Tag Archives: British Columbia

This week’s crème de la crème — May 1, 2026

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsPunjabi Patrika : Local Newspapers as Windows into the Past by Minghui Zhou on Digitizers’ Blog. New Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) website launched by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 29, 2025

Posted on November 29, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to decipher the secret codes to quickly find microfilmed vital records for B.C. by Linda Yip on Past Presence. The Loyalist Gazette by Brian McConnell, UE on UE Loyalist History. François … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 19, 2025

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsA Gold Mine for Genealogists-UBC Library Students Digital Projects by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Snapshots of British Columbia’s Ghost Towns: Part 2—Barkerville’s Chinatown by Jill Henderson on Digitizers’ … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 5, 2025

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsSnapshots of British Columbia’s Ghost Towns: Part 1—The Corbin Miners’ Strike by Jill Henderson on Digitizer’s Blog. Finding Scotland’s Place Names and Research Documents and Letters With Artificial Intelligence by John … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 14, 2025

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsResearching Supreme Court records at the BC Archives by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Historic Maritime Weather Records for Voyages from the UK to Quebec and LAC: Broken Records, Broken Search … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Morning Star added to Newspapers.com

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Gail Dever

After publishing more than a couple of dozen Ontario newspapers during the past several weeks, Newspapers.com has looked to Canada’s west coast for its latest addition. This week, issues of the Vancouver Morning Sun, from May 1924 to January 1926, … Continue reading →

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Royal BC Museum receives donation towards digitizing Indigenous AV collections, including photos

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Gail Dever

The Royal BC Museum has received a $250,000 donation toward the Indigenous Audio-Visual Collection Digitization Project from the Wesik Family Foundation. “This generous donation from the Wesik Family Foundation will support the digitization and preservation of language and cultural traditions of … Continue reading →

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Newspapers.com adds more than 60 newspapers from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Gail Dever

This month, Newspapers.com has added more than 350 newspapers, including more than 50 from British Columbia, six from Alberta and two from Ontario. The majority of the new additions are for 25 American states, along with a number of Black … Continue reading →

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University of Victoria Libraries honours Dave Obee

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Gail Dever

Dave Obee, one of Canada’s most popular genealogy speakers, received the University of Victoria Libraries Honorary Library and Archivist Award. During the day, he is editor and publisher of the Victoria Times Colonist newspaper in British Columbia, The university also … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 25, 2023

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsA Reel Challenge for the 1871 Census of Canada by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Canadiana adds St John newspapers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Aviation photographs from first … Continue reading →

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