Monthly Archives: October 2023

Ontario Ancestors’ webinars this week

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Gail Dever

Ontario Ancestors and two of its branches are hosting virtual presentations this week. The times are in Eastern time. Monday, October 30, 7:30 p.m. — Haldimand-Norfolk BranchWhat Happened To Mean Old Mr. Simons? by Kathryn Lake Hogan Researching a collateral … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 28, 2023

Posted on October 28, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts4,400 Free Canada Online Historical Newspaper Links by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. MyHeritage incorporates Paisley Poor Law Records by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Scottish witchcraft cases resources … Continue reading →

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Free access to all death records on MyHeritage — until November 1

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Gail Dever

What a Halloween treat! From October 27 to November 1, MyHeritage is offering free access to all of its death, burial, cemetery, and obituary records. There are 370 collections and 881,738,760 records. To access these records, visit myheritage.com/halloween, and start searching. … Continue reading →

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Findmypast Friday — Millions of new records for Manchester plus thousands of London burials and Berkshire baptisms

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Gail Dever

This is quite a week for Findmypast subscribers who have relatives who lived in Manchester, London, or Berkshire. More than 25 million electoral records for Greater Manchester, almost 400,000 new Greater London burial records, and more than 200,000 Berkshire baptisms … Continue reading →

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This weekend’s BIFHSGO virtual conference on Scottish genealogy research includes a free-to-all expo hall

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Gail Dever

If you have Scottish ancestors, you’ll want to take a look at the program for the British Isles of Family History Society of Greater Ottawa’s third virtual conference this weekend, Saturday, October 28 and Sunday, October 29. It includes six … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 21, 2023

Posted on October 21, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew on Canadiana Heritage and The Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies 2022 UPDATE by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Acadian Deportation: Tips for tracing ancestors forcibly removed from New … Continue reading →

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Anglican Church donates land for future site of Montreal memorial to Irish Famine immigrants

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Anglican Church has donated the parcel of land near Victoria Bridge in Montreal to memorialize 6,000 Irish immigrants who died in the city more than a century-and-a-half ago. The site at the Black Rock Monument will eventually be turned … Continue reading →

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New records on Findmypast — Dublin baptisms, marriages and births

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Gail Dever

Findmypast this week added three new collections of records for Dublin, Ireland. Ireland, Dublin Church of Ireland Baptisms There are 23,914 images and transcriptions to explore in this brand-new collection, spanning 1619 to 1865. Ireland, Dublin Church of Ireland Marriages Also new, … Continue reading →

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Two MyHeritage employees killed in Hamas attack in Israel

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Gail Dever

Very sad news from MyHeritage. Two MyHeritage employees, Ron Shemer and Ilay Nachman, were killed in the early morning of October 7 while separately attending the Nova music festival at the onset of the Hamas attack on Israel. Ron was … Continue reading →

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Provincial Archives of New Brunswick launches online database of scenic photos

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick announced yesterday that they are “taking steps” to make more of their archival photographs available to view online. A new online search portal has been created to view images by Saint John photographer Isaac … Continue reading →

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