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Tag Archives: Dutch
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
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 23andMe, Alberta, Ancestry, DNA, Drouin collection, Dutch, Franco-Americans, GEDmatch, Lazurus tool, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Scotland
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 27, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAcadian Research by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. New Pages: Farm and Farmers Directories by Miriam Robbins on Online Historical Directories. Canadian history context for your family history by John … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Acadian, African American, Canada, directories, DNA, Dutch, farm directories, memorabilia, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, Quebec, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 2, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The National Archives of France by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Sources for researching people in the 1900s by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. University of Manitoba Digital Collections by John D. … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Dutch, family history writing, FamilyTreeDNA, France, Franco-Americans, interview, Manitoba, Netherlands, newspapers, timelines, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 5, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the year. Blogs Nova Scotia Online Historical Newspapers Summary and Manitoba Online Historical Newspapers Summary by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Our Year in Review on CanGenWeb’s Cemetery Projects. … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Canada, cemeteries, DNA, Dutch, Evernote, Jewish, Library and Archives Canada, Manitoba, Netherlands, newspapers, Nova Scotia, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 29, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this final week of the year. Blogs Finding Genealogically Relevant Ebooks Online? by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star. 25 Years of Dutch Genealogy by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. Franco Bakers Brought the Tastes … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas cards, Dutch, FamilySearch, Netherlands, social history, WorldCat
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 5, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Post-Confederation Land Patents issued by the Registrar General by Rebecca Murray on Library and Archives Canada Blog. WWI Casualty Clearing Stations by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. BC Catholic Newspapers … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, Canada, DNA, Dutch, land patents, Netherlands, newspapers, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 3, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Find Birth, Marriage, and Death Records from Canada by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Free at FindMyPast: all Irish/UK census and bmd records, and the new Suffragette Collection by … Continue reading
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Tagged BMDs, Canada, DNA, Dutch, Irish, methodology, MyHeritageDNA, Scots-Irish, vital records
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 30, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Yukon Ancestors: yukongenealogy.com by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. RootsWeb Security Update by Tony Blackham on Ancestry Blog and Ancestry Had a Security Problem, Now Corrected by Dick Eastman on … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgian, blogs, cars, cemeteries, Digital Maine, Digital Public Library of America, DNA, Dutch, family history writing, Irish, MyHeritage, photos, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, technology, Yukon
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Geneanet adds over 9 million Italian birth, marriage, death records
Geneanet, the international genealogy database based in France, has added more than nine million Italian records. The new collection includes: – Italy, Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900: 5,602,429 records – Italy, Marriages, 1809-1900: 2,147,866 records – Italy, Deaths and Burials, 1809-1900: … Continue reading
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Tagged American French Genealogical Society, Dutch, Italian
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 13, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Enjoying the Story of Westmount by Tracey Arial on Genealogy Ensemble. Atlantic Canada’s Irish Immigrants: a fish and timber story by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Ghost towns, roads … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, blogs, brick walls, Dutch, Franco-Americans, Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Irish, Maine, Montreal, Nova Scotia, Polish, Quebec, Ukrainians, United States, Westmount, WWII
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