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Monthly Archives: April 2025
Two ‘O Canada’ webinars — today and Friday — from Legacy Family Tree Webinars
Legacy Family Tree Webinars will this week host two free webinars in their O Canada series. Today, April 30, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, Kathryn Lake Hogan will deliver her presentation, Invaded! The Fenian Raids and the Canadian Response. Between … Continue reading
New Brunswick marriages for 1974 available online
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick yesterday added to its website 6,683 digitized marriage registrations for the year 1974.
Ontario Ancestors’ presentations and drop-ins that are virtual this week
The virtual opportunities at Ontario Ancestors this week include two presentations, three drop-ins, and an interactive pop quiz. As usual, all are free and open to the public. The following times are in Eastern time. Monday, April 28, 2:00 p.m. … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 26, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsThursday Tidbits: MyHeritage Adds Canada, Home Children Immigration Index, 1869-1932 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Klondike Gold Rush: Stories Behind the Search for Gold by Tianyi Fei on University … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, British Home Children, ChatGPT, DNA, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Indiana, Klondike Gold Rush, MyHeritage, New York, Scotland, United States, Yukon
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Free access to all Australian and New Zealand records on MyHeritage
Today is Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand. To mark this day of remembrance, MyHeritage is offering free access to all of its Australian and New Zealand records until April 29. To search and view these records, all you … Continue reading
50% off a Legacy Family Tree Webinars membership
To mark its 15th anniversary, Legacy Family Tree Webinars is offering a one-year membership for US$25 (about CDN$35) — down from US$49.99 (about CDN$70). This offer is valid for new members only until April 30, at 11:59 p.m. A new … Continue reading
Ontario Ancestors’ virtual presentations this week
These are the virtual presentations, plus an online drop-in, that Ontario Ancestors’ branches and a special interest group will host this week. As usual, they are free and open to all who register. The following times are in Eastern time. … Continue reading
Free virtual presentation — Exploring Canadian Immigration’s Impact through Time
The Canadian e-special interest group of the Genealogical Society of Collier County in Florida will host the free virtual presentation, Exploring Canadian Immigration’s Impact through Time, delivered by Jan Raska, Ph.D, on Tuesday, April 22, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Dr. … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 19, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWWII: what is a genealogy pack? by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Canadian Records New on MyHeritage by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Library and Archives Canada for Americans and How … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, family history writing, GEDmatch, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritage, Russia, writing, WWI
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Almost 18,000 New Brunswick birth registrations digitized, from 1920 to 1929
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick yesterday added 17,965 digitized images of registrations of birth for Charlotte, Kings and Madawaska counties from 1920 to 1929 to the Vital Statistics from Government Records collection on its website.