Monthly Archives: May 2022

Free access to Findmypast’s British and Irish newspapers

To celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, Findmypast is offering free access to the 53.5million pages in its British and Irish newspaper collections until Monday, June 6, 10:00 British Standard Time. The Ontario newspapers The Hamilton Daily Times, Toronto Daily … Continue reading

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McGill University studying impact of upsetting results of ancestry DNA tests

An associate professor of psychiatry at McGill University is studying the psychosocial experiences of Canadians who receive surprising news from ancestry DNA tests, specifically “not parent expected” events, which is when someone who is presumed to be an individual’s parent … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 28, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsUkrainian archives work hard to keep records safe and introduce a central portal by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Family links to land by Stephanie Ryan on Genealogical Society … Continue reading

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Online premiere of documentary, Great Famine Voices Hamilton, Ontario

During Black ’47 — 175 years ago — the Irish Famine prompted more than 100,000 desperate Irish men, women, and children to leave their homeland and make a perilous journey across the Atlantic to Canada. Many did not survive the … Continue reading

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Nova Scotia death records for 1971 available online

Nova Scotia Archives has added death registrations for 1971 to its website. These digitized records are available to search and transcribe. To search for a 1971 death record, you may first need to click on skip in the Transcribe registration box, and … Continue reading

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Virtual presentation on Irish Famine migration to Toronto

To mark this year’s 175th anniversary of Black ’47, the peak of the Great Irish Famine, the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto has invited author and historian, Professor Mark McGowan, to share his work, Death or Canada: … Continue reading

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Virtual presentation on genealogy research in Newfoundland and Labrador

The Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador will host the online presentation, My Great-Grandfather Was From Newfoundland: How Do I Find Out More?, delivered by Linda Crocker, on Tuesday, May 24, at 7:30 p.m. Newfoundland time (6:00 p.m. Eastern … Continue reading

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Ancestry Canada’s Lesley Anderson to retire this month

After working for Ancestry.ca for 15 years, Lesley Anderson, spokesperson and community liaison, has decided to retire at the end of May. When she joined Ancestry in 2007, Lesley was involved in the opening of the genealogy company’s Canadian office … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 21, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNotaries of Montreal 1760-1791 by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Military Monday: Documenting Canadian Military Personnel Who Were Prisoners of War During World War One or World War Two by Glenn Wright … Continue reading

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New online project: Stories from German-Canadian Women 1950-1993

The German-Canadian Studies Program at the University of Winnipeg has embarked on a new projected entitled, “What They Can Teach Us: Stories from German-Canadian Women 1950-1993.” It will be an online trilingual (English, German, French) interactive collection of edited transcripts … Continue reading

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