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Almost a third more Ontario Vernon Directories available on FamilySearch
Ontario Ancestors this week was surprised to learn 1,097 Vernon Directories have been digitized and made available on FamilySearch — 30 percent more increase than the 776 directories that were available in April 2020. Cities include Barrie/Orillia, Belleville, Berlin (Kitchener), … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 28, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Wrap Up by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Free Nova Scotia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Manitoba High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Saskatchewan … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, African Americans, Alberta, Ancestry, directories, England, Ireland, land records, legacy, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, ontario land records, Russia, Saskatchewan, Scotland, yearbooks
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PRONI on YouTube — Street directories
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has posted an eight-minute video on its YouTube channel to demonstrate how to search its online collection of street directories.
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 28, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSaskatchewan Ancestors: The Greystone Yearbooks Online at the University of Saskatchewan Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. How To Start Researching Your African American Female Ancestors by Lisa Lisson … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, directories, Google, Google Books, Google Scholar, land records, methodology, MyHeritage, Saskatchewan, societies, United States, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 31, 2020
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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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry, archives, books, Canada, directories, FindAGrave, floppy disks, Google Books, Halifax Municipal Archives, military, MyHeritageDNA, negatives, newspapers, Ontario, photos, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 3, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNewfoundland Ancestors: Directories online at Memorial University by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canadians as POWs in the Second World War on Findmypast by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, cemeteries, cemetery photography, city directories, directories, Elephind, family histories, FamilySearch, Loyalists, methodology, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, newspapers, Prince Edward Island, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, WWII, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 18, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The Personal Past: History, Identity and the Genealogical Impulse, Disappointing Update from the Archives of Ontario and Irish Surname Maps by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. WW1 CEF Nursing … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, Archives of Ontario, city directories, directories, DNA, England, Ireland, newspapers, Newspapers.com, United States, volunteering, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 20, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Manitoba Ancestors: Parish Records on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Radical German Loyalism in the American Revolution by Ruth Savidge on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. Using Directories to … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Britain, Canadiana, directories, First Nations, Ireland, Loyalists, Manitoba, organizing, slavery, social history, United Kingdom
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Number of digitized Ontario Vernon city directories jumps 80%
Within a week, the number of digitized Ontario Vernon city directories on FamilySearch has shot up from 257 volumes to 465. That’s a whopping 80 percent increase. Steve Fulton, president of Ontario Ancestors, created the chart below to show which … Continue reading
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Tagged directories, FamilySearch, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Ontario Ancestors
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Dozens more Ontario Vernon’s Directories on FamilySearch
Ontario Ancestors volunteers and FamilySearch staff have digitized 257 Vernon’s Directories for municipalities in the province of Ontario, although they still have a lot more work ahead of them. That’s an increase of 68 directories since July, with more than … Continue reading
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