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Tag Archives: FindAGrave
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 — March 7, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAlberta Ancestors: Early Alberta Newspapers Online by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Hamilton City Directories and LAC 2018-19 Departmental Results Report by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Thistle … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — February 8, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Protestant Schools in Quebec City by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Witnessing history through parish registers: The French and Indian War, Part 1 by François Desjardins on Généalogie et histoire du … Continue reading
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Tagged BAnQ, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, DNA, DNA Painter, England, FamilySearch, FindAGrave, Ireland, methodology, Netherlands, newspapers, PRONI, Quebec, Scotland, Wikimedia Commons
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 12, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. (Not a turkey in the bunch.) BlogsWWII Honours & Awards Indexed on Library and Archives Website and Why I Follow Genealogy News Bloggers by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. French Canadian and Acadian … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, DNA, DNAPainter, FindAGrave, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, newspapers, nursing, Quebec, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 6, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs HeritageMaps.ie adds Irish Historical Towns Atlas dataset by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. 305 Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collection Links from U.S. New England States by Kenneth R. Marks … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, family history writing, FamilySearch, FindAGrave, Ireland, Irish, maps, one-name study, United States, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 29, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 5 Ways I Search The Fulton Newspaper Site by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Church of Ireland Digitization Project by Donna Moughty on Donna’s Irish Genealogy Resources. Using Newspapers to Uncover … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — September 22, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs National Heritage Digitization Strategy News by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Don’t Overlook Upper Canada Sundries by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Seaman’s Protection Certificates – An … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, DNA, FindAGrave, military, National Heritage Digitization Strategy, Ontario
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New Find A Grave website easier to search, but technical glitches cause some grumbling
A more modern-looking Find A Grave website has been released, although for now it is a beta site to test functionality, while the old site continues to run. While some regular contributors to Find A Grave are struggling with some … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 8, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Voyageurs performed superhuman feats of endurance by Bill Waiser on Bill Waiser. Religious Records Part 4- Quebec and Ontario by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Railway lines and trains … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, FindAGrave, France, Library and Archives Canada, US civil war, Vimy Ridge, voyageurs, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 22, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs What’s the Matter with the Canadian Collection on Findmypast? by Kathryn Lake Hogan on Looking4Ancestors. The Drouin Genealogical Institute adds new records by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. 10 … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, bloggers, Canadian genealogists, DNA, education, FindAGrave, Findmypast, Irish, online learning, Quebec, ScotlandsPeople, Scottish
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