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Tag Archives: New Brunswick
New and updated online newspapers for Alberta and New Brunswick
Kenneth R. Marks has released his “mid-2017 updates” of historical newspapers available online for Alberta and New Brunswick on his blog, The Ancestor Hunt. In Alberta, there are 31 new and updated online historical newspapers and six for New Brunswick. As … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — July 15, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Missing Canadian Census Images – a Workaround by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. French Canadian Marriage Contracts by Arlene Eakle on AK’s Genealogy Research. New Brunswick & Quebec Update … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged AncestryDNA, archives, blogs, Canadian census, cemeteries, DNA, Irish, Jewish, Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, New Brunswick, Quebec, Quebec notarial records, social media, technology, Twitter, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Religious Records Part 3 – Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Resource Guide to Canadian Genealogy on Ancestral Findings. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged blogs, brick walls, Cajun, Canada, Cape Breton, family history writing, Jeanne Mance, Louisiana, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, research toolbox, Vimy, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 18, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Lost Loyalists: Research Approaches by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connection. Montreal Cemeteries by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Canada 150 – Story of Manitoba by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, blogs, British Home Children, cemeteries, DNA, Family Tree Maker, Irish, Loyalists, Montreal, New Brunswick, newspapers, Ontario, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 11, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs New Brunswick Online Historical Newspapers Summary, Nova Scotia Online Historical Newspapers Summary, and Prince Edward Island Online Historical Newspapers Summary by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. One Last Loyalist … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, Flickr, Franco-Americans, Google, Internet Archive, Iowa, Jewish, Loyalists, Maine, New Brunswick, newspapers, Nova Scotia, photos, Prince Edward Island, United Empire Loyalists, Vermont
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 28, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to Find Alberta Vital Records by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Vital Statistics Part 2- Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canada … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Australia, blogs, Canadian Museum of Immigration, CEF, England, Geneanet, Huguenots, Internet Archive, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pier 21, WWI
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Stories sought about WWI nurses from New Brunswick
An historian in Fredericton, New Brunswick is looking for letters, diaries, and memoirs of Canadian nurses who served during the First World War. Reverend Ross Hebb, the author of Letters Home: Maritimers and the Great War, hopes to write a … Continue reading
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Tagged New Brunswick, nursing, WWI
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How to discover if your Canadian ancestor was an alien in Maine
The Alien Registration database on Digital Maine, the online library of Maine community and government archives, may delight some family historians who have been trying to figure out where their Canadian ancestors disappeared, especially those from New Brunswick and Quebec, … Continue reading
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Tagged alien registrations, Digital Maine, Maine, New Brunswick, Quebec
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 15, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Hudson’s Bay Company Family History by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Haunted St. Lawrence Burial Ground by Donovan King on Haunted Montreal Blog. Early Spirit River Records Found at … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, Alberta, archives, blogs, Cajun, cemeteries, DNA, Hudson's Bay Company, Montreal, New Brunswick
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Maine border town’s digitized newspapers may help Canadian genealogists
In response to the blog post, Historical Maine newspapers to be digitized, about the Maine State Library’s federal grant to digitize over 100,000 pages of historical newspapers, Peggy O’Kane from the library said the project includes collecting links to Maine … Continue reading
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Tagged New Brunswick, newspapers
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