Tag Archives: cemeteries

This week’s crème de la crème — October 23, 2021

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Unindexed in Ancestry’s Canada Voters Lists by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Women at the Oxford County Gaol by Megan Lockhart on Oxford County Archives: Beyond the Vault. Research Finds … Continue reading →

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Ability to submit photos returns to CanadianHeadstones

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Gail Dever

It is possible once again to submit photos of grave markers to CanadianHeadstones, following a long down period while the technical side of the website was being worked on. Ontario Ancestors Past-President Steve Fulton prepared a short video to show … Continue reading →

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American Ancestors releases database of Massachusetts Catholic cemetery records, 1833-1940

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Gail Dever

Researchers can now search hundreds of thousands of records containing detailed information about people buried in eastern Massachusetts Catholic cemeteries through a new online database, thanks to a partnership between American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Archive Department of … Continue reading →

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Quebec Archives completes Mount Hermon Cemetery database, 1848-1950

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Gail Dever

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), with the assistance of two students Holly Miller and Nikita Tetarenko, has completed the Mount Hermon Cemetery burial registry database, Le registre d’inhumation du Mount Hermon Cemetery, 1848-1950., adding almost 5,000 names. There … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 5, 2020

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsHighland Archives catalogue goes online by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Grenham’s Third Law of Irish Genealogy by John Grenham on Irish Roots. Dutch Genealogy News for November 2020 by Yvette Hoitink … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 3, 2020

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNewfoundland Ancestors: Directories online at Memorial University by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canadians as POWs in the Second World War on Findmypast by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 12, 2020

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAlberta Ancestors: Issues of University of Alberta’s ” The Gateway” Online by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. The cemeteries of New Westminster, BC, from the BC Pen to Woodlands, and … Continue reading →

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Veteran grave markers to be restored in cemeteries across Prince Edward Island

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Gail Dever

The Honourable Lawrence MacAulay, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence, announced yesterday that in 2020-2021, Veterans Affairs Canada plans to complete repairs to veteran grave markers in more than 20 cemeteries on Prince Edward Island — … Continue reading →

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Explore Oshawa’s Union Cemetery using new interactive map

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Gail Dever

The City of Oshawa, Ontario last week launched a new interactive map that enables genealogy and history enthusiasts to search Union Cemetery interment records. The interactive map allows you to search by family name to find resting place locations and interment … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 18, 2020

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsManitoba Ancestors: Browsing Early Manitoba through Census records by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Kingston Lower Burial Ground Project by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Your ancestor was … Continue reading →

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