Tag Archives: Ancestry.com

This week’s crème de la crème — June 13, 2015

Posted on June 13, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Access Canadian WW2 Military Service Files in a Few Easy Steps by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Canadian Resources I Use by Barbara Poole on Life From The Roots. … Continue reading →

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Finding your Canadian roots on Ancestry

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Gail Dever

Ancestry has produced a five-page research guide, Finding Your Canadian Ancestors on Ancestry.com, to help genealogists trace their Canadian roots. Although the guide has been produced for Americans, Canadians may also benefit from the information provided. Another guide specific to Canadian … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 4, 2015

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Contractor to the British Army by Janice Hamilton on Writing Up the Ancestors. Find FREE Genealogy Education Resources by Randy Seaver on Genea-Musings. If I had to start again, this is … Continue reading →

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Ancestry releases free Find a Grave app for Android

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Gail Dever

Ancestry has announced the official release of its 1.0 version of Find A Grave for Android, free in the Google Play store. “With nearly half of our users having a preference for Android devices, we hope this release will unleash … Continue reading →

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Online family history research in US grows by 14 times in past decade

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Gail Dever

Ancestry.com reported in a news release issued yesterday that online family history research in the United States has grown by 14 times in the last ten years. Future Foundation conducted the research for Ancestry, focusing on the growing interest in … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 15, 2014

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Remembrance Day — Honour Roll by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. Généalogie et archives Saint-Laurent has Moved to the Cornwall (Ontario) Public Library by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online … Continue reading →

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Crème de la crème — October 4, 2014

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Gail Dever

The bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Acadian French – analysis on American-Canadian border by Juliana L’Heureux, The Franco-American Blog. Grant to help Glenwood digitize documents on CountyLive.ca Blog. All editions of 1914’s Church of Ireland Gazette online by Claire … Continue reading →

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Ancestry announces new search tool coming soon

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Gail Dever

Ancestry.com announced on its blog that a new search tool is coming that will provide us with more control over our results. The tool is a new sliding control that will make it easy to broaden or narrow our search … Continue reading →

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