Monthly Archives: January 2018

All-day ‘Tracing your Irish and Scots-Irish Ancestors’ with Ulster Historical Foundation in Ottawa

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Gail Dever

If you have ancestors who came from Ireland, whether they were Catholics, Protestants, Gaelic, Celtic, Ulster-Scots (Scots-Irish), or famine immigrants, you will want to attend the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa’s (BIFHSGO) special event in March. On Saturday, … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Comparing the genealogy giants: Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree is hosting the free webinar, Comparing the Genealogy Giants: Ancestry, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage, presented by Sunny Morton, today, Wednesday, January 31, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Should you use Ancestry.com, FamilySearch.org, Findmypast.com or MyHeritage.com? Or should … Continue reading →

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AncestryDNA launches TV ad in ‘Brexit Britain’

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Gail Dever

Ancestry last night launched a bold, somewhat cheeky, TV campaign about Britain’s ties to Europe. In the ad, Europeans from across the continent deliver a love song to Brexit Britain. The ad opens on a French man reading about Brexit … Continue reading →

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Alison Hare and Nancy Peters to become co-editors of NGSQ

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Gail Dever

Yesterday, as NAFTA Round 6 talks among representatives from Canada, the United States, and Mexico wrapped up in Montreal, the National Genealogical Society in Falls Church, Virginia announced a bi-national working relationship. The National Genealogical Society (NGS) issued an announcement … Continue reading →

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Solution found to upload AncestryDNA results to FTDNA

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Gail Dever

Note: Since about September 2018, this solution is no longer necessary. Simply, upload your AncestryDNA raw data to FamilyTreeDNA. Uploading AncestryDNA raw data for free to FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) has been a problem for many genealogists and me since at least … Continue reading →

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OGS webinar — Researching Black Loyalist communities in Canada

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society will host a free webinar, Researching Black Loyalist Communities in Canada, presented by Janice Lovelace, on Thursday, February 1, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. Nearly 100,000 Blacks left the U.S. after the Revolutionary War and settled … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 27, 2018

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Genealogy Tools – Prince Edward Island by Leanne Cooper on Leanne Cooper Genealogy. Talbot Settlement and Survey Maps 1793-1849 Online! by Cindi Foreman on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog. University of Toronto’s Discover … Continue reading →

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Genealogist donates life’s research to Bermuda museum

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Gail Dever

A 91-year-old genealogist has pored over thousands of original documents that record the lives of generations of Bermudian families, and now she has donated almost 700 handwritten files to the National Museum of Bermuda so they can be put online … Continue reading →

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Digital Public Library of America releases beta version of ‘all-new’ website

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Gail Dever

A few days ago, Library and Archives Canada announced a new search engine that the average person will find easy to use, and then yesterday the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) announced the beta for their all-new website that … Continue reading →

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LAC launches new search engine — and wants your feedback

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has just released its newest search tool, Collection SearchBETA, and it is inviting members of the public to try it out and provide feedback. I usually don’t like my favourite websites to change their search … Continue reading →

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