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PRONI on YouTube — Street directories

Posted on March 12, 2021 by Gail Dever

The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has posted an eight-minute video on its YouTube channel to demonstrate how to search its online collection of street directories.

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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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Researching your ancestor’s house — and your own — in Toronto

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

The City of Toronto Archives has produced two short videos, running between five and six minutes long, that will help you research your ancestor’s house in Toronto, and perhaps even your own. Researching Your House: Fire Insurance Plans & Aerial … Continue reading →

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More than 5,000 free online Canadian city directories on The Ancestor Hunt

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Gail Dever

Kenneth R. Marks has knocked it out of the park with his huge list of 5,340 Canadian directories. He has now completed his Canadian list, adding in the last couple of days directories for British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, Prince Edward … Continue reading →

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Links to free online Canadian directories available on The Ancestor Hunt

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

Kenneth R. Marks of The Ancestor Hunt has been on a roll — a Canadian roll, eh. He has assembled lists of online city and business directories in several Canadian provinces, as well as in the United States — and … Continue reading →

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

Posted on July 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The Personal Past: History, Identity and the Genealogical Impulse, Disappointing Update from the Archives of Ontario and Irish Surname Maps by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. WW1 CEF Nursing … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 7, 2020

Posted on March 7, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAlberta Ancestors: Early Alberta Newspapers Online by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Hamilton City Directories and LAC 2018-19 Departmental Results Report by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Thistle … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 17, 2019

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGenealogy gold part 2: finding local histories using Family Search & Facebook by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Examining City Directories to Discover New Avenues of Research by Alice Childs on Family … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 20, 2019

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives DHCP Funded Project, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies DCHP Funded Project and Library and Archives Canada Departmental Plan 2019-2020 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Know … Continue reading →

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Locating the street address of an ancestor’s home in Halifax

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Gail Dever

Imagine finding the address of where your ancestor once lived, only to discover the municipality changed the numbers on the buildings decades ago. That’s the plight for genealogists, except for those researching in Halifax, Nova Scotia. To help researchers find … Continue reading →

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