Monthly Archives: April 2018

Library and Archives Canada digitizes more than 90% of WWI service files

Posted on April 16, 2018 by Gail Dever

File by file, the archivists at Library and Archives Canada are digitizing the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force service files, and many are thrilled they are doing so. As of yesterday, they had digitized and posted online 581,553 of … Continue reading →

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National Volunteer Week begins today

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Gail Dever

National Volunteer Week is a time to celebrate and thank Canada’s 12.7 million volunteers and the more than 62 million volunteers in the United States. From April 15 to 21, both countries are recognizing the contributions of volunteers in their … Continue reading →

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Webinar — ‘Using DNA with your one-name study’ with Maurice Gleeson

Posted on April 15, 2018 by Gail Dever

This month’s Guild of One-Name Studies webinar is Using DNA With Your One-Name Study, presented by Maurice Gleeson, on Tuesday, April 17, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern time. Dr. Gleeson will focus on a Y-DNA Project and how it can be a … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 14, 2018

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Your Ancestors in Quebec by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Introducing The Australian Women’s Register by Shauna Hicks on The In-Depth Genealogist. List of Church of Ireland Parish … Continue reading →

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P.E.I.’s Glenaladale Heritage Trust receives $705K to protect and preserve historic site

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Government of Canada announced Wednesday it has provided $705,000 in funding to allow Glenaladale Heritage Trust Inc. to acquire the Glenaladale Estate in Tracadie Bay, Prince Edward Island. The announcement was made by the Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Agriculture and … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage’s pro bono DNA initiative goes global

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage announced yesterday it has expanded its pro bono initiative, DNA Quest, to help adoptees and their birth families around the world reunite through genetic testing. According MyHeritage, the initiative, launched in March for the United States only, received an … Continue reading →

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Manitoba launches Heritage Trust Program to support museums and archives

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Gail Dever

Community museums and archives can now access matching dollars from the new Manitoba Heritage Trust Program announced last week by Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister Cathy Cox and Municipal Relations Minister Jeff Wharton. Working in partnership with The Winnipeg Foundation, … Continue reading →

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Tim Cook’s ‘Vimy’ wins Dafoe Book Prize

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Gail Dever

Tim Cook, a historian at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa and an adjunct research professor at Carleton University, has won the $10,000 J.W. Dafoe Book Prize for his book, Vimy: The Battle and the Legend. The prize is awarded … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick Archives adds birth records for 1922 and 12,000 WWI newspaper articles

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick recently added more than 12,000 birth records for 1922 to its website, along with more than 12,000 newspaper articles published during the First World War. This latest year of birth records includes 621 “Late … Continue reading →

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Thousands of historic photos from around the world on Online Archive of California

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Gail Dever

Sometimes the photos a family historian needs to see are available in somewhat unlikely places. Such is the case with more than 38,000 worldwide photos, including 2,600 images of Canada, that are available in the Online Archive of California’s Keystone-Mast … Continue reading →

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