Tag Archives: Finding Your Roots

The missing Dutch research in this season’s first episode of Finding Your Roots

This past week, PBS aired two new episodes of Finding Your Roots. Many found the first episode with actress Rebecca Hall and filmmaker Lee Daniels to be particularly good. Unlike last season, host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. spent less time … Continue reading

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Possibility of a wee Canadian twist in this week’s ‘Finding Your Roots’

Finding Your Roots this Tuesday, February 2, at 8:00 p.m. on PBS, features The Visionaries — business mogul Richard Branson and architects Maya Lin and Frank Gehry, who learn how their ancestors took audacious risks to create opportunities, and how … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 25, 2014

Some of the bijoux I discovered this past week. Blogs Ancestry in Canada and Wilson’s Canadian Military Guides Online by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. World War One in Winnipeg — Conscription by Jim Blanchard on ActiveHistory. Creative Ways … Continue reading

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Crème de la crème — October 11, 2014

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Blacked Out: Infusing Colour to Remembrance Day Celebrations by Natasha Henry on Teaching African Canadian History. Genealogy Should Be Free – Say What??? and Warning! Opinion re Ken Burns Remarks on … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 20, 2014

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Newly Digitized Microfilms on the Héritage Portal on the Library and Archives Canada Blog. Rockstar Genealogists: Gold Medalists and Rockstar Genealogists: Silver and Bronze Medalists by John D. Reid on Canada’s … Continue reading

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