Monthly Archives: May 2022

New Brunswick marriages for 1971 now available to search

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick yesterday added 6,686 digitized images marriage registration from 1971 to its website. The records have been added to the archives’ searchable online vital records collection. We’ve yet to see birth registrations for 1926, with the … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada funds 38 projects to preserve documentary heritage across the country

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Gail Dever

For the eighth year running, Library and Archives Canada will provide, under its Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP), $1.5 million to support 38 projects by archives, libraries and other documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada. The projects funded this year are perhaps … Continue reading →

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Virtual lecture on Acadian women

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society’s final public lecture of the winter/spring series is Not Just Evangeline: A Look at Real Acadian Women, delivered by Susan Surette-Draper, and it takes place on Wednesday, May 18, at 7:00 p.m. Atlantic time. … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia’s adoption records now open

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Gail Dever

On May 1, Nova Scotia’s Adoption Records Act opened adoption records to provide access to information for an adopted person, birth parent, birth sibling, and other relatives. Adopted people and birth parents still get to choose if their identifying information … Continue reading →

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BC Archives will remain open when Royal BC Museum closes in September

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Royal BC Museum in Victoria, British Columbia, where the provincial archives are located, is scheduled to close September 6, and the building will be torn down. BC Archives’ services, however, will not be disrupted and will remain open at … Continue reading →

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Five free Ontario Ancestors’ webinars this week, plus two virtual series

Posted on May 16, 2022 by Gail Dever

There are several learning opportunities from Ontario Ancestors’ branches this week. All are free, with the exception of Toronto Branch’s four-part series on DNA that begins this week and a two-part series on German ancestors in Ontario that takes place … Continue reading →

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Findmypast adds Lancashire workhouse records, Huntingdonshire marriage registrations, and newspaper titles

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Gail Dever

This past week, Findmypast added new workhouse and marriage records, plus more than a quarter of a million additional newspaper pages. Oldham Workhouse in LancashireThis brand new collection sees over 150,000 records from Oldham Workhouse in Lancashire published online. These records … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 14, 2022

Posted on May 14, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsDrouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec by François Desjardins on Généalogie et histoire du Québec. Simple Tips for Understanding Italian Marriage Records by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree. 5 Photos … Continue reading →

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New additions to Canadiana include directories, widows’ and orphans’ fund, Grand Lodge proceedings

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Gail Dever

The Canadian Research Knowledge Network yesterday announced the following additions to the Canadiana website. Lovell’s Province of Prince Edward Island directory for 1871 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_00106 Henderson’s city of Winnipeg directory for 1890 and 1897 https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_00109 Abstract statement of the Lennox & … Continue reading →

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McCord Museum makes 130,000 hi-res images royalty-free and downloadable, thanks to generous donations

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Gail Dever

To mark its 100th anniversary, the McCord Museum in Montreal yesterday announced a new open access platform with English and French descriptions of more than 140,000 objects, photographs, and archival documents from its collections. What is especially remarkable is the site also … Continue reading →

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