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Tag Archives: African Americans
This week’s crème de la crème — July 24, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Then and Now in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 1 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, books, Canada, DNA, Family History Library, FamilySearch, immigration, Ireland, land records, Library and Archives Canada, Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2017, photos, Quebec, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 12, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGoing to Court with The Eastern Law Reporter by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Alberta Prairie Towns – pride in their history by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. My … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Alberta, Canadiana, DNA, DNA Painter, FamilySearch, GenealogyBank, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, United States, WATO, WWII
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Black Archives to uncover and curate rarely seen photos of Black history from Getty Images archive
Earlier this week, Getty Images announced a partnership with Black Archives to provide the multimedia platform with unique access to its expansive archive. Black Archives Founder Renata Cherlise will cull through the trove of more than 11 million digitized and analog photographs and videos housed … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 27, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground – A Rural Route Address in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. What coud LAC do to better serve Canadian Genealogists? and LAC and Canada’s Sad … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Britain, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, Google Images, Holocaust, Jewish, land records, Library and Archives Canada, New France, newspapers, Ontario, ontario land records, PERSI, photos, Quebec, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 13, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSearching the Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. French Genealogy Education Resources, Part 1: Free FamilySearch Learning Center Courses by Amberly Beck on … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, African Americans, Ancestry, books, DNA, France, land records, maps, methodology, newspapers, Ontario, Scotland, social history, United States
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Enslaved — New website and database worth exploring
Michigan State University has built a website, Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade, for people to discover and explore nearly a half million people records and five million data points. The database explores or reconstructs the lives of individuals … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 28, 2020
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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Tagged African Americans, directories, Google, Google Books, Google Scholar, land records, methodology, MyHeritage, Saskatchewan, societies, United States, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 24, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsQuebec and Eastern Quebec Poll Books 1814-1841 by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. “This province is your country”: Understanding the Acadian Deportation by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. Researching African American … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, African Americans, Ancestry, BAnQ, Beyond 2022, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Great Expulsion, HathiTrust, Ireland, photo books, poll books, Quebec, social history
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 17, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsQuebec Ancestors: Prison Registers at BAnQ by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Researching African American Ancestors in Government Documents Part 4: Southern Claims Commission by Diana Elder on Family Locket. … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, BAnQ, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, DNA, DNA Painter, England, Ireland, Mitochondrial DNA, Netherlands, Quebec, Scotland
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 19, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSecond World War RCAF Operations Record Books and Second World War RCAF Operations Record Books by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. “Annexed by Their Own Act”: The Nova Scotian Exodus by … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, AncestryDNA, British Columba, China, DNA, Findmypast, immigration, Ireland, Japan, legacy, Library of Congress, Mayflower, Netherlands, newspapers, Nova Scotia, occupations, recipes, WWII
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