Tag Archives: Ancestry

This week’s crème de la crème — January 3, 2026

Posted on January 3, 2026 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNewly available online: County of Peel minutes, by-laws, and reports, 1853-1973 by Kyle Neill on Peeling the Past. 2025 Alfred Gilpin Jones Volunteerism Award Winners by Brian McConnell on UE Loyalist … Continue reading →

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Ancestry adds Ontario marriage records for 1943

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Gail Dever

Another gift for the holidays! More than 71,000 marriages that took place in Ontario in 1943 were uploaded yesterday to Ancestry. There are more than 10 million Ontario marriages, from 1826 to 1943, on the website. Now that the 1943 … Continue reading →

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New collections on Ancestry include exit visas for war brides leaving Canada and UK WWII military service records

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Gail Dever

Ancestry added four new collections on Monday, including one held at Library and Archives Canada. Canada, Orders in Council Exit Visas Including War Brides, 1942-1946 contains requests for exit visas for women and children who planned to leave Canada during … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 18, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsOnline New Brunswick Land Records and William Tegerdine, Where Did You Live in Almonte by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Lesson 3: Parish Registers – A Goldmine of Information About … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsOLRI Now Digitized by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Legacy FamilyTree Webinars (MyHeritage) announce French sessions by Lianne Kruger on iFamily History. Scottish GENES Guest Post – Early LDS Church … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 27, 2025

Posted on September 27, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsAncestry and the NRS – when the corporate genealogy world turns ugly and Major relaunch of PRONI website later this year, and other news from the archive by Chris Paton on … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 20, 2025

Posted on September 20, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC to a provide a “simplified and more secure login experience”? by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Almost Destroyed: Chinese Canadian records at Library and Archives Canada by June Chow on … Continue reading →

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Ancestry unable to secure rights to millions of Scottish records

Posted on September 18, 2025 by Gail Dever

Disappointing news in an article in the Irish Independent for those of us with an Ancestry subscription and Scottish ancestors. According to the Dublin daily newspaper, the Irish arm of Ancestry has been unable to force the National Records of … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 2, 2025

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCKRN Canadiana Helps the Family Historian and New Releases: Tracing Ancestors in Surrey and Staffordshire by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Mapping the Way through the New Catalog by Carissa Pastuch … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 26, 2025

Posted on July 26, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhy Your Great-Grandmother’s Ontario Birth Record Isn’t There and Where to Look Instead by Kathryn Lake Hogan on Looking4Ancestors. Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France by Ann Foster … Continue reading →

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