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This week’s crème de la crème — January 8, 2022

Posted on January 8, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the new year. BlogsBelfast workhouse indexes 1892-1921 now available online, Catalogue codes for Belfast workhouse register indexes 1892-1921, and Irish Land Commission records to be made accessible by Chris Paton … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 18, 2021

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSurprise Canadian Records from MyHeritage and More newspapers and BMD abstracts available at Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Library of Congress Digital Collections and 13,000 United … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 16, 2021

Posted on October 16, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs325 Obituary and Obituary Index Collections from Canada and 3,890 Obituary and Obituary Index Collection Links from the U.S. by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. The London Gazette – revisited … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 24, 2021

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Then and Now in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 1 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 5, 2021

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsCelebrating 150 Years of the Royal Canadian Artillery by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. No. 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station by Paul Chiddicks on The Chiddicks Family Tree. British Columbia Ancestors: Medical Life … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 13, 2021

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSearching the Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. French Genealogy Education Resources, Part 1: Free FamilySearch Learning Center Courses by Amberly Beck on … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 31, 2020

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsOntario Ancestors: School and Teacher Directories on Internet Archive by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Early Canadian Military Reports 1864-1925 by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Untold Moments of WWII … Continue reading →

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New book on Loyalist cemeteries and gravestones in Nova Scotia

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

Only a month after his book, Loyalist History of Nova Scotia, was published, Brian McConnell has already published another one. In Loyalist Cemeteries & Gravestones of Nova Scotia: Annapolis & Digby Counties, Mr. McConnell provides the locations of United Empire … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 1, 2020

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 10 Awesome Websites with Maps for Genealogy Research by Elizabeth M. O’Neal on Heart of the Family. When Is a Marriage Date Not the Date of Marriage? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree … Continue reading →

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More than 800 local history books digitized for Manitoba’s 150th anniversary

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Gail Dever

The University of Manitoba Libraries, in partnership with the Manitoba Library Consortium, has digitized more than 800 Manitoba local history books to mark Manitoba’s 150th anniversary this year as a province. Local history books can provide histories of families, farms, communities, schools, churches, … Continue reading →

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