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This week’s crème de la crème — November 23, 2024

Posted on November 23, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDiscovering the Resilient Spirit of Canada’s Early French Settlers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. More WWII Morning Reports using the NARA Catalog by Dr. Margaret M. McMahon on A Week … Continue reading →

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One of Amazon’s bestsellers is a new book about Canada’s British Home Children

Posted on September 30, 2024 by Gail Dever

Lori Oschefski’s new book, Orphans of the Living: British Home Children in Canada, launched only a few days ago, has already become Amazon’s top seller in the 19th and 20th Century Canadian History categories. The 363-page book is available on … Continue reading →

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New book, ‘Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada’s First World War, awarded prize

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Gail Dever

Greg M.W. Kennedy’s Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada’s First World War recently won the New Brunswick scholarly book prize. Published in February 2024 by McGill-Queen’s University Press, the book will especially interest those with Acadian ancestry and … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 7, 2023

Posted on January 7, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsPlans for 1931 Census of Canada release by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Dutch Genealogy News for December 2022 and Records that became public in 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 31, 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this last week of the year. Blog postsMilitary Monday: What’s the Difference between the CVWM and CWGC Databases? by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Success in finding death record gives closure on lost child … 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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New book: ‘Place Names of Newfoundland and Labrador’

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Gail Dever

In the thousands of years that people have inhabited and visited Newfoundland and Labrador, Indigenous peoples, Basque whale hunters, French explorers, and Devon merchants have all left their mark on the map. Now there’s a book, Place Names of Newfoundland … Continue reading →

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Online books on Franco-American history

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Gail Dever

Patrick Lacroix, director of the Acadian Archives at the University of Maine at Fort Kent, has written a blog post, Free Online Books on Franco-American History, about books on French-Canadian migrations and Franco-American communities. It’s sure to interest many genealogists. 

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 5, 2022

Posted on February 5, 2022 by Gail Dever

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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New book from Global Genealogy, and more to come soon

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors were among the early pioneers in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Carol Bennett-McCuaig’s book, Founding Families of Beckwith Township 1815-1846, will interest you. The author, who died in 2018, assembled a “gigantic jigsaw puzzle,” using information from … Continue reading →

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