Monthly Archives: February 2018

RootsTech live streaming begins this morning

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Gail Dever

The free live streaming of keynote addresses and selected presentations at RootsTech 2018 begins today, starting at 9:30 a.m. Mountain time (11:30 a.m. Eastern). No registration is required to watch the live streams. Just join in at the scheduled time. … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Women’s Institute: Tweedsmuir community histories

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Ontario Genealogical Society will host a free webinar, Women’s Institute: Tweedsmuir Community Histories, presented by Irene Robillard, tomorrow, Thursday, March 1, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. This presentation will look at the wealth of genealogical and historical information contained within the … Continue reading →

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Liberals earmark $73M for joint LAC-Ottawa Public Library facility

Posted on February 28, 2018 by Gail Dever

In yesterday’s Federal budget, the Trudeau government pledged $73.3-million over the next six years for the construction and operation of a new joint facility to house the offices of Library and Archives Canada and the new main branch of the … Continue reading →

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Thousands of photos of Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada on Flickr

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives has made available to the public thousands of photos, mostly old ones, on its Flickr account. It’s worth taking a look at this collection if only to wish your ancestors’ … Continue reading →

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‘Metis Pioneers’ tells survival story of two women in Alberta

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Gail Dever

A new book, Metis Pioneers: Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed, compares the lives of two Métis women after the fur trade, during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Delorme Smith was a published writer, while Hardisty … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch webinars on Danish and Polish genealogy research

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors came from Denmark or Poland, you may want to mark down on your calendar the dates of two upcoming FamilySearch webinars in March. It’s not often we see these countries represented on the lists of genealogy webinars. … Continue reading →

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Yukon Heritage Awards

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Yukon Historical & Museums Association (YHMA) last Monday honoured the six winners of the 34th annual Yukon Heritage Awards at the Yukon Archives. “These annual awards honour those who have made exceptional contributions to the conservation and celebration of … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 24, 2018

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs New Brunswick Ancestors: The Genealogical Files of Mgr Robichaud by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Family. Book Review: The Acadian Miracle by Bobbi King on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter. Naming Culture … Continue reading →

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American discovers he’s an Arsenault from PEI — and writes 4,000-page family history

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

An American, who didn’t know he was an Arsenault until his late 30s, produced a 4,000-page, five-volume history of his family that has Acadian roots in Prince Edward Island, and he received a heritage award for his genealogical work. Scott Arsenault … Continue reading →

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Winnipeg Police Museum digitizing mug shots

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Winnipeg Free Post published last week an article about a vast collection of mug shots the Winnipeg Police Museum has recently begun to digitize. The photos date from 1899 to the mid-1960s, and about a dozen of the older ones … Continue reading →

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