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This week’s crème de la crème — January 29, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch + LAC = Canada, 1851 Census Success by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Behind the Archives’ Door: The Newspaper Project on Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives. Learning about Acadian “blind spots” … Continue reading
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Tagged 1851 Canada Census, Acadian, Ancestry, British Newspaper Archive, Carribean, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Franco-Americans, Holocaust, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, Maine, newspapers, Ontario, PERSI, probate, Scotland, theses, thesis, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 13, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsCharlie Chaplin goes to war — Part II: Going beyond a First World War record for your genealogy research by Emily Potter on Library and Archives Canada Blog. The Loyalists at BAnQ Numérique … Continue reading
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Tagged BAnQ, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, United Empire Loyalists, WATO, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 11, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsCSI: Nova Scotia – Coroner’s Inquisitions on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Can you help find Canadian CWGC relatives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Use Google Books … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, DNA, family history writing, FamilyTreeDNA, Google News Archive, land records, newspapers, Nova Scotia, PhotoGlory, photos, United States, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 4, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFree British Columbia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Quebec High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free New Brunswick High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Prince Edward Island High School … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, AncestryDNA, British Columbia, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ukraine, US civil war, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 17, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsEtienne Campeau and his Confirmation in 1664 by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Acadian Refugee Households at Camp d’Esperance 1756-1761 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained. Our slave-owning ancestors, part 2 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, civil war, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, funerals, New France, photos, Quebec
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 10, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAlberta Ancestors: Homestead Records on Internet Archive by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Pier 21 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Companie des cents — Associés of Nouvelle-France 1627-1663 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, DNA, Family History Library, family history writing, FamilyTreeDNA, fur trade, GEDmatch, immigration, Netherlands, New France, newspapers, Pier 21, slavery, time capsule, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 3, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsWas Your Ancestor a Ship Owner? Ship’s Registries at the LAC by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. The Registry of Deeds in Ireland by Jenny Joyce on Jennyalogy. FindMyPast adds more … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, DNAPainter, FamilySearch Wiki, FamilyTreeDNA, Findmypast, GEDmatch, Indiana, Indigenous, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, National Archives of the Netherlands, residential schools
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 10, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGenealogy Reference – Winnipeg, Manitoba by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Quaker Ancestors: Canadian Friends Historical Association by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Carignan Soldiers or Soldat Carignan … Continue reading
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Tagged Carignan Regiment, Carignan-Salières Regiment, civil war, DNA, family history writing, FamilyTreeDNA, Germany, Ireland, Manitoba, MyHeritage, New France, Quakers, Quebec, writing, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 9, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsMillions of Free Scanned Church Records from Moscow Posted Online by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Dutch Genealogy News for December 2020 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. TNA … Continue reading
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Tagged census, copyright, DNA, England, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, military, MyHeritage, Netherlands, New Brunswick, online learning, photos, Russia, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, The National Archives, United States, Wales, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 14, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSecond World War: Researching the Canadian Fallen – Resources by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Using NARA’s Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers by Jessie Kratz on Pieces of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese, civil war, DNA, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Flickr, Franco-Americans, military, photos, Russia, US civil war, WWI, WWII
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