Monthly Archives: January 2019

More than 40,000 newspaper photos online from Quebec’s Mauricie region

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a grant from Library and Archives Canada (LAC), a historical society in Shawinigan, Quebec has digitized more than 40,000 photos from the daily newspaper, Le nouvelliste, taken between 1940 and 1990, and they plan to digitize hundreds of … Continue reading →

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New online vintage hat archive helps date old family photos

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

The style of clothing people wore in a photo often helps us determine approximately when an old family photo was taken. If your ancestors wore hats when they had their photos taken, a new online resource may be a perfect … Continue reading →

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Former Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe’s late mother was the daughter of a British Home Child

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Gail Dever

It was sad to hear the news about the mother of former Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe, who died Sunday, and what makes the story even more tragic is how the 93-year-old woman died. Hélène Rowley Hotte was locked out … Continue reading →

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National Archives webinar – Introducing 19th-century paupers’ letters

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Gail Dever

The National Archives in England presents a new webinar, Introducing 19th-century paupers’ letters, that explores what paupers’ letters are and how they can be used for research. The webinar takes place Tuesday, January 22, at 1:00 p.m Eastern time — … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Integrating old photos into your family history research

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree will host a free webinar, Integrating old photos into your family history research, presented by the Photo Detective Maureen Taylor, on Tuesday, January 22, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Learn about the importance of photos in genealogy research. … Continue reading →

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Right photos. Wrong museum.

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Gail Dever

Darn. I worked for a few days on today’s blog post, Are your ancestors in these historic eastern Ontario photos?, about the historic portraits of people who lived in Lennox and Addington County Museum and Archives. Thanks to a diligent reader, … Continue reading →

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Are your ancestors in these historic eastern Ontario photos?

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors lived in the Hastings County area, bordering central and eastern Ontario, in the 1800s and early 1900s, there may be photos of them among the thousands of photos the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County holds … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 19, 2019

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Canadian WW2 Service Files: Part 1 – War Dead (1939-1947) by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit. Update to the Quebec City Prison Database by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Bulletin des … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick Archives adds 1923 births to its website

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Gail Dever

First out of the gate this year is the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, which has added the index for more than 10,000 births for 1923 to its website. The index provides the name of the child, sex, date and … Continue reading →

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New Quebec family histories at BAnQ — December 2018

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal received in November and December three published families histories and a book about the history of a 100-year-old town for its Genealogy collection. All were published in Quebec. The Grande Bibliothèque is the flagship library facility of the … Continue reading →

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