Gail Dever

Read the comments posted on this blog post about the initial difficulty current Ancestry subscribers experienced when they called customer service and my comment toward the bottom about how the customer service reps eventually figured out how to extend our … Continue reading →

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McCord Musem digitizing three centuries of Quebec family archives

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Gail Dever

To mark Montreal’s 375th anniversary, McCord Museum has created Our Amazing Families: Three Centuries of Quebec Documents and History, a project to highlight the economic, social, and family history of Quebec. Thanks to financial support from Sun Life Financial, McCord Museum will describe, digitize, … Continue reading →

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Explore the Prairie immigration experience online

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Gail Dever

Cold, below zero. Nellie, Clara, & I are here & Jack Wilson doing chores. I wrote 2 letters, some knitting & we played Chinese checkers, George phones; Ad too Norval went away for hog-ma-nay. Snow is on the ground, but … Continue reading →

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BC newspaper digitization project receives award

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Prince George Newspapers Digitization Project was honoured Sunday night at a branch of the Prince George Public Library with the Jeanne Clarke local history award. Last year, the Prince George Public Library completed an almost ten-year project to digitize … Continue reading →

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Roots of Montreal

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Gail Dever

As part of the celebrations for Montreal’s 375th anniversary this year, CBC News has created Roots of Montreal, a series of short videos about some of the cultural communities that “have painted the city’s urban landscape into what it is … Continue reading →

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Register soon for British pub night at OGS conference #OGSConf2017

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Gail Dever

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) encourages those of us planning to attend the Ontario Genealogical Society conference in Ottawa to join them at their free British Pub Night on Thursday, June 15, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Less than … Continue reading →

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