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Timeline of Montreal neighbourhood, Griffintown

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors lived in Griffintown, you may be interested in the timeline the Montreal Gazette published Saturday as part of its series about the transformation of the Montreal working-class neighbourhood. Griffintown, the “industrial birthplace of Canada,” was home to … Continue reading →

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Digital Irish Famine Archive launched

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Irish Famine Research blog reported that newly appointed Canadian Ambassador to Ireland Kevin Vickers paid tribute to the Grey Nuns of Montreal and Canadian Famine Irish at the launch of the Digital Irish Famine Archive. The purpose of the … Continue reading →

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U of Toronto tracking families of 1,490 people forced to leave Ireland during Famine

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Gail Dever

In May 1847, 1,490 people left the estate in Strokestown, County Roscommon, Ireland, and walked 155 kilometres to Dublin and were then transported to Liverpool where they boarded four coffin ships bound for Quebec. At least half of the passengers … Continue reading →

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New exhibit in Connecticut tells story of Montreal’s Grey Nuns who helped the Famine Irish

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Gail Dever

Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut will open a new exhibition, Saving the Famine Irish: The Grey Nuns and the Great Hunger, on Wednesday, April 1, in the university’s Arnold Bernhard Library. The exhibition tells the … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 28, 2015

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding/Researching Your Canadian World War I Soldier Ancestor on OGS Blog. Jean Talon, Intendant of New France, 1665–1672 on Library and Archives Canada Blog. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #12 Charles … Continue reading →

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New park to honour Toronto doctor who helped Irish immigrants during Great Famine

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Gail Dever

A new park will be erected in downtown Toronto in memory of those who helped Irish immigrants who fled the Great Famine in Ireland in the 1840s. It will be located in front of a 47-storey condo at the corner … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 24, 2015

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Dissecting a French-Canadian Burial Record by Sandra Goodwin on Maple Stars and Stripes. Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online by Elizabeth Lapointe on GenealogyCanada. Over 160 New U.S. Free Online Newspaper Collection Links … Continue reading →

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The Great Hunger in Ireland

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Gail Dever

Throughout the week, from January 18 to 24, The Wild Geese blog is focusing on The Great Hunger in Ireland with a series of brief articles. On Monday, two articles were posted, The Great Hunger in Dublin and The Great … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 3, 2015

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered during the end of 2014 and beginning of the new year. Blogs Black Loyalists: Southern Settlers of Nova Scotia’s First Free Black Communities by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter. Irish Genealogy in … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 8, 2014

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Twitter Adoption and Use by Canadian and US Genealogical Societies by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. From Roscommon to Canada II on Townload of Origin. Plotting the Locations by … Continue reading →

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