Monthly Archives: March 2019

Ancestry puts back ‘birth’ search field in Quebec Drouin collection

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

About three weeks ago, some of us complained about Ancestry removing their subscribers’ ability to search by year of birth in one of its largest record sets, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968. The birth label was still … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 30, 2019

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 52 Ancestors: Week 12 – 12 Sites to Further your Canadian Research by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. University of Alberta Digitization; still waiting on LAC and Guy Berthiaume announces … Continue reading →

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Historic New Brunswick Anglican church records soon to go online

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Gail Dever

Anticipation has been growing since last fall when the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Genealogical Society (NBGS) revealed they are working together to digitize more than 700 registers from the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton. The registers contain … Continue reading →

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Teaching Lost Stories — Acadians and leprosy

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

In 1844, people who had leprosy in New Brunswick were sent to Sheldrake Island to keep them isolated from the rest of the population. Most of those infected were Acadian. This little-known story, called Leprosy on Sheldrake Island, is one … Continue reading →

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New project to identify descendants of Pocahontas

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Gail Dever

More than 100,000 people claim to be descendants of Pocahontas through the Thomas Rolfe bloodline, including two Dever cousins of mine who were born in Toronto. A new educational, outreach program, called the Pocahontas Descendants Initiative, intends to find the … Continue reading →

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12 more RootsTech 2019 sessions available to watch online

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Gail Dever

Genealogists can now watch 12 presentations that were recorded during the RootsTech 2019 conference, held February 27 to March 2 in Salt Lake City, Utah, in addition to the 22 keynote sessions and presentations that were live streamed. All of … Continue reading →

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Prince Edward Island archives moving up the street this fall

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Gail Dever

Only a week after the public learned the Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office in Charlottetown was looking for a new home to acquire more space, officials announced the provincial archives will move to the Atlantic Technology Centre, only … Continue reading →

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New Quebec family histories at BAnQ — February 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal received in February two published families histories for its genealogy collection — both about people from Poitou, France. One was published in Quebec and the other was published in France. The Grande Bibliothèque is the flagship library … Continue reading →

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One week left for Ontario Ancestors conference early bird registration discount

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Gail Dever

The early bird discount for the Ontario Ancestors (Ontario Genealogical Society) 2019 conference ends March 31. The Breaking Down Genealogical Barriers conference will run June 20 to 23 at the London Convention Centre in downtown London, Ontario. With the event … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 23, 2019

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Maximizing a Search in the Canadiana Collection – Part II by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. Working with the BC (British Columbia) Historical Newspapers Collection… by Teresa Basińska Eckford on … Continue reading →

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