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Tag Archives: New Brunswick
This week’s crème de la crème — October 5, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCanadian Pacific Steamship Company Records by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. PANB Photo Updates by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. FamilySearch Full-Text Search Is a Genealogy Goldmine by Randy Seaver on … Continue reading
140 years of Fredericton, New Brunswick’s Daily Gleaner on Newspapers.com
If you have relatives who lived in New Brunswick between 1884 and 2024, you may want to consider exploring Fredericton’s Daily Gleaner on Newspapers.com. There are almost one million searchable pages for paper alone. A friend told me the publication … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — February 25, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsA Reel Challenge for the 1871 Census of Canada by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Canadiana adds St John newspapers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Aviation photographs from first … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 1871 Canada census, British Columbia, Canada, Canadiana, family history writing, handwriting, Ireland, New Brunswick, newspapers, organizing, photos, RootsTech, RootsWeb, Russia, Scotland, Vancouver, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 19, 2022
Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMilitary Monday: British and Canadian Army Service Numbers for WW2 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Saskatchewan Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links, Manitoba Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Britain, Canada, DNA, DNA Painter, Ireland, Manitoba, methodology, military, New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 29, 2022
Some of the treats — not tricks — I discovered this week. Blog postsExplore the new Library and Archives Canada site (Oct 2022) by Linda Yip at Past Presence. Free Online Ontario City Directories, Free Online Nova Scotia City Directories, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, city directories, England, Manitoba, MyHeritage, National Archives US, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Poland, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Scotland, Ukraine, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 15, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsBeginner’s Guide: Finding Ontario Civil Birth Registrations by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. My trip to the archives: how I prepare and what I found by Linda Yip on Past Presence. … Continue reading
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Tagged BC archives, British Columbia, Chinese Canadians, family history writing, Ireland, New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, organizing, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 16, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsLibrary and Archives Canada now offers Monday – Friday service and LAC Departmental Plan 2022-23 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New Brunswick’s Loyalist Experiment: Examining the Lives of William Burtis, Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, blog writing, burials, Google Translate, headstones, Italy, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, New Brunswick, New England, Quebec, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 4, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs200,000 digital objects now online by Kira Baker on AuthentiCity. Visiting and Recognizing the Past: Toronto’s 1919-1920 Smallpox Outbreak by Sara Wilmshurst on Active History. Hundreds of thousands of BMDs added to … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, DNA, family history gifts, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, New Brunswick, Ontario, photos, PRONI, Quebec, smallpox, Toronto, Vancouver
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 30, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsExploring First World War Files online at LAC: A Top 10 List by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Canadiana Serials Update by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. My Visit to the Wellington … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Ancestry, Belgium, British Columbia, Canada, Canadiana, DNA, Findmypast, Holocaust, Ireland, Loyalists, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, photos, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Russia, Saskatchewan, Scotland, slavery, United Empire Loyalists, United States, WWI, Yukon
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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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