Monthly Archives: April 2020

Webinar — Introduction to online parish clerks in the UK

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

Wayne Shepheard from Calgary, Alberta will deliver a free webinar, The Future is Still in the Past: An Introduction to Online Parish Clerks in the United Kingdom, hosted by Legacy Family Tree, on Friday, May 1, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern … Continue reading →

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Win a yearly subscription to Genealogy Quebec, 1,000 PRDH hits, or $200 to spend in online boutique

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Drouin Institute is offering you the chance to win a one-year subscription to Genealogy Quebec, 1,000 PRDH-IGD hits, or $200 to spend in their online boutique. All you need is an existing Genealogy Quebec account or you can create a new account to be … Continue reading →

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Free access to Canadian newspapers on Newspapers.com

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

John D. Reid wrote on his blog, Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections, about Ancestry providing free access to Canadian newspapers on Newspapers.com until Thursday, April 30, 11:59 p.m.

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Virtual Great Famine Voices Roadshow presents two films and a lecture this week

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

As part of the Great Famine Voices Roadshow 2020 online event series, you can now watch, for a limited time, two short documentaries about the Famine Irish in Liverpool, England — The Famine Irish in Liverpool from the Strokestown Park … Continue reading →

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Facebook Live today — Top tips for triangulating your DNA matches with Roberta Estes

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

Today, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, American genetic genealogist Roberta Estes will deliver a free presentation, with Q&A, about triangulating DNA matches on the MyHeritage Facebook page. More about the presentation is in Ms. Estes’ blog post, Top Tips for Triangulating … Continue reading →

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Virtual Great Famine Roadshow discusses the Famine Irish and Canada’s first responders

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Gail Dever

Since the live tour of the Great Famine Voices Roadshow has been postponed due to the spread of COVID-19, the organizers are presenting a series of online programs that will be available to view at home. Today, Sunday, April 26, … Continue reading →

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Public libraries extending free at-home access to Ancestry beyond initial April 30 deadline

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Gail Dever

There’s good news and bad news for genealogists. First, the good news. The Toronto Public Library has extended its free at-home access to Ancestry beyond the original April 30 deadline. The library now says Ancestry will be available at home … Continue reading →

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

Posted on April 25, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs BAnQ Advitam by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. NYPD Unearths Over 100 Years Of Photos Documenting NYC’s History by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Arolsen Archives quietly adds 13 … Continue reading →

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Ancestry and MyHeritage offer free access to yearbooks

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Gail Dever

For a limited time, Ancestry is offering free access to more than 450,000 yearbooks in the United States, Canada, and England, and MyHeritage has opened up access to its US yearbook collection. Until Sunday, April 26, you can view Ancestry’s … Continue reading →

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Tweedsmuir Community History Books digitization project complete

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) have completed their three-year project to digitize 225,000 pages of the Tweedsmuir Community History Books, thanks to a $38,303 grant received in 2016 from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program. According … Continue reading →

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