Monthly Archives: August 2021

30 free virtual presentations during Webtember from Legacy Family Tree Webinars

Warning: Acting upon the following message may cause your brain to explode with an abundance of knowledge. It’s back to school time of year — and Webtember — and that means there will be plenty to learn in the family … Continue reading

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Scottish Indexes conference this weekend — and it’s free

The 12th free virtual Scottish Indexes conference begins Saturday, September 4. The event starts at 7:00 a.m. UK time, which is in the evening in Australia and New Zealand. To accommodate people in Canada and the United States, they keep … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 28, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Wrap Up by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Free Nova Scotia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Manitoba High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Saskatchewan … Continue reading

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Upcoming FamilySearch ‘British Empire’ webinars include Western Canada, Quebec notarial records, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, East India, and Jamaica

FamilySearch yesterday announced its September free Family History Library webinars, and it’s quite a line-up, especially if your ancestors lived in a country that was part of the British Empire.   Nine sessions will focus on beginner and intermediate British genealogy research outside of Great Britain, including … Continue reading

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British Columbia 1945 marriages and 2000 deaths now available online

After a delay of about three months, caused by the pandemic, BC Archives yesterday uploaded to its website the marriage registrations from 1945 and the death registrations from 2000. The next time a new collection of BC birth registrations will … Continue reading

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Millions of free records and newspaper pages on Findmypast

Findmypast’s link to free records may be worth bookmarking for those who don’t subscribe to the site. There are millions of free online newspaper pages, census records, parish registers, travel and migration records, and military records.

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ISBGFH’s upcoming webinar series features 14 presentations

The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History’s 2021-22 Winter Webinar Series begins on Saturday, September 11 with a presentation on Victoria County Histories delivered by Caroline Gurney. The 14 webinars in the line-up are free and open to … Continue reading

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More free Ontario yearbooks online on The Ancestor Hunt

Like the Energizer bunny that keeps going and going, Kenneth R. Marks continues to update his many lists of free online high school and university yearbooks on The Ancestor Hunt website. This weekend, he added 55 more schools to the … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 21, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Ordering from OnLand by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration Before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 4 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Coming … Continue reading

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More online BC marriage and death registrations coming soon

Blame the pandemic. The online release of vital statistics on BC Archives’ website is coming, but not as early as in previous years. BC Archives only received the new data from Vital Statistics BC this week. Last year, the records … Continue reading

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