Monthly Archives: October 2025

This week’s crème de la crème — October 18, 2025

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsOnline New Brunswick Land Records and William Tegerdine, Where Did You Live in Almonte by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Lesson 3: Parish Registers – A Goldmine of Information About … Continue reading →

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Almost 20,000 New Brunswick birth registrations, 1920-1929, recently added online

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Gail Dever

The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick this week added 19,931 digitized images of registrations of birth for the counties of Gloucester and Kent, from 1920 to 1929. These records can be searched in the Vital Statistics section of the provincial … Continue reading →

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The three Brampton, Ontario papers I forgot to include in ‘Newspapers.com adds more newspapers from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia’

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Gail Dever

When I wrote about the more than four dozen newly added Canadian newspapers on Newspapers.com in the blog post, Newspapers.com adds more newspapers from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, I forgot to include three additional ones from Brampton, Ontario. … Continue reading →

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New videos on Allen County Public Library’s YouTube channel

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Gail Dever

There are three new genealogy videos on Allen County Public Library’s YouTube channel that may help you with your research, including one about British Home Children. There is a handout for each one that you’ll find in the video description. … Continue reading →

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Free webinar — ‘Navigating the new Library and Archives Canada website’

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Gail Dever

Struggling with Library and Archives Canada’s new website? Want to learn to learn more? The Québec Genealogical eSociety will host the free webinar, Navigating the New Library and Archives Canada Website, by Ken McKinlay on Thursday, October 16, at 7:00 … Continue reading →

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Connect with like-minded genealogists by attending or hosting a watch party during a virtual conference

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Gail Dever

The biggest drawback about attending a virtual conference is the lack of social contact with fellow genealogists and the speakers in the halls and marketplace and at the banquet. My friends and I miss our debriefing sessions in our hotel … Continue reading →

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First at-home DNA test to provide low-cost whole genome sequencing goes on sale

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Gail Dever

 MyHeritage announced yesterday a landmark move to Whole Genome Sequencing for its at-home DNA test, MyHeritage DNA. Leveraging cutting-edge sequencing technology from Ultima Genomics and processing at the Gene by Gene lab, MyHeritage is the first major consumer DNA testing company … Continue reading →

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OGS’ virtual presentations feature the history of Amherstburg, Irish migration to Canada, British Home Children, War of 1812, and WikiTree

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Gail Dever

Our long Thanksgiving weekend is over and I hope you had time to spend with family and/or researching your family history. Now, it’s time for us to get back to learning. This week, three branches and two special interest groups … Continue reading →

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Newspapers.com adds more newspapers from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia

Posted on October 14, 2025 by Gail Dever

The folks at Newspapers.com have been busy lately uploading digitized images of newspapers from Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia for their subscribers. If your people lived in Welland, Ontario, you’ll be especially excited. The newspapers in Welland now cover … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 11, 2025

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsOLRI Now Digitized by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Legacy FamilyTree Webinars (MyHeritage) announce French sessions by Lianne Kruger on iFamily History. Scottish GENES Guest Post – Early LDS Church … Continue reading →

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