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Tag Archives: Eastern Townships
Society journals about filles du roi, Eastern Townships, and Guindon family available online
The last two editions of Sent by the King, the journal of La Société des filles du roi et soldats du Carignan, are available to read online via the blog, TreeSearcher, by Laverne. The society is in Virginia. Articles in … Continue reading
Quebec cultural group records memories of English-speaking seniors
Ken Huff from Compton, a small town in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, remembers a time when he travelled to church by sleigh. “My mother would warm the bricks up in the oven to put on the floor of the sleigh to … Continue reading
Quebec home movie from 1929 one of earliest in colour
A home movie shot in Quebec in 1929 may be among the earliest colour films in existence. Montreal-based film historian Louis Pelletier bought the film for $25 at a flea market in 2014. He believes the people who appear in … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Townships
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 20, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs British Home Children by Christine Woodcock on The In-Depth Genealogist. Laundry Babies – Black Market Baby BMH 5-7-66 by Linda Seccaspina on lindaseccaspina. The unseen enemy: Canadian internment camps in World … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged blogs, British Home Children, Canadian genealogists, Eastern Townships, internment camps, Irish, New France, photos, Picasa, Quebec, research plan, societies, Ukrainians, WWI
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Eastern Townships historical archives to go online this spring
Thanks to a $44,000 grant from the Library and Archives Canada, hundreds of years of historical documents from the Townships will be uploaded to a new online database that will be launched this spring. The Eastern Townships Archive Portal will … Continue reading
Posted in Quebec
Tagged Brome County Historical Society, Documentary Heritage Communities Program, Eastern Townships, Eastern Townships Archive Portal, Eastern Townships Resource Centre, Missisquoi Historical Society
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 3, 2015
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Saddlebag Preachers of the Eastern Townships by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. James Astle, Loyalist of … Continue reading
Restored 200-year-old Knowlton log house now open
Yesterday, the Brome County Historical Society (BCHS) celebrated Paul Holland Knowlton Day and the opening of the restored log home owned by the founder of Knowlton, Quebec. The celebrations also marked 200th anniversary of the Knowlton’s arrival to the area. … Continue reading
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Tagged Eastern Townships, museum
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Compton County museum wants to help genealogists with their research
If your ancestors lived in Compton County in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, the Eaton Corner Museum wants to help you with your family history research. According to the Museum’s website, the Museum has genealogical information on thousands of families in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Compton County, Eastern Townships, Eaton Corner Museum
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Tartan Day — Resources about the Scottish in Quebec
Happy Tartan Day! Today we celebrate our Scottish heritage in Canada where almost five million people claim Scottish ancestry. With this post, I will attempt to generate the same level of enthusiasm that Online resources about the Irish in Quebec did on … Continue reading
Posted in British Isles, Montreal, Quebec
Tagged Aberdeen, blogs, Eastern Townships, Hebridean, online learning, Scotland
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Online resources about the Irish in Quebec
In addition to the usual sources, such as census records, births, marriages and deaths, and city directories, there are other resources that can help us with our family research. Here are some online resources that may help you gain a better … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Montreal, Quebec
Tagged church, Eastern Townships, emigrant ships, famine, Frampton, Griffintown, Grosse-Ile, Irish, Montreal, Morrin Centre, Point-Saint-Charles, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, St-Columban, Val-Cartier
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