Tag Archives: postcards

This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2023

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIrishGenealogy.ie adds an extra year of free civil registration records by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Forthcoming Newspapers – Spring 2023 on The DLGB. 750,000 Postcards Online Free at Geneanet! on … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 2, 2022

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTime travel with NARA by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist. Until There’s an Every-Name Index for the 1950 U.S. Census by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me. Ancestry.com Has Partial … Continue reading →

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Quebec Archives digitizes historic Montreal postcard collection

Posted on July 17, 2019 by Gail Dever

A retired librarian in Pennsylvania, who has collected and donated more than 800,000 postcards, said, “Postcards were mostly a communication tool used by the middle class.” Donald Brown went a step further to suggest these often colourful forms of short … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 22, 2019

Posted on June 22, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Top 12 tips on getting the most out of Newspapers.com (for Canada, for free) by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Diaries Found at Provincial Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your … Continue reading →

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Almost 3,000 vintage postcards on Toronto Public Library website

Posted on December 21, 2018 by Gail Dever

When we don’t have photos of an ancestor, we need to look for other sources for images to help illustrate their life. One source is the Toronto Public Library, which has made available on its website 2,978 vintage postcards — … Continue reading →

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BAnQ acquires 7,000 historic Montreal postcards

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Gail Dever

The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has received an impressive collection of 7,000 postcards depicting scenes of Montreal from the late 19th century to the 1960s, all collected by Pierre Monette. When announcing the acquisition, interim president and … Continue reading →

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BAnQ’s online postcard collection shows 19th and early 20th-century life in Quebec

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Gail Dever

More than 28,000 postcards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries are available for anyone to search and view on the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec’s website (BAnQ). The postcards show images of Quebec towns and villages and cover themes, … Continue reading →

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Collection of historic Winnipeg postcards now online

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Gail Dever

The Winnipeg Public Library has published thousands of historic postcards of the city and province online. These photos are part of the new Martin Berman Postcard Collection on the library’s online resource, PastForward. Winnipegger Martin Berman was an avid collector … Continue reading →

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Online Canadian historic postcard collection

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Gail Dever

Hello Fred. Arrived home. All OK. The boys all wish to be remembered to you. Those words were written on the back of a postcard sent in 1913 to Mr. Fred Williams in Balcarres, Saskatchewan. On the other side is … Continue reading →

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McMaster University initiates crowd-sourcing project to label thousands of old postcards

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Gail Dever

McMaster University library staff in Hamilton, Ontario have launched an online crowd-sourcing campaign to label 4,000 old postcards with their country, city, and date of origin. The antique postcard collection was donated to the university archives seven years ago by … Continue reading →

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