Monthly Archives: June 2023

Parish records from Bedfordshire, England added to Findmypast

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Gail Dever

More than 130,000 baptism, marriage and burial records for the eastern English county of Bedfordshire have been added to Findmypast. Bedfordshire baptisms This all-new collection includes 40,143 baptism records for Bedfordshire, spanning the years 1466 to 2011. Bedfordshire marriages Also new to … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 17, 2023

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – Major City Street Indexes by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Other info on the 1931 Census of Canada by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the … Continue reading →

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Free access to Newspapers.com this Father’s Day weekend

Posted on June 17, 2023 by Gail Dever

Update: Apparently, if you have a free or paid Ancestry account, you can sign in to Newspapers. com and not need to create a separate account. Access to all papers on Newspapers.Am are free until June 18 at 11:59 p.m. … Continue reading →

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‘O Canada series’ webinar — Finding Your Ancestors in Canadian Land Records

Posted on June 15, 2023 by Gail Dever

As part of its bi-monthly O Canada series, Legacy Family Tree Webinars will host the free webinar, Finding Your Ancestors in Canadian Land Records, presented by Tara Shymanski, on Friday, June 16, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Canadian land records … Continue reading →

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Learn about Loyalist women in the American Revolution and New Brunswick in this lecture on YouTube

Posted on June 14, 2023 by Gail Dever

Dr. Bonnie Huskins of the University of New Brunswick delivered on Saturday the presentation, Loyalist Women in the American Revolution and New Brunswick, at the Saint John Public Library. For those who weren’t able to attend the in-person event, the … Continue reading →

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This year’s release of BC death and marriage records delayed

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Gail Dever

If you were planning to soon explore this year’s annual release of death (2002) and marriage (1947) records from the BC Vital Statistics Agency, BC Archives has bad news. British Columbia’s provincial archives announced last week that the BC Vital … Continue reading →

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Ontario Ancestors’ webinars this week

Posted on June 12, 2023 by Gail Dever

Although we’re heading toward the summer season, there are still plenty of presentations to watch online. This week, four branches of Ontario Ancestors will hold virtual presentations. All are open to the public and free. The times are in Eastern … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 10, 2023

Posted on June 10, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – Initial Searchable Index by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Dutch Genealogy News for May 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. How the genealogy world … Continue reading →

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1931 Census of Canada is now indexed and searchable on Ancestry!

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Gail Dever

In rapid time, Ancestry has released its index for the 1931 Census of Canada, making it searchable. This means we can now search the census for relatives on Ancestry.ca by name, birth year, residence place, family member names, marital status, … Continue reading →

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Yorkshire records added to Findmypast

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast added to its website just over 33,000 records from Yorkshire, along with Military Historical Society bulletins. National school admission registers and log-books, 1870-1914 The 9,778 new records added for Halifax in Yorkshire were transcribed by volunteers at Calderdale … Continue reading →

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