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Ancestry adds Canadian soldier homestead grant registers

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Gail Dever

Ancestry.ca has added a new Canadian set of records, but I have yet to find much detail in them that would prove useful to my research. Then again, it could be because I only searched for common names, such as … Continue reading →

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Ancestry updates Quebec Drouin Collection

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Gail Dever

This week Ancestry.ca updated its Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 database that is available to subscribers. The good news is the update entails corrections to locations, event types, event years, relationships, and places of worship. Ancestry also … Continue reading →

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Ancestry adds CN’s immigrant records to Canadian collection

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Gail Dever

Ancestry’s newest Canadian collection is the Canadian National Railway Immigrant Records, 1937-1960. CN, one of the country’s two national railways, compiled records on immigrants, including family structure, origins, settlement in Canada, and progress. These records include questionnaires, applications for settlement, … Continue reading →

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Free access to Ancestry

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Gail Dever

In honour of Labour Day, from August 28 to September 1, Ancestry.ca is offering free access to “all FamilySearch API records, which includes 1 billion records from 67 countries (nearly 200,000 records and more than 2 million images from Canada), … Continue reading →

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Celebrate Canada Day with free access to Canadian records

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Gail Dever

Ancestry.ca offers free access to all 235 million Canadian records on its website until Canada Day, July 1, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.To view these records, you will need to register for free with Ancestry.ca with your name and email address. Once you … Continue reading →

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