Monthly Archives: August 2018

Virtual Genealogical Association membership half-price until Saturday

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Virtual Genealogical Association (VGA) is offering half-price memberships for only $10US during the Federation of Genealogical Societies’ conference, until Saturday. The recorded webinars and handouts alone make the membership fee worthwhile, especially with this discount. Use the code FGS2018 when signing … Continue reading →

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BAnQ professionals ask for fair compensation in open letter to their CEO

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

Professionals at Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), who are frustrated with no contract since 2015, a lack of pay equity with others in the public sector, and low morale, wrote an open letter to their new CEO, Jean-Louis … Continue reading →

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BC Genealogical Society goes digital with quarterly journal

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Gail Dever

A Canadian genealogical society has decided to permanently convert its paper journal to digital only — and with the price of postage in Canada, it’s no surprise. As much as genealogists like to read paper copies, it’s time to accept it’s … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada updates online censuses page and releases expanded finding aid

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) yesterday launched an expanded version of one of its  most popular research guides: Finding Aid 300: Other census and related documents (1640 to 1945 , and announced it had updated its censuses pages. This finding aid is a … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Researching military ancestors in England and Wales

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree will host a free webinar, Researching Forces Ancestors (England and Wales), presented by Kirsty Gray on Wednesday, August 22, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Do you have a British ancestor who served as a soldier or sailor? … Continue reading →

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Mystery photos found in old wooden box in Essex, England

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Gail Dever

Yesterday afternoon, I read a thread of tweets about an intriguing collection of old glass negatives that were discovered in a wooden box in Essex, England. The thread, with photos, had gone viral, and journalists have also been interested in … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Websites and resources for English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish ancestry

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Gail Dever

The Georgia Genealogical Society will present a free webinar, Discovering your UK/Irish Roots Online: Websites and Resources for English, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Ancestry, presented by Debra Dudek on Wednesday, August 22, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. There is no … Continue reading →

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Group of Toronto residents heads to court in dispute with Mount Pleasant Group of Cemetries

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Gail Dever

Friends of the Toronto Public Cemeteries (FTPC) and the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries (MPGC) are going to court today and tomorrow to plead their cases before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. FTPC, formed by a group of Toronto … Continue reading →

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Three webinars Tuesday — ‘Citing sources,’ ‘Genealogical Proof Standard,’ and ‘mtDNA and Y-DNA’

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Gail Dever

This must be back-to-school week for genealogists because there is a number of free webinars that are bound to make us smarter. I’ll write about some of them today and others in the next couple of days. Already, there are … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 18, 2018

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding a locality in Ireland with church records by Donna M. Moughty on Donna’s Irish Genealogy Resources. A Parisian Artisan Among Your Ancestors? – Try Eclat de Bois by Anne Morddel … Continue reading →

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