Monthly Archives: March 2017

Lecture — Learn how to find records to prove Aboriginal ancestry

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Gail Dever

At the Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society’s meeting this Sunday, March 26, Tammy Tipler-Priolo will speak about how to Track your Elusive Aboriginal Ancestors in the Records. This lecture will discuss where you can find records to prove Aboriginal … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick Archives releases 1966 index to death certificates

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Gail Dever

While not attracting the same level of excitement as the release of Alberta’s civil registrations because genealogists had waited so long, the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick last week released the Index to Death Certificates for 1966 —  4,863 records. The 1918-1966 Death … Continue reading →

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Savoir faire — BIFHSGO creates foreign-born Canadian Militia 1907 database for all

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Gail Dever

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa has produced a database of almost 2,000 names of Canadian Militia personnel who served in 1907 and were born outside Canada. The publicly available database is an alphabetical index to a list … Continue reading →

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Alberta civil registration indexes released online

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Gail Dever

There was lots of excitement on social media yesterday as news travelled like wildfire about the Provincial Archives of Alberta’s online release of the index of Alberta’s civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths. You can now browse the indexes for births … Continue reading →

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Add this interactive map of Montreal to your genealogy research toolbox

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Gail Dever

Curious to know if the building where your ancestors lived in Montreal is still standing and when it was built? Did any buildings in their neighbourhood survive? CBC has created a fabulous map that shows the existing buildings in Montreal and when … Continue reading →

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Missisquoi historical society’s pioneer families

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Rootsweb group for Quebec’s (historic) Missisquoi County has transcribed the names of the 1965 Century Property Owner Certificates recipients. The list of names was first published in the Missisquoi County Historical Society Eighth Historical Report. Back in 1965, the Missisquoi County Historical Society … Continue reading →

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1930s photo album from Carillon, Quebec rescued

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Gail Dever

Do you have relatives who lived in the town once known as Carillon, Quebec in the 1930s?If so, you should take a look at the photo album genealogist and blogger Lorinne McGinnis Schulze rescued. On her blog, Olive Tree Genealogy, Lorinne … Continue reading →

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Royal Montreal Regiment Foundation to host Vimy Ridge exhibit

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Royal Montreal Regiment Foundation will host a free bilingual exhibition for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge that will be held near downtown Montreal at Westmount’s Victoria Hall on April 3, 4 and 6. On display … Continue reading →

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Celebrate St. Pat’s Day weekend with online tour of Montreal’s Griffintown

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Gail Dever

For those of us who were unable to take part in yesterday’s walking tour of Irish Montreal, there is an online opportunity to take a free self-guided tour of Griffintown, a former working class, industrial neighbourhood just south of downtown … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 18, 2017

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Lost Loyalists: Research Approaches by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connection. Montreal Cemeteries by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Canada 150 – Story of Manitoba by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: … Continue reading →

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