Monthly Archives: December 2017

Newly digitized Toronto city directories, 1927 – 1967

Christmas arrived early in my house! As genealogists, one of our favourite resources are city directories, and Jane MacNamara tweeted last night that several more Toronto directories have been digitized and made available online with the support of the Toronto … Continue reading

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Webinar — 100 days to a better family history

The Southern California Genealogical Society (SCGS) offers a free webinar, 100 Days to a Better Family History, presented by Tammy Hepps, today, Wednesday, December 20, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. Attend this class for one hour and leave with a plan … Continue reading

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Webinar — The law and reasonably exhaustive (re)search

If you can take a break from shopping, baking, and wrapping, Legacy Family Tree offers a free webinar, The Law and the Reasonably Exhaustive (Re)Search, presented by the Legal Genealogist Judy G. Russell, today, Tuesday, December 19, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern … Continue reading

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BIFHSGO’s 2017 conference lectures online for members

If you’re a member of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO) — you’re in luck. All of the lectures delivered at the society’s conference in September are now available to watch on YouTube, for members only, … Continue reading

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There’s a trick to looking up names in ten Toronto-area cemeteries

In the blog post, Map feature makes it easy to “visit” Toronto-area cemeteries, about searching 10 cemeteries for burial plot locations and how to see them via satellite, I wrote you must enter the surname and at least the first letter of … Continue reading

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Library and Archives Canada’s WWI service file digitization project — December update

Just in time for Christmas, Library and Archives Canada announced it has digitized 532,447 of 640,000 files in its Personnel Records of the First World War database, reaching the surname, Smith. The files of 4,985 men, named Smith, have been digitized, … Continue reading

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Ontario Genealogical Society Toronto Branch offers four courses this winter

The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is offering four courses to choose from during the winter months, beginning in January. With the exception of the Early Ontario Land Records course at the Ontario Archives, all are being held … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 16, 2017

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Manitoba Ancestors: Hudson’s Bay Company Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Ontario Update by Sheri on CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Update. Highlights of Items Digitized in 2017 and Available in … Continue reading

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How to search historical newspapers online with Quebec Archives’ new search engine: Part 1

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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Map feature makes it easy to “visit” Toronto-area cemeteries

Have you spent a lot of time wandering around cemeteries, looking for headstones? I’ve spent hours walking aimlessly around cemeteries, hopelessly searching for an ancestor’s headstone on the ground and on the cemetery map. Thinking I am in the vicinity … Continue reading

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