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Monthly Archives: November 2018
Sign up for a free National Institute for Genealogical Studies online course
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies is giving away a free course from a selection of four: Google for the Wise Genealogist Social Media Tools for the Wise Genealogist Demystifying Culture and Folklore Connecting Family: Online and Virtually Select one … Continue reading
Posted in Online learning
Tagged National Institute for Genealogical Studies
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Ancestry has sold more than 14 million DNA kits
Ancestry yesterday announced record sales of AncestryDNA kits during the month of November, including the “Turkey 5” period from the American Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday. Sales were primarily driven by purchases made on Ancestry.com as well as on Amazon where AncestryDNA was … Continue reading
Archives on the move in Saskatoon and Montreal
Major changes are in the immediate future for the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan’s archival centre in Saskatoon and Montreal’s municipal archives. The Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan will close its Saskatoon centre to the public December 21. They are in the process … Continue reading
Posted in Montreal, Saskatchewan
Tagged Archives de Montréal, Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan
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Book chronicles pioneers of Poitou who settled in New France
In the 17th and 18th centuries, 251 men and women from 94 parishes in the department, Deux-Sèvres, in Western France, left Poitou for the New World where they would build a country, New France, which eventually became Canada. Most of … Continue reading
Perks with free DNA uploads on MyHeritage end December 1
MyHeritage still has not shared the details on what changes it will make, but until Friday you can upload your autosomal DNA raw data files from other sites to MyHeritage for free and receive additional features. As of December 1, MyHeritage is changing its … Continue reading
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New book about Toronto’s historic Corktown neighbourhood includes 200 surnames
One of my most elusive ancestors is Alexander Brown Young, a cork cutter, who immigrated with his family to Montreal from Aberdeen, Scotland in 1855 when he was three years old. His presence is hard to trace in records that … Continue reading
Posted in Ontario
Tagged Alexander Brown Young, books, Corktown, Toronto
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Are you related to Neil Young?
It’s exactly one month before Christmas, so here’s a bit of genealogy fun before the day’s baking, decorating or shopping begins. Geneanet, the French-based genealogy company, often posts short items about Are you related to? With the exception of Céline … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — November 24, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 180 Obituary and Obituary Index Links from Canada by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Patrimoine Québec — a Genealogical Library by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Acadian genealogy – Researching … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, Acadians, Ancestry, Apps, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, DNA, family history writing, Franco-Americans, GEDmatch, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, obituaries, scanning, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, writing, WWI
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Learn about the Guild of One-Name Studies in ‘All About the Guild’ webinar
Genealogists curious to learn more about the Guild of One-Name Studies may want to take a look at the webinar, All About the Guild. During the webinar, Guild members lan R. Moorhouse, Tessa Keough and Julie Goucher provide a tour … Continue reading
Canadiana user survey
A week after the announcement about the more than 60 million pages on Canadiana becoming free to access January 1, 2019, an online survey has been created to learn how people currently use Canadiana and to share any feedback and … Continue reading