Monthly Archives: July 2021

This week’s crème de la crème — July 31, 2021

Posted on July 31, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs1911 Census of Canada and Addresses in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 2 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. More … Continue reading →

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Findmypast publishes 10.7 million Scottish parish records

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Gail Dever

With great excitement, Findmypast yesterday announced at a virtual launch event, attended by more than 230 genealogists from both sides of the Atlantic and perhaps even farther afield, the publication of a vast new online collection of Old Parish Registers … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Food Day Canada by exploring old family recipes to connect with your heritage

Posted on July 30, 2021 by Gail Dever

I inherited my mother’s personal collection of recipes, gathered together in a three-ring binder. It’s easy to tell which recipes she made the most often because they’re the ones covered in smudges of chocolate, sauce, and other ingredients that went … Continue reading →

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40,000+ photos of military headstones and cemeteries on New Zealand War Graves Trust website

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Gail Dever

New Zealander Dennis Kerins wanted to photograph all war graves and primary memorials of New Zealanders who died in conflicts overseas and create a digital archive so biographical information and images are available online. With the help of fellow New Zealand … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s National Catholic Museum launches interactive virtual site

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Gail Dever

Scotland’s National Catholic Museum, Blairs Museum, has launched a new website featuring an interactive virtual museum and shop, thanks to £4 million in funding last July from the Scottish Government’s Museum Recovery and Resilience Fund established to protect Scotland’s culture … Continue reading →

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Webinar online — English civil registration records analysis

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Gail Dever

The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists, a professional credentialing organization for genealogy researchers, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has uploaded the 17-minute video, English Civil Registration Records Analysis, to its YouTube channel. Presented by Jana Greenhalgh, … Continue reading →

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Wanted: Youth ambassador for family history society

Posted on July 28, 2021 by Gail Dever

Would a youth ambassador help your genealogical society attract younger members? The Devon Family History Society in Exeter, Devon in England hopes it will make a difference in theirs. Yesterday, the society tweeted what looks very much like a job … Continue reading →

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Victorian mourning clothes for women and men

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Gail Dever

According to the latest blog post on BillionGraves, mourning clothes let our Victorian ancestors tell the world that they were grieving, without them having to say a word about it to anyone. It was so unacceptable to speak of the … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 24, 2021

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Then and Now in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 1 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian … Continue reading →

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New family histories at BAnQ — April/June 2021

Posted on July 23, 2021 by Gail Dever

Staff at the Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal continue to catalogue during the pandemic, but the process appears not to be as fast as 18 months ago and perhaps they haven’t received as many books. Only two family history books were … Continue reading →

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