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Tag Archives: Loyalists
This week’s crème de la crème — August 24, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsA Black Hole No Longer – Queens County, New Brunswick, Canada by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Basics of Researching Your Loyalist Ancestors by Devon Noel Lee on Family History Fanatics. … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 23andMe, DNA, Federation of Genealogical Societies, Japanese Canadians, Loyalists, Manitoba, masons, methodology, New Brunswick, preservation, Quebec, Scotland, societies, United Empire Loyalists, Who Do You Think You Are?, Winnipeg
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 6, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Loyalist History On the Ground in Kings County, New Brunswick, Part 2 by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. Irish Workhouse Drawings online, and Tipperary workhouses booklet published by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, family history writing, Ireland, Irish, Loyalists, Mitochondrial DNA, research trip, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 29, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Seeing Canada in a different light during the American Revolution by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Happy Anniversary Guy Berthiaume: Interview by John D. Reid on Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Dr. Guy Berthiaume, Flickr, Guy Berthiaume, Loyalists, maps, Massachusetts, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 16, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to find a family that disappeared from 1916 to 1921 – using Canadian census records by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Maximizing Your Search in the Canadiana Collection – Part … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Canadiana, DNA, FamilySearch, Ireland, Irish, Loyalists, newspapers, photos, Quebec, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 12, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Genealogy Books from 1923 Now Available by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy. Introducing The Prosecution Project in Australia by Shauna Hicks on The In-Depth Genealogist. IrishGenealogy.ie: latest on overdue BMD … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, audiocassette, Australia, criminals, DNA, DNA Painter, Internet Archive, Loyalists, Mitochondrial DNA, newspapers, Nova Scotia, photos, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 8, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Border Crossings From U.S. to Canada, 1908-1935 by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Fighting for the Crown?: Irish Catholic Loyalists in the Military, Part 2 by Leah Grandy on … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — November 24, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 180 Obituary and Obituary Index Links from Canada by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Patrimoine Québec — a Genealogical Library by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Acadian genealogy – Researching … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, Acadians, Ancestry, Apps, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, DNA, family history writing, Franco-Americans, GEDmatch, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, obituaries, scanning, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, writing, WWI
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Cornwall, Ontario re-dedicates United Empire Loyalists plaque
A plaque honouring the United Empire Loyalists who settled in Johnstown, now known as Cornwall, Ontario, was re-dedicated on Sunday. For several years, the plaque had been missing, and it was found not long ago in the basement of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Cornwall, Loyalists, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 30, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Your Ancestors in Manitoba by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Probate Records Part 5 – Manitoba and Saskatchewan by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. New: Arnprior … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, GEDmatch, Loyalists, Manitoba, MyHeritageDNA, newspapers, Ontario, Saskatchewan, United Empire Loyalists
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‘Book of Negroes’ Nova Scotia collection on Ancestry
In time for Black History Month, Ancestry released its collection, Nova Scotia, Canada, Book of Negroes, 1783. The Book of Negroes is the single most important document relating to the immigration of African Americans to Nova Scotia following the War of … Continue reading