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Monthly Archives: February 2025
Topics of Ontario Ancestors’ virtual presentations include freedom from slavery, New France, maps, family history writing, and genetic genealogy
Once again, the folks at Ontario Ancestors don’t disappoint. This week, four of their branches and a special interest group are hosting five free virtual presentations that are open to the public. The topics cover New France, slavery, maps, family … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — February 15, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow an Ottawa journalist found my lost family village by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited by Penny Allen on UK to Canada. The strong efforts to post … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged BlueSky, Canada, China, Chinese Canadians, DNA Painter, England, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, full-text, MyHeritage, social media, Ukraine, WATO
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Free access to all on Newspapers.com until February 17
The largest newspaper archive, Newspapers.com, is offering free access to Publisher Extra papers until Monday, February 17, at 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time. This offer will give you access to everything on the website, and a chance to kick the tires … Continue reading
Love is in the air at MyHeritage — Free access to marriage records, including a unique Quebec collection
Happy Valentine’s Day! Until February 16, MyHeritage is offering free access to 279 marriage record collections, containing a total of 881,960,760 historical records from around the world. These records hold the key to your ancestors’ love stories, revealing details about … Continue reading
Former Kamloops Indian Residential School designated a national historic site
Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, yesterday announced the designation of the Former Kamloops Indian Residential School as a national historic site under Parks Canada’s National Program … Continue reading
BC Archives expects to receive 2025 release of vital stats in March
Good news from BC Archives. According to the latest announcement on its website, British Columbia’s provincial archives expects to receive the annual release of birth (1904), marriage (1949), and death (2004) records from the BC Vital Statistics Agency at the … Continue reading
Learn about the Provincial Archives of Alberta’s genealogical resources via Zoom on February 17
The Provincial Archives of Alberta will host on Monday, February 17 two online sessions to introduce attendees to its genealogical resources, such as vital statistics records, probate files and court records. During the session, some federal records and other resources, … Continue reading
The Ancestor Hunt updates the free online collection of Ontario school yearbooks
Kenneth R. Marks has updated the collection, Free Ontario High School and College Yearbooks Online, on his website, The Ancestor Hunt. Twelve schools’ yearbooks were recently added. There are now links to yearbooks from 160 Ontario high schools and universities, … Continue reading
ISBGFH webinar — Canada and the First World War
The International Society for British Genealogy and Family History (ISBGFH) will host the free webinar, Canada and the First World War, presented by Glenn Wright, on Saturday, February 15, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. In the First World War, the … Continue reading
More New Brunswick birth registrations available online
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick yesterday added to its website 516 digitized images for late registrations of birth recorded in 1929. You can search New Brunswick’s birth, marriage and death records here.
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