Monthly Archives: June 2024

Free access to Canadian records on MyHeritage until July 2

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Gail Dever

Celebrate Canada Day with free access to all Canadian records on MyHeritage. The offer is available until July 2. To see the records, you’ll need to set up a free account, which is easy to do. MyHeritage has 183 collections … Continue reading →

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Brigham Young University’s latest videos include one on French Canadian research

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Gail Dever

Brigham Young University has posted a new video, called The Québecois – French-Canadian Research, on YouTube. Presenter Maureen Brady provides good information, with a particular focus on resources available on FamilySearch. If your relatives lived in Quebec, whether French or … Continue reading →

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‘O Canada’ series webinar — Finding Your Canadian Ancestors on MyHeritage

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Gail Dever

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will host the free webinar, Finding Your Canadian Ancestors on MyHeritage, presented by Lianne Kruger today, June 25, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. This webinar is part of the bi-monthly O Canada series. This session will … Continue reading →

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New on Ancestry — Canadian Pacific Steamship Company Records, 1897-1981

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Gail Dever

If your ancestor travelled on a Canadian Pacific steamship during the last century, you may find them listed in Ancestry’s newest Canadian collection, Canadian Pacific Steamship Company Records, 1897-1981. If your ancestor worked on a steamship, this collection may tell … Continue reading →

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Ontario Ancestors’ virtual presentations this week

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Gail Dever

Summer may have begun, but Ontario Ancestors and its branches continue to offer free virtual presentations — and family historians are glad they do. This week’s presentations are free and, as usual, open to the public. The presentation in Toronto … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 22, 2024

Posted on June 22, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC Improves Access to Certain Census Schedules and Rippling Effects of the Great Famine by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Unmarked graves at Glasgow Necropolis indexed and Saturday and Sunday at … Continue reading →

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Save 25% on a one-year subscription to Genealogy Quebec

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Gail Dever

To mark Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, from today until June 24, you can take advantage of a 25 percent discount on a one-year subscription to Genealogy Quebec. Genealogy Quebec is a subscription-based research website regrouping all of the collections and tools developed by … Continue reading →

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Guy Berthiaume honoured by National Order of Quebec

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Gail Dever

Librarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus Guy Berthiaume yesterday was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec, along with 21 other Quebecers who became Knights or Officers. The recipients were decorated at a ceremony in the Legislative Council … Continue reading →

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Big change for how some users will see the shared matches tool on AncestryDNA

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Gail Dever

Genetic genealogist Diahan Southard yesterday shared news on social media that there’s a change for how AncestryDNA Pro Tool subscribers can see how their shared matches are related to each other. In addition to subscribers seeing how they’re related to … Continue reading →

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Release of BC marriage and death records moved to September

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Gail Dever

BC Archives announced its annual release of marriage (1948) and death (2003) records from the BC Vital Statistics Agency has been moved to this September. In January, the provincial archives had indicated this year’s release would be in May. The … Continue reading →

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