Today is the last day of #ColourOurCollections week, an event that began Monday.
McGill University and the University of British Columbia (UBC) are among many institutions across the globe who have taken part tweeting old drawings and encouraging people to colour them.
Source: McGill University Library, 2017.
I may have ignored this event if it were not for the drawings that are reminiscent of our ancestors’ lives — and for the number of genealogists who often write on Facebook about their colouring hobby.
Genealogists and their family members — young and old — who like to colour and research their ancestors in early Quebec will enjoy the old map of New France on the McGill Library website. It includes Nova Scotia and parts of New England. The map is one of three black and white images you can download.
UBC offers several 19th-century images to colour, including a map of Vancouver, a sketch of Picton, Ontario, and sailing vessels.
For a bit of nostalgia from your own childhood, you may have fun colouring the Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade Colouring Book provided by the Archives of Ontario.
Two other interesting #ColourOurCollections / #Colour Our Collections are from Strathclyde Archives and the Smithsonian Institute’s three-part colouring book of ornate designs. (Scroll down the page to find parts two and three.) To find more pictures to colour, search #ColourOurCollections and #ColorOurCollections on Twitter.
I, too, was avoiding adult colouring books until I found “The Great British Colouring Map” published by Ordnance Survey, who are usually known for their large-scale maps of sections of the UK. I bought it as a Christmas present for me.
It is interesting to know that there are other sources for colouring books, available online, that can tempt other interests above and beyond one’s artistic ability.
I’m glad to have helped contribute to your pastime. 🙂
I am looking for the birth place & date of my G – G – G Grandfather Thomas (Coteau) Coto his son Michael (Coteau) Coto was born, Quebec, CAN on 16 Apr 1883. Michael’s wife Lucy Cassavant was born, St. Dumas, Quebec, CAN on 25 Aug 1835.
Any information on him and or his wife who I think is American Indian.
Thank you in advance.
You may want to ask your library if they provide access to the World edition of Ancestry.
In the Drouin Collection of baptism, marriages and burials, you will find Lucie Casavant who was baptized at Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire church in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, on 25 August 1836. She was born the same day. Parents are Joseph Casavant, a tailor, and Césarie (sp?) Fournier. Godfather is Jean Baptiste Fournier, perhaps the mother’s relative. This may — or may not — be your Lucie.
The Quebec notary records on Ancestry are also an excellent resource. In this case, I would look for Joseph Casavant — if he is the right person for your family tree. You can order the entire record from the Quebec Archives — Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec — for only 25 cents per page, which is a huge bargain.
In Canada, we call our Indigenous people First Nations, Indigenous, and Aboriginal, not “American Indian.”
I hope this helps. Good luck.
Thank so very much for the above information. I did not have this information.
Thanks again.