Monthly Archives: February 2018

QAHN heritage lecture series begins today in Montreal

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network kicks off its heritage lecture series this afternoon at Montreal’s Atwater Library with the lecture, Drawing the Aberdeen School Strike, delivered by historian Rod MacLeod. The one-hour lecture begins at 12:30 p.m. at 1200 Atwater Avenue, … Continue reading →

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RootsTech handouts — There’s an app for that

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Gail Dever

Genealogists not able to attend the RootsTech 2018 conference in Salt Lake City, February 28 to March 3, can download the presentation handouts by using the free mobile RootsTech app. In addition to watching several live-streamed presentations from the comfort … Continue reading →

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Webinar tonight — Understanding & researching European surnames

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Wisconsin State Genealogical Society hosts a free webinar, How Understanding & Researching European Surnames Can Help Your Genealogical Research, presented by Julie Goucher, tonight, February 20, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. We begin with an explanation of what a surname … Continue reading →

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Book review — Peter Higginbotham’s history of institutional care for British children

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Gail Dever

Last July, Pen & Sword published historian Peter Higginbotham’s latest book, Children’s Homes: A history of institutional care for Britain’s young, and Revd Dr John Pridmore, former Rector of Hackney in east London, recently reviewed it for the London-based Church Times. … Continue reading →

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Facebook group encourages Irish Canadians to share GEDmatch (DNA) number

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Gail Dever

If your Irish ancestors settled in Canada and you have tested your DNA and uploaded it to the free site, GEDmatch.com, there’s a new Facebook group for you, called Irish in Canada – Gedmatch Numbers. This group is also good … Continue reading →

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Canadian military looking for DNA experts to identify, memorialize war dead

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Gail Dever

Canada’s Department of National Defence is seeking forensic DNA experts and funeral organizers to help its efforts to recover, identify, and arrange burials for Canada’s nearly 28,000 missing war dead. According to a Canadian Press report, “The prospective group of anthropologists, archaeologists and … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 17, 2018

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to Find Ancestors in Upper Canada (Ontario) Land Records by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Prince Edward Island Ancestors: The Island Register by Candice McDonald on Finding Your … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada digitizes another 12,000 WWI service files to website

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

Yesterday, Librarian and Archivist of Canada Guy Berthiuam tweeted, “87% of the way there.” Few finer words have ever been heard by a genealogist. Mr. Berthiaume was referring to Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) announcement that as of yesterday 555,443 … Continue reading →

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Genealogy Quebec adds Catholic marriages for 1917

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute announced yesterday all Quebec Catholic marriages for 1917 have been added to its website, Genealogy Quebec, in the LAFRANCE collection. This means there are now about 900,000 Quebec Catholic marriages on Genealogy Quebec, from the arrival of the … Continue reading →

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BAnQ marks 50th anniversary of legal deposit in Quebec

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

It has been 50 years since the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has been the legal depository for all books published in Quebec. Since January 1, 1968, all publishers must supply two copies of every book they publish … Continue reading →

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