Monthly Archives: September 2024

One of Amazon’s bestsellers is a new book about Canada’s British Home Children

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Gail Dever

Lori Oschefski’s new book, Orphans of the Living: British Home Children in Canada, launched only a few days ago, has already become Amazon’s top seller in the 19th and 20th Century Canadian History categories. The 363-page book is available on … Continue reading →

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Ontario Ancestors’ six webinars this week feature 17th-century New York, Scotland, archives, family history writing, Irish immigrants during the Famine, and buried treasures

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Gail Dever

It’s another busy week at Ontario Ancestors with six virtual presentations that are open to all who register. Four are free and two have a fee for non-members. The following times are in Eastern time. Tuesday, October 1, 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

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Ancestry takes Olympians Torvill and Dean on a DNA journey

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

Many who watched the 1984 winter Olympics in Sarajevo will remember Torvill and Dean’s gold-medal performance to Ravel’s Boléro that became famous around the world. Now, in Ancestry’s latest video, Torvill & Dean Have Sport in the Blood, Jayne Torvill … Continue reading →

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Findmypast commemorates British Home Child Day with more than 2,000 new records

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

Yesterday was British Home Child Day in Canada, so it was timely that Findmypast announced on Friday that it had added three new Home Children record sets to its existing collection. With emigration reports, lodgings registers and newspaper cuttings, there … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 28, 2024

Posted on September 28, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew Free to View on the British Newspaper Archive and FamilySearch Labs Experimental Search Watch by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 10 Details Not to Miss on Italian Vital Records by DiAnn … Continue reading →

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All About That Place online event features 140+ 10-minute talks

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Gail Dever

The free online learning event, All About That Place, kicks off tomorrow, running over 10 days, from Friday, September 27 to Sunday, October 6. It will be filled with more than 140 recorded 10-minute talks on genealogy and local history. … Continue reading →

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Save 25% on a one-year subscription to Généalogie Québec

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Gail Dever

From September 26 to 30, the Drouin Institute is offering a 25 percent discount on annual subscriptions to Généalogie Québec. The offer is only available through this link.

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New docuseries solves 80-year-old Indigenous family mystery

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Knowing is a family history journey like none we’ve seen on television. In the four-part docuseries that begins airing on CBC and CBC Gem on Wednesday, September 25, Anishinaabe journalist Tanya Talaga goes on a search to find out … Continue reading →

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MyHeritage publishes France’s Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970

Posted on September 22, 2024 by Gail Dever

MyHeritage has published a new record collection, France, Tables of Successions and Absences, 1890–1970, that provides an index of deceased or officially missing people from various French departments, spanning 80 years of history. It includes 26 million records. This collection … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 21, 2024

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsEfforts to get Ukrainian archive records online advances nationwide by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Easier Searching of Merchant Seaman Records at TNA and ProbateTV by John Reid … Continue reading →

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