Monthly Archives: September 2020

If your ancestors lived in Saskatchewan, MemorySask will become your best online archival resource

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists yesterday launched MemorySask: the Saskatchewan Archival Information Network, which is described as a database of descriptions of archival material held in Saskatchewan archives. MemorySask also hosts descriptions from archival repositories in Nunavut. The … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Ontario pre-1869 birth, marriage and death records

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Gail Dever

Registration for Ontario Ancestors’ free webinar in partnership with the Archives of Ontario is popular. Archivist Serge Paquet will be speaking about Pre-1869 Birth, Marriage and Death Records on Thursday, October 1, at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. He will explain … Continue reading →

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Last minute notice — Webinar: The Forgotten in Genealogy – Clergenealogy

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Québec Genealogical eSociety will host the free webinar, The Forgotten in Genealogy — Clergenealogy, presented by André Morel, tonight, September 29, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Some researchers estimate that more than 120,000 young women and men in French … Continue reading →

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New Quebec family histories — April 2020

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

Staff at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal catalogued in April two Quebec families histories that weren’t included on an earlier list. The Grande Bibliothèque is the flagship library facility of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). All books published in Quebec, … Continue reading →

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Museum seeks family members of first passengers to arrive at Pier 21

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia wants to connect with the families of the first immigrants to step on the pier on March 8, 1928. The 54 people, who arrived aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam, … Continue reading →

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Webinar — Are you sure your ancestors were never in jail?

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Toronto Branch of Ontario Ancestors kicks off its first meeting of the fall season tonight, September 28 — and it’s going to be online. In her presentation, Debt, Drunk & Disorderly, Vagrancy, Prostitution, Theft, Assault, Insanity: Are You Sure … Continue reading →

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Tracking the Irish famine migrants to Canada

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Embassy of Ireland in Ottawa will present a livestreamed public lecture, In Search of the 1490: Tracking the Famine Migrants from Strokestown to Canada in 1847, by Professor Mark McGowan from the University of Toronto and University of St. … Continue reading →

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New book on Loyalist cemeteries and gravestones in Nova Scotia

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

Only a month after his book, Loyalist History of Nova Scotia, was published, Brian McConnell has already published another one. In Loyalist Cemeteries & Gravestones of Nova Scotia: Annapolis & Digby Counties, Mr. McConnell provides the locations of United Empire … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 26, 2020

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsYukon Ancestors: Find your Yukon ancestors with the Yukon & Alaska Genealogy Centre by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. W.R. Chorley’s Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second … Continue reading →

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Two free FamilySearch classes today

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Gail Dever

If you have time today, you may want to pop in to one or both of FamilySearch’s free beginner classes today: Are You Your Own Brick Wall? Common Genealogical Mistakes and Their Solutions at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time and When … Continue reading →

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