Monthly Archives: October 2022

Ontario Ancestors webinars this week — WWII bomb girls, Scots/Irish journey, post office databases, Royal Canadian Navy on D-Day

Ontario Ancestors and three of its branches will host virtual presentations this week that are free and open to the public. The Toronto Branch has also brought back its popular three-part workshop on Ontario land records. That’s the good news. … Continue reading

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

Some of the treats — not tricks — I discovered this week. Blog postsExplore the new Library and Archives Canada site (Oct 2022) by Linda Yip at Past Presence. Free Online Ontario City Directories, Free Online Nova Scotia City Directories, … Continue reading

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Findmypast Friday — McGill University WWI honour roll, Pennsylvania births and baptisms

Findmypast has again expanded its global offering. Records for First World War Canada and 17th century Pennsylvania have been added to the genealogy website.  Canada, McGill University Honour Roll, 1914-1918 This new collection includes graduates of McGill University who served in … Continue reading

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Ontario Ancestors issues call for speakers for monthly webinar series

Until November 18, Ontario Ancestors is accepting proposals for their monthly 2023 webinar series. The live webinars will take place the first Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. Eastern time, using the Zoom platform.   Topics of interestOntario Ancestors invites … Continue reading

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One-week free access to more than 800 million death records on MyHeritage starts Wednesday

From October 26 to November 3, MyHeritage is providing free access to all of its death records, including burial and cemetery records, as well as obituaries. Since the beginning of last October, MyHeritage has added 224 million records to an … Continue reading

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Webinar — Structuring a family history

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will host the free webinar, Structuring a Family History: Part 1, presented by Carol Baxter, on Wednesday, October 26, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. To write a family history, we must convert our ancestral information into … Continue reading

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Ontario Ancestors’ webinars this week — Fur trading, British Home Children, women at war, setting up a one-name study

Three branches and a special interest group at Ontario Ancestors will host a free virtual presentation this week. All are free and open to the public, and all take place on Monday or Tuesday. In at least one case — … Continue reading

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Jacques Légaré, co-creator of one of Quebec’s top genealogy research tools, appointed to Order of Canada

During a ceremony last week at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, the Governor General of Canada Mary Simon invested Jacques Légaré, professor emeritus in demography at the Université de Montréal, into the Order of Canada as a Member The Order of … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 22, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIn Search of Red River Ancestors by Jackie Corrigan on As Canadian as can be. “We Were There Too” and Share It, Link It, or Lose It! by Marian B. Wood on … Continue reading

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Findmypast expands its Caribbean collection

For this Findmypast Friday, more records have been added to Findmypast’s Caribbean collection.  Caribbean Association Oath Rolls, 1696 These new transcriptions include names of White colonial settlers who swore allegiance to William III in 1696. You’ll find records from Barbados and … Continue reading

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