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- New Brunswick Archives adds more birth registrations from 1920 to 1929
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Tag Archives: Canada
This week’s crème de la crème — March 16, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to navigate Order-in-Council records part four: online at Ancestry by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Eatons staff who served in WWI by Dr. Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog. 5 Historical Women’s … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 23andMe, AI, Ancestry, Apple Notes, Canada, Eatons, Evernote, FamilySearch, Franco-Americans, Ireland, RootsTech
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 10, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to navigate Order-in-Council records, part one: real life at LAC by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Finding on the Ground: Northern Ontario Districts by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged AI, AncestryDNA, archives, Canada, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, Netherlands, Ontario, photo books, WWI
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Findmypast adds two Canadian military collections
This week Findmypast has added two Canadian military collections, containing about 120,000 records. These sets mark the beginning of Findmypast’s partnership with Library and Archives Canada that will allow them to add more Canadian records to Findmypast in the coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Fenian raids, Findmypast
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 8, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsPuzzling through 1931 Census sub-districts – Part 1 on Library and Archives Canada Blog. 1931 Census of Canada – Do you have a radio? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. News … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Ancestry, ATIP, Canada, cookbooks, German-Canadian Studies, German-Canadians, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, LivingDNA, Threads
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 1, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – C, B, or F? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. New to Chinese Canadian genealogy: C.I.44 records of registration by June Chow on Library and Archives … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Canada, Chinese Canadians, DNA, DNA Painter, heirlooms, legacy, Scotland, Ukraine, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 17, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – Major City Street Indexes by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Other info on the 1931 Census of Canada by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, AI, Canada, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, family history writing, Google Translate, Ireland, newspapers, Northern Ireland, photos, Scotland, writing, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 10, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – Initial Searchable Index by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Dutch Genealogy News for May 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. How the genealogy world … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Canada, Franco-Americans, Netherlands
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 20, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs postsCanadiana Series Additions This Week by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. British Acadia: The Beginnings by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. Readying for Release of 1931 Canadian Census by Marian B. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Acadia, Canada, Canadiana, DNA, photos
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 13, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhy we are excited about the 1931 Census by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Coffee Chat Series: Canadian voters lists for Asians and other disenfranchised folks by Linda Yip … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Ancestry, Canada, ChatGPT, Internet Archive, Ireland, NARA, National Archives US, Netherlands, Russia
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 6, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – Are You Ready? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Prepping for the 1931 Canadian Census Release on June 1 by Marian B. Wood on Climbing … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Ancestry, Black Canadians, Canada, Chinese Canadians, DNA, LivingDNA, obituaries, WikiTree
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