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Tag Archives: Acadian
This week’s crème de la crème — October 21, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew on Canadiana Heritage and The Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies 2022 UPDATE by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Acadian Deportation: Tips for tracing ancestors forcibly removed from New … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Acadian, Canadiana, citations, DNA, family history writing, France, Franco-Americans, immigration, Italy, Mayflower, military, Quebec, social media, societies, Vimy Ridge, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 7, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Possible Origins of the Acadian Michel Haché dit Gallant and the Ongoing D.N.A. Analysis of Haché/Gallant Descendants Today by Nicole Gallant-Nunes on Treasured Trees Genealogy Services. Ancestry releases 1950 index by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, Acadian, Ancestry, DNA, England, Griffith's Valuation, Ireland, Irish valuation records, land records, legacy, MyHeritageDNA, New York, Russia, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 26, 2022
Some of the bijoux I found this week. BlogsSurrogate Court Records for Northern Ontario on FamilySearch.org by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Over 5K new Chinese Canadian records are now online at Héritage Canadiana by Linda … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, Acadian, Canadiana, Chinese Canadians, England, FamilyTreeMaker, GEDmatch, maps, Ontario, ScotlandsPeople, Ukraine, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 29, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch + LAC = Canada, 1851 Census Success by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Behind the Archives’ Door: The Newspaper Project on Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives. Learning about Acadian “blind spots” … Continue reading
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Tagged 1851 Canada Census, Acadian, Ancestry, British Newspaper Archive, Carribean, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Franco-Americans, Holocaust, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, Maine, newspapers, Ontario, PERSI, probate, Scotland, theses, thesis, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 18, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSurprise Canadian Records from MyHeritage and More newspapers and BMD abstracts available at Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Library of Congress Digital Collections and 13,000 United … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, 23andMe, Acadian, books, Canada, cemeteries, Christmas, DNA, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Library of Congress, Maine, MyHeritage, newspapers, paleography, United States, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 17, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsEtienne Campeau and his Confirmation in 1664 by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Acadian Refugee Households at Camp d’Esperance 1756-1761 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained. Our slave-owning ancestors, part 2 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, civil war, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, funerals, New France, photos, Quebec
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 24, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsQuebec and Eastern Quebec Poll Books 1814-1841 by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. “This province is your country”: Understanding the Acadian Deportation by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. Researching African American … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, African Americans, Ancestry, BAnQ, Beyond 2022, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Great Expulsion, HathiTrust, Ireland, photo books, poll books, Quebec, social history
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 27, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAcadian Research by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. New Pages: Farm and Farmers Directories by Miriam Robbins on Online Historical Directories. Canadian history context for your family history by John … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, African American, Canada, directories, DNA, Dutch, farm directories, memorabilia, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, Quebec, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 13, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Halifax Municipal Archives: A Local History Research Centre by Susan McClure on Halifax Public Libraries Blog. Finding Ancestors in Yukon Newspapers by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. BC-related Dictionaries … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, books, British Columbia, Chronicling America, directories, DNA, Google Earth, Halifax, Internet Archive, Ireland, Irish, newspapers, Nova Scotia, Ottawa, PRDH, taxes, Yukon
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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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