Tag Archives: African Americans

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

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsChinese Immigration Act Case Files: Finding aids at LAC by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Japanese Canadian internment: Over 40,000 pages and 180 photographs digitized by the DigiLab by Gabrielle Nishiguchi on Library … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 29, 2020

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsBanking Ancestors and WWI on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Nelson Daily News Goes Online by Stuart Hill on UBC Library Digitizers’ Blog. Death and Suicide in New … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 20, 2020

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Manitoba Ancestors: Parish Records on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Radical German Loyalism in the American Revolution by Ruth Savidge on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. Using Directories to … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 13, 2020

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs A quick guide to finding Canadian Census Schedules online by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Ontario Ancestors: Roman Catholic Church Records on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian … 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 — March 30, 2019

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 52 Ancestors: Week 12 – 12 Sites to Further your Canadian Research by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. University of Alberta Digitization; still waiting on LAC and Guy Berthiaume announces … Continue reading →

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We Are The Roots: Black settlers and their experiences of discrimination on the Canadian prairies

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Gail Dever

Winner of the 2018 Alberta Historical Resources Foundation 2018 Heritage Awareness award, We Are The Roots is a documentary that tells the stories of African American immigrants who settled in Alberta and Saskatchewan in the early 1900s. Thousands of advertisements were … Continue reading →

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