Monthly Archives: January 2022

Ontario Ancestors’ webinars this week — Anglican records, Métis research, Welsh emigration, maritime disasters on Lake Huron, and preserving diaries and journals

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Gail Dever

Ontario Ancestors and four of its branches will host a virtual presentation this week. All are free and open to the public. Registration is required for each one. The times are in Eastern time. Tuesday, February 1 — 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Okanagan, British Columbia newspapers digitized

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Gail Dever

British Columbia Regional Digitized History (BCRDH) recently announced that online access to back issues of two Okanagan newspapers, the Penticton Herald, 1906-1959, and Vernon News, 1891-1950, are now available. Before starting to browse or search these newspapers or any other collection … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 29, 2022

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch + LAC = Canada, 1851 Census Success by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Behind the Archives’ Door: The Newspaper Project on Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives. Learning about Acadian “blind spots” … Continue reading →

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Newfoundland and Labrador deaths, 1950-1968, now on provincial archives’ website

Posted on January 28, 2022 by Gail Dever

There was big news on Wednesday from Newfoundland and Labrador. Vital statistics records for deaths registered in Newfoundland and Labrador from 1950 to 1968 are now available online on The Rooms website, and there’s more to come. These newly added … Continue reading →

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African Heritage Month in Nova Scotia

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Gail Dever

Virtual celebrations began yesterday in Nova Scotia for African Heritage Month, with a provincial proclamation and poster unveiling ceremony. The provincial theme, Through Our Eyes: The Voices of African Nova Scotians, recognizes the legacies of people of African descent through … Continue reading →

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Legacy Family Tree Webinars’ free one-day conference

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Gail Dever

This Saturday, Legacy Family Tree Webinars will hold the first of its monthly online genealogy conferences in 2022, and they are all free.  The theme of this conference is Organization. These are the classes: Speaker Title Teri E. Flack Organization: … Continue reading →

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New Quebec family histories at BAnQ — October and November 2021

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Grande Bibliothèque in Montreal catalogued an additional five more Quebec family histories for its genealogy collection in October and November last year. They had previously indexed two other family histories in November. There is unfortunately little information provided about … Continue reading →

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Greek ancestry — Free webinar and two-day conference

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Gail Dever

If you have Greek ancestry, this is a good week for you because there is a free webinar and a free virtual two-day conference. WebinarToday at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, Legacy Family Tree Webinars will host the free webinar, An … Continue reading →

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Vernon & District Family History Society virtual seminar

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Vernon & District Family History Society in British Columbia will host five virtual presentations over three days, from February 25 to 27. Destination Canada by Dave ObeeMore than seven million people arrived in Canada from Europe, the United States … Continue reading →

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Chinese-Canadian indexing project on FamilySearch

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Gail Dever

Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885–1949 is a new Canadian indexing project on FamilySearch. The faster the collection is indexed, the sooner it will be searchable. This indexing project, however, has been classified as advanced, perhaps because of the … Continue reading →

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