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Tag Archives: Cajun
This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Religious Records Part 3 – Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Resource Guide to Canadian Genealogy on Ancestral Findings. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, brick walls, Cajun, Canada, Cape Breton, family history writing, Jeanne Mance, Louisiana, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, research toolbox, Vimy, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 15, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Hudson’s Bay Company Family History by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Haunted St. Lawrence Burial Ground by Donovan King on Haunted Montreal Blog. Early Spirit River Records Found at … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, Alberta, archives, blogs, Cajun, cemeteries, DNA, Hudson's Bay Company, Montreal, New Brunswick
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Acadian Memorial database about Acadian exiles in Louisiana
Every few days, I try to browse the new links on Cyndi’s List, and this week I came across the Acadian Memorial website that contains a genealogy section and database, Ensemble Encore – Together Again — the online scholarly research by … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — August 29, 2015
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Find Your Ancestor on Ships Passenger Lists to Canada After 1865 by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Legacy News. Researching Your Family History at the Archives of Ontario by Heather Lavallee on … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, blogs, Cajun, Canada, Ireland, Maine, Ontario, organizing, photos, research plan, research technique, research trip, Scotland, ship lists
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Acadians’ arrival in Louisiana 250 years ago commemorated at well-attended event
Last Saturday’s ceremony in New Orleans, commemorating the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the Acadians in Louisiana, was such a popular draw that even representatives of the French and Canadian consul-generals’ offices could not get in at first because … Continue reading
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Tagged Cajun, Louisiana, New Orleans
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