Monthly Archives: December 2020

2020: A year of Canadian genealogy in review

I think we can all agree that this year has been like no other. A year ago, none of us was wearing a mask, we’d never heard of social distancing, lockdowns only took place in prisons, and the Corona we … Continue reading

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New Order of Canada appointments include former head of Library and Archives Canada

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, today announced 61 new appointments to the Order of Canada. Among the appointments is the former Librarian and Archivist of Canada Guy Berthiaume, who was appointed as member of the Order of Canada … Continue reading

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2021 Legacy Family Tree Webinars lineup includes a new Canadian series

MyHeritage and FamilyTreeWebinars.com have released their lineup of webinars for 2021, and for the first time it features a monthly Canadian series. This 12th year of Legacy Family Tree Webinars includes 120 classes, ranging from Prussia to Ireland to Samoa. … Continue reading

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Transcribe records from the 1917 Halifax Explosion

If you have some time to spare and an interest in history, you may want to transcribe records from the Halifax Explosion disaster in 1917 on the Transcribe section of the Nova Scotia Archives website. Transcribe is the Nova Scotia … Continue reading

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Documentary about the Irish Famine on YouTube

Liam Neeson narrates The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine, a two-part documentary produced to mark the 175th anniversary of the Great Famine. It was broadcast a month ago on RTÉ 1 television and can be viewed on YouTube, perhaps … Continue reading

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

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGiving the Gift of Family History to the Homeless: Olive Branch Connections by Sarah Clift on Family Locket. Christmas Past Dancing In My Head by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Family History Hound. A … Continue reading

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If my grandfather, father and others could be away from their family at Christmas during WWI and WWII, we can do the same

During the First and Second World Wars, soldiers’ only means of communication with family were letters. Many took weeks to arrive. For us today, it’s so much easier. All we have to do is pick up our phone, email, text, … Continue reading

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Eastern Ontario newspapers digitized

The Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives in Arnprior, Ontario has added more than 180 issues of newspapers from Renfrew County to its online collection, with financial assistance from the Ottawa Branch of Ontario Ancestors. Renfrew County is located just west of … Continue reading

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Kingston, Ontario’s Daily British Whig newspaper digitized from 1850 to 1926

The Frontenac Heritage Foundation in Kingston, Ontario has completed its project to digitize 24 years of the Daily British Whig, from 1902 to 1926. This involved digitizing 89 reels of microfilm, which included 7,532 issues of the newspaper, for a … Continue reading

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Lorine McGinnis Schulze updates her Naturalization Records website

Looking for naturalization records for Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, or New Zealand? You should take a look at the website, NaturalizationRecords.com, that Lorine McGinnis Shulze of Olive Tree Genealogy has revised and re-designed. She has simplified the website … Continue reading

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