Monthly Archives: July 2019

Webinar — The Underground Railroad ends here: Canadian freedom for blacks in 19th century

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

Ontario Ancestors will host a free webinar, The Underground Railroad Ends Here: Canadian Freedom for Blacks in 19th Century, presented by Janice Lovelace, on Thursday, August 1, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. The Underground Railroad brought tens of thousands of … Continue reading →

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New season of Finding Your Roots premieres this fall

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

Season six of the PBS series, Finding Your Roots, begins October 8, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time and spans through to fall 2020. There will be two new episodes this fall, followed by five encore presentations of the series. … Continue reading →

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Savoir faire — Pilot project trains volunteers to help isolated seniors research their family history

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Gail Dever

A one-year pilot project, called Family Roots, in Haliburton County, northeast of Toronto, is training senior (60+) volunteers to research their family history and then matching them with other seniors, who may be isolated, vulnerable, or have mild cognitive issues, … Continue reading →

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Ontario Ancestors issues call for speakers for 2020 conference

Posted on July 29, 2019 by Gail Dever

Ontario Ancestors invites proposals for workshops and lectures for its next annual conference, taking place June 5 to 7, 2020, at the Hamilton Convention Centre. The conference theme is Vision 2020: Finding the Past — Moving into the Future. Speakers … Continue reading →

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189 Ontario city directories now on FamilySearch, thanks to partnership with Ontario Ancestors and Library and Archives Canada

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

Five months after Ontario Ancestors said they were partnering with Library and Archives Canada and FamilySearch International to digitize the historical Vernon Directories for municipalities in the province of Ontario, progress is clearly being made. In Saturday’s Ontario Ancestors eWeekly Update, the … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 27, 2019

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAcadian Research by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. New Pages: Farm and Farmers Directories by Miriam Robbins on Online Historical Directories. Canadian history context for your family history by John … Continue reading →

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Virtual Genealogical Association’s first virtual conference in November

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Virtual Genealogical Association’s first virtual conference will be held Friday, November 1, to Sunday, November 3, 2019, from 8:45 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern each day. The fee for all three days is $59US ($78CDN) for members and $79US … Continue reading →

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Origin and meaning of place names in Canada

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Gail Dever

On the Ontario Genealogical Society’s Kawartha Branch Facebook group, Anne C. shared a link to the book, The origin and meaning of place names in Canada* that is available in the University of British Columbia library’s historical books collection. Published … Continue reading →

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One week left to watch 12 free Jamboree presentations

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Gail Dever

Thanks to a reminder from Janine Adams on her blog, Organize Your Family History, only a week remains to watch the 12 presentations that were live streamed at the Southern California Genealogical Society’s Jamboree conference at the beginning of June. … Continue reading →

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BBC’s latest episode of Who Do You Think You Are? with Daniel Radcliffe on YouTube

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Gail Dever

Note: A day after this blog post was published, the video of this episode was removed from YouTube. It contained content from Warner Bros. International, who blocked it on copyright grounds. The first episode of the 16th season of BBC’s … Continue reading →

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