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Tag Archives: Acadians
This week’s crème de la crème — April 13, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC’s Vision: What Future for the Past by Allan Greer on Active History. Finding Cemeteries With Your Computer – Part 1 and Part 2 by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, calendar, cemeteries, DNA, Evidence Explained, GEDmatch, LAC, Library and Archives Canada
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 17, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsRolling years of civil BMD records added to IrishGenealogy.ie by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. NLS adds high resolution Irish maps by John D. Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. A Gotcha … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, Franco-Americans, Ireland, National Library of Scotland
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 13, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDutch Genealogy News for January 2024 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. Southwestern United States Research: Key Records and Repositories Part 1 – Understanding Federal, State, and Local Records and Southwestern … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, AI, Ancestry, British Library, FamilyTreeMaker, Feedly, Italy, methodology, MyHeritage, Netherlands, Quebec, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 2, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsResearching Your Scandinavian Ancestors Part 3: Research Planning and Initial Research by Torhild Shirley on Family Locket. MyHeritage adds Scotland, Court of Session Processes, Acts and Decrees, 1560-1930 and Disaster! Keep It … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, AI, DNA, FamilySearch, Scotland, Sweden, Ukraine
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 19, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsUlster Settlers Database and Historic England Archive: Aerial Photo Explorer by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Ancestry adds Index to soldiers treated in Belfast hospital, 1914-16 by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Acadians, adoption, Chinese Canadians, city directories, Clio, DNA, England, Franco-Americans, genetic genealogy, Germany, Ireland, Minnesota, photos, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 29, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDon’t overlook free digital records with my Héritage Canadiana / Library and Archives Canada hack, part 2 by Linda Yip on Past Presence. A Simple Way to Find Lot and Concession … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, AI, AncestryDNA, Belarus, Canadiana, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Library and Archives Canada, Netherlands
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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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This week’s crème de la crème — October 6, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs HeritageMaps.ie adds Irish Historical Towns Atlas dataset by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. 305 Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collection Links from U.S. New England States by Kenneth R. Marks … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, family history writing, FamilySearch, FindAGrave, Ireland, Irish, maps, one-name study, United States, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 24, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs New Brunswick Ancestors: The Genealogical Files of Mgr Robichaud by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Family. Book Review: The Acadian Miracle by Bobbi King on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter. Naming Culture … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 4, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Tracing Your Canadian Military Ancestors by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Find Canadian Genealogy Articles by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Canada Bound – British Home Children – Genealogy … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, archives, blogs, British Home Children, cemeteries, DNA, family history writing, Irish, land grants, Library and Archives Canada, maps, military, notary records, obituaries, Ontario, Pier 21, Quebec, societies, WorldCat, writing, WWI
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