Monthly Archives: January 2019

Preserving the heritage of upstate New York’s Franco-American communities

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

Two professors at a college in New York are working to catalogue and tell the stories of the nearly one million miners, textile and other workers who moved from Quebec to New York from about the mid-1800s to early 1900s. They … Continue reading →

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Using Internet Archive for research on Genealogy with a Canadian Twist

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Gail Dever

If you missed last week’s live Genealogy with a Canadian Twist webinar about how to use the Internet Archive for research, host Kathryn Lake Hogan has posted a 10-minute recap on YouTube. It is worth a look. Recaps of previous … Continue reading →

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Royalty-free background music

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Gail Dever

Genealogists and genealogical societies who want to create videos with background music for posting on YouTube and elsewhere should take a look at MakeUseOf’s list of royalty-free music sites.

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RootsTech 2019 conference handouts available through app

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Gail Dever

For this year’s RootsTech conference, more than 300 genealogy classes are scheduled, and most of them have a handout that is available to anyone to download through a free mobile app, whether you attend or stay home. While reading handouts … Continue reading →

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Motion to create Dutch Heritage Day in Canada

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Gail Dever

During the first debate in Canada’s new House of Commons yesterday, Member of Parliament Dave Van Kesteren put forward the motion to call on the House to recognize May 5 as Dutch Heritage Day. Text of the Motion That, in … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Photo organizing and preservation

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree will host a free webinar, You Can Do This: Photo Organizing and Preservation, presented by Thomas MacEntee, on Wednesday, January 30, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Are you sitting on a pile of old family photographs and wondering … Continue reading →

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Group seeks $200K from Eastern Ontario council to digitize local newspapers

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

It’s not often a city council is pitched an idea to digitize local newspapers, but that’s what happened last week at the United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry (SDG) council meeting in Eastern Ontario. Former North Dundas mayor Eric … Continue reading →

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Canadian attitudes to personal DNA tests

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Gail Dever

For genealogists who have taken a DNA test and want more people to take one, there is good news in a survey on Canadians’ attitudes toward consumer DNA tests. On the less-than-positive side, Canadians are concerned about data privacy regarding … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 26, 2019

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Canadian WW2 Service Files Part 2: Died (1948-present) by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit. Canadian Directory Search by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Diversity is evident in Franco-American ancestry … Continue reading →

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‘Introducing 19th-century paupers’ letters’ webinar on YouTube

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Gail Dever

If you missed the live broadcast of The National Archives’ 30-minute webinar, Introducing 19th-century paupers’ letters, presented by Dr Peter Jones from the University of Leicester, you can now watch it on YouTube.  

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