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This week’s crème de la crème — October 26, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFree searchable database details victims of Russian pogroms by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Dutch Genealogy News for October 2024 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. Far too … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, AncestryDNA, Britain, FamilySearch, Internet Archive, Ireland, Netherlands, oral history
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 27, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFamilySearch Catalog Update and Ontario Foul Ups by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. ScotlandsPeople annual records update and Scottish and Irish directories included in new TheGenealogist release by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, British Newspaper Archive, DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, Internet Archive, newspapers, Northern Ireland, photos, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, social history, TheGenealogist, transcribing
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Western Canadian resource Peel’s Prairie Provinces moved to Internet Archive
The University of Alberta’s library is migrating its popular online historical collection, Peel’s Prairie Provinces, to Internet Archive. Peel’s Prairie Provinces is a resource that has helped scholars, students, and researchers of all types to explore the history and culture … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet Archive, Peel's Prairie Provinces
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 13, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhy we are excited about the 1931 Census by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Coffee Chat Series: Canadian voters lists for Asians and other disenfranchised folks by Linda Yip … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Ancestry, Canada, ChatGPT, Internet Archive, Ireland, NARA, National Archives US, Netherlands, Russia
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 10, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCork Sources on Academia.edu by Jim Ryan on Ancestor Network. Dutch Genealogy News for November 2022 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. Borrowing Genealogy Books from the Internet Archive by Gena Philibert-Ortega … Continue reading
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Tagged FamilySearch, Internet Archive, Ireland, Netherlands, online learning, YouTube
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 7, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: An Ontario Concession/Lot on a Map by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 3 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Canada, China, collateral genealogy, DNA, Google My Maps, immigration, Internet Archive, Ireland, land records, methodology, Netherlands, New France, newspapers, Ontario, ontario land records, photos, United States, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 20, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSearching the 1851 Census of Canada West Agricultural Schedule – Ancestry Version, Missing images from the 1861 Census of Canada West on Ancestry? and Searching the 1851 Census of Canada West Agricultural … Continue reading
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Tagged 1851 Agricultural census Canada, 1861 Canada census, Canada, Canada census, copyright, DNA, FamilySearch, Internet Archive, maps, mtDNA, photo books, photos, WATO
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 23, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsIndex to Ontario Wills on OnLand by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Very Exciting! All Naval Conscription Registers to Be Digitized by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog. Irish Genealogy Research … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA Painter, FamilySearch, France, Internet Archive, OnLand, Ontario, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 2, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Newfoundland Ancestors: Online Newspapers at Memorial University of Newfoundland by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canadians forever at rest in Rome’s Non-Catholic Cemetery by Penny Allen on UK to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Britain, British Museum, colourized photos, COVID-19, DNA, England, Facebook, France, Internet Archive, Newfoundland, newspapers, photos, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 28, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs A Challenge: 1861 Census of Canada – Agricultural Schedule by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Maximize Your Searching with the New France Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Canada census, census, DNA, DNA Painter, genealogy for kids, Internet Archive, Manitoba, Netherlands, Ontario, Saskatchewan, WWII, YouTube
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