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Almost a third more Ontario Vernon Directories available on FamilySearch

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Gail Dever

Ontario Ancestors this week was surprised to learn 1,097 Vernon Directories have been digitized and made available on FamilySearch — 30 percent more increase than the 776 directories that were available in April 2020. Cities include Barrie/Orillia, Belleville, Berlin (Kitchener), … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 28, 2021

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Wrap Up by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Free Nova Scotia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Manitoba High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Saskatchewan … Continue reading →

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PRONI on YouTube — Street directories

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Gail Dever

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has posted an eight-minute video on its YouTube channel to demonstrate how to search its online collection of street directories.

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 28, 2020

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSaskatchewan Ancestors: The Greystone Yearbooks Online at the University of Saskatchewan Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. How To Start Researching Your African American Female Ancestors by Lisa Lisson … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 31, 2020

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsOntario Ancestors: School and Teacher Directories on Internet Archive by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Early Canadian Military Reports 1864-1925 by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Untold Moments of WWII … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 3, 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNewfoundland Ancestors: Directories online at Memorial University by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canadians as POWs in the Second World War on Findmypast by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 18, 2020

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The Personal Past: History, Identity and the Genealogical Impulse, Disappointing Update from the Archives of Ontario and Irish Surname Maps by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. WW1 CEF Nursing … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 20, 2020

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Manitoba Ancestors: Parish Records on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Radical German Loyalism in the American Revolution by Ruth Savidge on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. Using Directories to … Continue reading →

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Number of digitized Ontario Vernon city directories jumps 80%

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Gail Dever

Within a week, the number of digitized Ontario Vernon city directories on FamilySearch has shot up from 257 volumes to 465. That’s a whopping 80 percent increase. Steve Fulton, president of Ontario Ancestors, created the chart below to show which … Continue reading →

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Dozens more Ontario Vernon’s Directories on FamilySearch

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Gail Dever

Ontario Ancestors volunteers and FamilySearch staff have digitized 257 Vernon’s Directories for municipalities in the province of Ontario, although they still have a lot more work ahead of them. That’s an increase of 68 directories since July, with more than … Continue reading →

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