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This week’s crème de la crème — October 1, 2022

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFinding on the Ground: An Urban Address by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Hidden histories by Ryan Courchene on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Wilmot, Nova Scotia & Black Loyalists … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 18, 2022

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTrue crime, the Wing Sang Co., and police records: A trip to the City of Vancouver Archives by Linda Yip on Past Presence. New Items in BC Historical Books Collection by Kin … Continue reading →

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African Heritage Month in Nova Scotia

Posted on January 27, 2022 by Gail Dever

Virtual celebrations began yesterday in Nova Scotia for African Heritage Month, with a provincial proclamation and poster unveiling ceremony. The provincial theme, Through Our Eyes: The Voices of African Nova Scotians, recognizes the legacies of people of African descent through … Continue reading →

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New collections at Findmypast, including one on Black Loyalists

Posted on February 24, 2021 by Gail Dever

Among the new collections Findmypast recently added was United States, Black Loyalists evacuated, 1783 about the of Black Loyalists who were evacuated by the British from New York after defeat in the American War of Independence. Findmypast has transcribed Book … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Black Loyalists honoured on Royal Canadian Mint’s new silver coin

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Gail Dever

The Royal Canadian Mint yesterday launched a new silver collector coin honouring the Black Loyalists. Mint engravers reproduced the armorial bearings of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a tribute to the free and enslaved Black people who resettled in British North America (Canada) … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 19, 2020

Posted on December 19, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTen Free Family History Websites by Alison Spring on The Frugal Genealogist. A Land Records Challenge by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. The Lives and Letters of the Black Loyalists – … Continue reading →

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New website tells story of Nova Scotia’s Africville

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Gail Dever

Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia has released a new Africville Story Map that uses text, maps, video, audio, and links to external resources to tell the story of Africville. The website was created for the ENRICH Project by Lama Farhat … Continue reading →

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‘Book of Negroes’ Nova Scotia collection on Ancestry

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Gail Dever

In time for Black History Month, Ancestry released its collection, Nova Scotia, Canada, Book of Negroes, 1783. The Book of Negroes is the single most important document relating to the immigration of African Americans to Nova Scotia following the War of … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 25, 2017

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Trace Your Roots at the Scotiabank Family History Centre by Caroline Michaud on Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. Vital Statistics Part 6 – Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut by Candice McDonald … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 18, 2017

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Vital Statistics Part 5 – Alberta and British Columbia by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Finding your Ancestors in Canada by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Early … Continue reading →

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