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- This week’s crème de la crème — November 23, 2024
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Tag Archives: African Americans
This week’s crème de la crème — December 9, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhy Irish Genealogy Is So Difficult by Will on Ancestral Findings. FindMyPast improves its Irish RC parish marriages collection by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. 4 Keys to Italian Genealogy … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 23andMe, African Americans, Findmypast, Ireland, Italy, New France, Quebec, Sweden
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 5, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsImproving your online experience: Analytics, feedback, improvements, user experience and changes to come on our new website by Andrea Eidinger on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Saying their names by Judy G. … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 1931 Canada Census, African Americans, DNA, FamilySearch, HathiTrust, MyHeritage, MyHeritage Reimagine, Netherlands, Russia
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 4, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsBut wait, there’s more! More Heritage Inventory photographs now available by Sammy Van Herk on AuthentiCity. Finding Online Records by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News. Researching Chicago Address Changes and Free Chicago Genealogy … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, British Columbia, ChatGPT, City of Vancouver Archives, family history writing, FamilySearch, Illinois, photos, Vancouver, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 21, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts16,200 Free Online Canada Collections Available in 6 Genealogy Record Categories and Storied – The Next Chapter in Family History by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. How to find … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Canada, GEDmatch, Google Books, Library of Congress, MyHeritage, newspapers, photos, Scotland
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 19, 2022
Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMilitary Monday: British and Canadian Army Service Numbers for WW2 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Saskatchewan Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links, Manitoba Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Britain, Canada, DNA, DNA Painter, Ireland, Manitoba, methodology, military, New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, United States, WWII
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New film tells story of an African American family that embarked on a journey of discovery after a letter from a formally enslaved ancestor is unearthed
Ancestry announced a few days ago the premiere of a new film, A Dream Delivered: The Lost Letters of Hawkins Wilson, which brings to light a family reunion over a century in the making. The short documentary follows one family’s … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Ancestry, Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 5, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsPast-Presence roundup: what’s new? by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Forthcoming on Ancestry by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Researching the Revision Books at the Valuation Office or PRONI by Donna Moughty … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Ancestry, books, China, Chinese Canadians, Dick Eastman, DNA, Ireland, legacy, Michigan, Netherlands, PERSI
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 18, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAn Introduction to NRS Archives talk by Tessa Spencer by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Add Context to Your Family Tree with Historic Photos by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree. My … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, African Americans, AncestryDNA, DNA, family history writing, MyHeritageDNA, Scotland, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 4, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFree British Columbia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Quebec High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free New Brunswick High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Prince Edward Island High School … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, AncestryDNA, British Columbia, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ukraine, US civil war, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 28, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Wrap Up by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Free Nova Scotia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Manitoba High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Saskatchewan … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, African Americans, Alberta, Ancestry, directories, England, Ireland, land records, legacy, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, ontario land records, Russia, Saskatchewan, Scotland, yearbooks
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