Tag Archives: Chinese Canadians

This week’s crème de la crème — October 15, 2022

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsBeginner’s Guide: Finding Ontario Civil Birth Registrations by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. My trip to the archives: how I prepare and what I found by Linda Yip on Past Presence. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 2, 2022

Posted on July 2, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I found this week. Blogs Netherlands Free Online Historical Newspapers and Switzerland Free Online Historical Newspapers by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Ask Yvette – Where to Find Dutch Records After 1811? by Yvette Hoitink … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 25, 2022

Posted on June 25, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding my family: Chinese graves at Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Ulster Families in Quebec in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Jacques Gagné on … Continue reading →

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Comparing Library and Archives Canada’s indexing of the Registers of Chinese Immigration records to FamilySearch’s indexing project

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Gail Dever

What did I say about learning something new about genealogy almost every day? It happened again. I learned yesterday from reader Nicholas M. that there’s an important difference between how the Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949, collection on … Continue reading →

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Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949, indexed and available on Library and Archives Canada’s website

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Gail Dever

Pretty much every day I learn something new about genealogy, and yesterday was no exception. A reader brought to my attention that the Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949 on FamilySearch isn’t a new online collection. In fact, Library … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch adds indexed records to Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949, collection

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch has started publishing indexed records from its collection, Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885-1949. As of yesterday, 12,244 records were available on the website. Researchers can now benefit from these registers that were maintained during a dark time … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 26, 2022

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I found this week. BlogsSurrogate Court Records for Northern Ontario on FamilySearch.org by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Over 5K new Chinese Canadian records are now online at Héritage Canadiana by Linda … Continue reading →

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Chinese Canadian Museum to be established in British Columbia

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Gail Dever

The oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown, the Wing Sang Building, will be the permanent site of the Chinese Canadian Museum that is scheduled to open next year. The province is providing $27.5 million to the Chinese Canadian Museum Society of … Continue reading →

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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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Chinese-Canadian indexing project on FamilySearch

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Gail Dever

Registers of Chinese Immigration to Canada, 1885–1949 is a new Canadian indexing project on FamilySearch. The faster the collection is indexed, the sooner it will be searchable. This indexing project, however, has been classified as advanced, perhaps because of the … Continue reading →

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