Monthly Archives: December 2017

This week’s crème de la crème — December 30, 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Yukon Ancestors: yukongenealogy.com by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. RootsWeb Security Update by Tony Blackham on Ancestry Blog and Ancestry Had a Security Problem, Now Corrected by Dick Eastman on … Continue reading →

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2018 Legacy Family Tree webinar series announced

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage and FamilyTreeWebinars yesterday announced registration is now open for their 2018 Legacy Family Tree webinar series, and they provided the line-up of topics, speakers, and dates for 106 classes. All live webinars are free, and the recordings are free … Continue reading →

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Protestant church records from France available on FamilySearch

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch has added the record collection, France, registres protestants, 1536-1897 (France, Protestant church records, 1536-1897). This collection contains Protestant church baptism, marriage, and burial records collected and held by the Société de l’histoire du protestantisme français from Protestant churches located in … Continue reading →

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Updated New Brunswick county guides a ‘must have’ for genealogists

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick has updated all 15 of its county guides, an essential resource for genealogists researching their ancestors there. According to the Archives’ website, the guides provide descriptions of records that are the most helpful for … Continue reading →

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‘Influenza 1918’ on PBS

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Gail Dever

As part of its American Experience series, PBS will air the documentary, Influenza 1918, on January 2, likely to mark the 100th anniversary. A bit of Googling indicated this 60-minute program was first broadcast in 1998. In September of 1918, soldiers … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Problems and pitfalls of a reasonably shallow search

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Gail Dever

Now that the big rush is over, except for hunting down Boxing Week sales and preparing for New Year’s, you may have a chance for some quiet moments to work on your genealogy research. Legacy Family Tree is hosting a … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch CGO explains why logging in is now required

Posted on December 27, 2017 by Gail Dever

In the latest episode of the ExtremeGenes podcast, FamilySearch chief genealogical officer David Rencher talked about why we are required to log in to FamilySearch and what we can expect on the website in 2018. During the episode’s second segment, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 23, 2017

Posted on December 23, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs British Columbia Ancestors: viHistory by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba & Saskatchewan Update by Sherri on CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Update. Introducing The Ryerson Index by Shauna … Continue reading →

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11 more Toronto directories digitized, from 1951-1969

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Gail Dever

The gift that keeps on giving is the digitization of Toronto directories from the Toronto Public Library and Internet Archive. Only a day after I published a blog post about a number of recently digitized directories, available through Jane MacNamara’s … Continue reading →

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How to search historical newspapers online with Quebec Archives’ new search engine: Part 2

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) recently launched a new search engine for researching digitized historical newspapers and magazines on its website. Researchers now have access to a more dynamic search engine and new features that make it … Continue reading →

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