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Tag Archives: Drouin collection
This week’s crème de la crème — December 16, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew releases of C.I.9s for Vancouver and Victoria – 2023 by Linda Yip on Past Presence. More Drouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec on Généalogie et histoire du Québec. My First-Hand … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry, BanyanDNA, Chinese Canadians, DNA, Drouin collection, Drouin Institute, family tree software, Genealogy Quebec, Germany, Ireland, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, maps, methodology, MyHeritage, NARA, National Archives US
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 16, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDrouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec on Généalogie et histoire du Québec. The startling details of a Chinese Case File, pt. 4 – How to get your ancestor’s file by Linda … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese Canadians, cookbook, Drouin collection, family history writing, Findmypast, Ireland, Quebec, Scotland, Scottish Indexes, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 14, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsDrouin Collection rescanning on Genealogy Quebec by François Desjardins on Généalogie et histoire du Québec. Simple Tips for Understanding Italian Marriage Records by DiAnn Iamarino on Fortify Your Family Tree. 5 Photos … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Drouin collection, Genealogy Quebec, Italy
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 30, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNewfoundland Ancestors: Newspapers and Magazines on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Effectively Searching the Drouin Collection on Ancestry by Dwayne Meisner on Ancestry Canada Blog. Affidavits for Genealogy … Continue reading
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Tagged Canadiana, Drouin collection, Netherlands, Newfoundland, Quebec, research toolbox
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 10, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGenealogy gold, part 1: the who, what, why, where and how of local history books in the Canadian prairies by Linda Yip on Past Presence. An Anglophone’s Tips for Searching Ancestry’s The … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Alberta, Ancestry, DNA, Drouin collection, Dutch, Franco-Americans, GEDmatch, Lazurus tool, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Scotland
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Ancestry puts back ‘birth’ search field in Quebec Drouin collection
About three weeks ago, some of us complained about Ancestry removing their subscribers’ ability to search by year of birth in one of its largest record sets, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968. The birth label was still … Continue reading
Ancestry frustrates subscribers by removing ‘birth’ search field in Quebec Drouin collection
Subscribers who conduct research in one of Ancestry’s largest record sets, Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, may have noticed a change to the search criteria, and are now feeling frustrated. Ancestry recently removed the field that … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 7, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Scenes From Knox United Church & Cemetery by Bob Georgiou on Scenes From A City. PRONI publishes its Digest of Statistics for 2016-17 by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Ancestry adds … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, church, DNA, DNA Painter, Drouin collection, Genealogy Quebec, Irish, Joseph Drouin, photos, Scarborough, Toronto
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 13, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Canadian towns – Genealogy in Maple Ridge & Hammond, B.C. and Finding Your Ancestors in the Yukon, NWT and Nunavut by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. The NEW OnLand Portal: … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, Australia, British Columbia, citations, DNA, Drouin collection, Google Books, Irish, land records, newspapers, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, ontario land records, passenger lists, WWI, Yukon
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Ancestry updates Quebec Drouin Collection
This week Ancestry.ca updated its Quebec, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 database that is available to subscribers. The good news is the update entails corrections to locations, event types, event years, relationships, and places of worship. Ancestry also … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry.ca, Drouin collection
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