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Tag Archives: cemeteries
This week’s crème de la crème — April 13, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC’s Vision: What Future for the Past by Allan Greer on Active History. Finding Cemeteries With Your Computer – Part 1 and Part 2 by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Acadians, calendar, cemeteries, DNA, Evidence Explained, GEDmatch, LAC, Library and Archives Canada
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 3, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsUpper Canada Land Books and Toronto Trust Cemeteries on FamilySearch – Updated by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Criminals in Aberdeenshire? and Probate for England and Wales by John Reid … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry, bloggers, blogs, cemeteries, DNA, England, FamilySearch, legacy, Ontario, Scotland, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, Ukraine, Wales, wills
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Turmoil at some cemeteries in British Columbia
Burial plots have become a hot commodity in the greater Vancouver area where people are flipping burial plots the way some flip homes, according to several local media. CTV News reported, “One spot in a Burnaby cemetery is being sold … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 30, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsChronic delays at Library and Archives Canada by John D. Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Irish Registry of Deeds Index Project: more updates and guides by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Uncovering … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, audiocassette, cemeteries, DNA, DNA Painter, England, Google Books, Ireland, Italy, LAC, legacy, libraries, Library and Archives Canada, National Archives US, negatives, Netherlands, newspapers, photos, Scotland, United States, Wales, WATO
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 26, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsRevisiting Magnus Shewan: Toronto Assessment Records on FamilySearch by Jane MacNamara on Where the story takes me… Possible origin of the word Acadia by Juliana L’Heureux on Franco-American Blog. 1950 Census – … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, Ancestry, cemeteries, family history writing, FamilySearch, Ireland, methodology, Toronto, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 12, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsToronto Trust Cemeteries on FamilySearch by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Library and Archives Canada Access to Information Act Report and Improved Probate Service Website for England and Wales by John … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, England, Holocaust, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, National Library of Ireland, Ontario, PERSI, Toronto, Wales, wills, WorldCat
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 15, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsChanges to PERSI, New Ordnance Survey Maps from the National Library of Scotland, and What Motivates Family Historians by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 90 new parishes on Genealogy Quebec by François … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, DNA, family history writing, Genealogy Quebec, historical society, maps, Massachusetts, New England Historic Genealogical Society, PERSI, Quebec, Scotland, technology, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 8, 2022
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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Tagged 1921 Census of England and Wales, books, cemeteries, Elephind, Findmypast, Geneanet, Ireland, Irish workhouse, methodology, MyHeritage, Netherlands, newspapers, PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, United States, workhouse
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 18, 2021
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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Tagged 1950 US census, 23andMe, Acadian, books, Canada, cemeteries, Christmas, DNA, France, Ireland, Jamaica, Library of Congress, Maine, MyHeritage, newspapers, paleography, United States, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 4, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs200,000 digital objects now online by Kira Baker on AuthentiCity. Visiting and Recognizing the Past: Toronto’s 1919-1920 Smallpox Outbreak by Sara Wilmshurst on Active History. Hundreds of thousands of BMDs added to … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, DNA, family history gifts, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, New Brunswick, Ontario, photos, PRONI, Quebec, smallpox, Toronto, Vancouver
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