Monthly Archives: October 2019

Ontario Ancestors’ half-price membership offer begins Friday

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

There’s good news for penny-pinching genealogists, and that’s probably most of us. Ontario Ancestors, also known as the Ontario Genealogical Society, is bringing back its Grow Our Family membership program for another year. Genealogists can take advantage of the Grow … Continue reading →

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Toronto to expand Ireland Park

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

Mayor John Tory of Toronto joined Councillor Joe Cressy, Robert G. Kearns, chair and founder of Ireland Park Foundation, and other dignitaries last week to officially mark the start of construction on six projects on the city’s waterfront in an area that … Continue reading →

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Looking for ideas on how to write your family’s history? Take inspiration from these three bloggers

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

If you’re like many genealogists who want to write their family history, but don’t know where to start, you may be inspired by three Montreal bloggers who chose a different approach for their storytelling, instead of using the somewhat typical … Continue reading →

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New PRONI lecture about Irish emigration on YouTube

Posted on October 28, 2019 by Gail Dever

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) on Friday posted the lecture, Irish Emigration: New Sources, New Approaches, New Results, on its YouTube channel. PRONI and the Ulster Historical Foundation co-hosted this first Brian Trainor Memorial Lecture. Professor (Emeritus) … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsHarvesting on Peel’s Prairie Provinces by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Dobson’s ‘Irish Emigrants to North America’ is next Ancestry World Archives Project by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. … Continue reading →

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Recording of first RootsTech live-streamed presentations already online

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Gail Dever

Did you get up early — or not go to bed — to watch the three presentations RootsTech live streamed yesterday from London? I didn’t. I couldn’t. My brain doesn’t absorb anything at that hour — and I expected the … Continue reading →

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Toronto’s flag tradition returns to salute Canadian veterans on Remembrance Day

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Gail Dever

On the eve of Remembrance Day, a patriotic sea of 47,500 Canadian flags will be planted at Sunnybrook Veterans Centre in Toronto so that 475 veteran residents can wake up November 11th knowing their sacrifice has been remembered. The Operation Raise a … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Colonizing Canada

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Gail Dever

The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History will host a free webinar, Colonizing Canada, presented by Christine Woodcock, on Saturday, October 26, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. (It was originally scheduled for presentation on November 23.) While the … Continue reading →

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NARA virtual genealogy fair live today — and recorded for afterward

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

The National Archives and Records Administration’s free Virtual Genealogy Fair starts today, Wednesday, October 23, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time and ends with the closing remarks at 4:00 p.m. It will be broadcast on YouTube. The schedule, presentation descriptions, and … Continue reading →

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RootsTech livestreaming and handouts

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Gail Dever

If unable to attend RootsTech in London, England this week, where more than 150 sessions will be presented by an international contingent of speakers, you can still enjoy some of it at home. From Thursday, October 24 to Saturday, October … Continue reading →

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