Monthly Archives: January 2020

Webinar — Digging deeper in archived records

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Gail Dever

The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History will host a free webinar, It’s in the Archives! Digging Deeper in Archived Records, presented by archivist Melissa Barker, on Saturday, February 1, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. Genealogists use archives … Continue reading →

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The 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

Registration is now open for the first ever, free 24-Hour Genealogy Webinar Marathon, hosted by Family Tree Webinars and MyHeritage. The marathon will begin on Thursday, March 12 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time and end on Friday, March 13 at … Continue reading →

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Updated edition of Acadian family history at BAnQ — January 2020

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal catalogued this month one updated Acadian family history for its genealogy collection. The Grande Bibliothèque (translated literally as Big or Grand Library) is the flagship library facility of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). All books … Continue reading →

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Archives of Manitoba invites public to help create exhibit for province’s 150th anniversary

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Archives of Manitoba yesterday announced plans for the exhibit, Your Archives: The Histories We Share. While the announcement wasn’t about a release of digitized birth, marriage and death records, which would have had genealogists jumping for joy, the initiative … Continue reading →

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Last call to submit presentation proposals for BIFHSGO’s conference in Ottawa

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

Time is running out. If you’re toying with the idea of submitting a presentation proposal for the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa’s (BIFHSGO) conference in September, you should consider doing so. Now. BIFHSGO is still looking for … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick birth records for 1924 now available online

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick has released 11,017 civil birth records for 1924 and made them available online. This is an index that provides a transcription of the name of the child, sex, date and location of birth, and … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Effective use of GENUKI: England’s largest free genealogy website

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree will host the free webinar, Effective Use of GENUKI: England’s Largest Free Genealogy website, presented by Paul Milner, on Wednesday, January 29, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Learn how to effectively use the largest free website for … Continue reading →

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RootsTech’s free livestream schedule now available

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

A good remedy for the winter blahs for genealogists are the presentations RootsTech will stream live during the conference at the end of February, and the recordings made available soon afterward. This year, from February 26 to 29, there will … Continue reading →

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People with grandparents from Orkney or Shetland wanted for Scottish university genetic research study

Posted on January 26, 2020 by Gail Dever

The University of Edinburgh is looking for people with at least two grandparents who were born in the northern Scottish isles of Orkney or Shetland for a genetic study aimed at improving medical treatments. Some 4,000 people will be invited … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 25, 2020

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsQuebec Ancestors: Church Indexes on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. A Parish History Book for Winter Reading by Diane Tourville on GenSpotters. Fantastic Find! US Mexican War … Continue reading →

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