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This week’s crème de la crème — December 21, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFamily Search Full Text Search by Diane Gould Hall on Michigan Family Trails. 3 Tips for Searching the Census When a Family Goes Missing by Diana Elder on Family Locket. Finding … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, DNA Painter, family history writing, FamilySearch, full-text, GEDmatch, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 2, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhat are LAC’s intentions on Handwritten Text Recognition technology? by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The startling details of a Chinese Case File, pt. 3 – stories & tools for analysis … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 15, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsPuzzling through 1931 Census sub-districts – Part 2 on Library and Archives Canada Blog. When my house became a museum – celebrating the new Chinese Canadian Museum by Linda Yip on Past … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 1, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – C, B, or F? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. New to Chinese Canadian genealogy: C.I.44 records of registration by June Chow on Library and Archives … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 24, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhen statistics met immigration: a startling discovery in the 1931 Canada census by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Ontario Birth Registrations at Ancestry by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New Great … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 22, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsAncestry adds Canada, Royal Canadian Air Force Crash Cards, 1939-1945 and Digitized Resources from the Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) Local History Society by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. United States Social Security NUMIDENT records … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 15, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog Posts5 Priceless Resources for Australian Genealogy Research by Kim Gilboy on LegacyTree Genealogists. Stories from Census 1911: Wealth and poverty across the island by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Tracing … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 10, 2023
Some of the bijoux I (finally) discovered last week. An ice storm hit Montreal on Wednesday, causing a major power outage, which is why there was no crème de la crème on Saturday. We’re still without power, but since my … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIrishGenealogy.ie adds an extra year of free civil registration records by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Forthcoming Newspapers – Spring 2023 on The DLGB. 750,000 Postcards Online Free at Geneanet! on … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 25, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTop tips for researching Ukrainian and Russian resources on Genealogy Indexer by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Military Monday: WW2 POW personnel cards indexed at TNA by John … Continue reading
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