Tag Archives: Ancestry

Ancestry updates Quebec’s Drouin Collection of baptisms, marriage and burial records

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Gail Dever

On Thursday, Ancestry updated their index of the Drouin Collection of baptisms, marriages and burials in Quebec, from 1621 to 1941. With more than 41 million records, this is an essential collection to research if your relatives lived in Quebec. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 18, 2025

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1921 Censuses of England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man on Ancestry by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. How to Browse All Digitized Titles in Chronicling America by Joanna Colclough … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 11, 2025

Posted on January 11, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCensus of the Prairie Provinces, 1926 now on Ancestry…sort of by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Making Acadianness in Northern Maine, Part 1 by Patrick Lacroix on The Acadiensis Blog. Full-Text … Continue reading →

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1921 Census for England and Wales coming to Ancestry

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Gail Dever

If you have English and/or Welsh ancestry and a subscription to Ancestry’s Worldwide package, there’s very good news for you. On January 7, Ancestry will make available to subscribers the 1921 Census for England and Wales. The records will be … Continue reading →

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Two more years of Ontario marriage records on Ancestry

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Gail Dever

Ancestry has updated its Ontario Marriages collection by adding records for 1941 and 1942. Perhaps we’ll soon see the 1918 Ontario birth registrations, along with the 1951 and 1952 death registrations. This September, the Archives of Ontario confirmed with Ken … Continue reading →

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Ancestry takes Olympians Torvill and Dean on a DNA journey

Posted on September 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

Many who watched the 1984 winter Olympics in Sarajevo will remember Torvill and Dean’s gold-medal performance to Ravel’s Boléro that became famous around the world. Now, in Ancestry’s latest video, Torvill & Dean Have Sport in the Blood, Jayne Torvill … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 21, 2024

Posted on September 21, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsEfforts to get Ukrainian archive records online advances nationwide by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Easier Searching of Merchant Seaman Records at TNA and ProbateTV by John Reid … Continue reading →

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Delayed release of Ontario’s marriage and death records… Anticipation is keepin’ me waitin’

Posted on September 8, 2024 by Gail Dever

A few days ago, the Archives of Ontario posted a message to genealogists on social media. I suspect they knew their post would generate excitement among those of us with relatives from Canada’s biggest province, and it did. Here’s what … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 27, 2024

Posted on July 27, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage adds Canada Newspapers from OldNews.com™ by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln, UK – part 1: The story begins by Linda Yip on Past … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 20, 2024

Posted on July 20, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsAtlas of Historical County Boundaries by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name. Without the Parish: Researching in England Without Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials Part 5- Manor Rolls by Jessica … Continue reading →

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