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Tag Archives: First Nations
New Google map to search for Indigenous heritage collections
To make it easier to locate recently digitized Indigenous heritage content at Library and Archives Canada, the national archives has created a searchable list of the collections and introduced a Google map feature that allows users to browse archival materials … Continue reading
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Tagged First Nations, Indigenous, Library and Archives Canada, Metis
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 5, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsChinese Immigration Act Case Files: Finding aids at LAC by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Japanese Canadian internment: Over 40,000 pages and 180 photographs digitized by the DigiLab by Gabrielle Nishiguchi on Library … Continue reading
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Tagged aboriginal, African Americans, AncestryDNA, Canada, Chinese Canadians, DNA, family history writing, First Nations, Indigenous, Ireland, Japanese Canadians, PRONI, Public Record Office of Ireland, Saskatchewan, writing
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Royal BC Museum opens up thousands of digitized photos of British Columbia Indigenous communities to the public
The Royal BC Museum has opened up to the public 16,103 historical photographs depicting Indigenous communities from across British Columbia that were taken between the late 1800s and the 1970s. “At last, the majority of photographs of Indigenous communities from … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 20, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Manitoba Ancestors: Parish Records on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Radical German Loyalism in the American Revolution by Ruth Savidge on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. Using Directories to … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Britain, Canadiana, directories, First Nations, Ireland, Loyalists, Manitoba, organizing, slavery, social history, United Kingdom
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This week’s crème de la crème – February 15, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Halifax Municipal Archives: Remembering Africville Source Guide by Elena Cremonese on Local History (Halifax Public Libraries). Genealogy Tip: 1842 Canadian Census Returns by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Deciphering … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginals, Ancestry, British Home Children, Canada, DNA, England, FamilySearch, First Nations, genealogy for kids, Home Children, Indigenous, mindmapping, New England Historic Genealogical Society, newspapers, WWII
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Indigenous afternoons of research at the Archives of Manitoba
The Archives of Manitoba has partnered with the Manitoba Indigenous Tuberculosis Photo Project (MITPP) to host bi-weekly Indigenous Afternoons in the Archives this winter. Every other Wednesday afternoon, from January 15 to April 22, historians, MITPP team members, and archivists … Continue reading
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Was there a Canadian residential school near your home?
For more than 100 years, First Nations, Inuit and Métis children in Canada were taken from their families to attend residential schools, which were run by churches and funded by the federal government. The purpose was to assimilate Indigenous children into Euro-Canadian culture. Children were taken, often … Continue reading
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Canada’s residential school story launched on Google Earth Voyager
The story of residential schools for First Nations, Métis and Inuit children represents a dark aspect of Canadian history. These schools existed during the lifetime of some of our ancestors, and sadly, even during our lifetime. Residential schools were first … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginals, First Nations, Google Earth, Inuit, Métis, residential schools
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Find the First Nations territory where your European ancestors settled in North America
Native-Land.ca is a fascinating website, created two years ago to help North Americans learn more about their local Indigenous territories, languages, and history. Enter your ancestor’s address or town in Native-Land, or enter your own, to find out which indigenous … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — October 14, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Recognition for Brenda Dougall Merriman by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Newfoundland and Labrador Ancestors: The Maritime History Archive Part 2 by Candice Mcdonald on Finding Your Canadian … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, archives, Brenda Dougall Merriman, DNA, First Nations, Franco American, Labrador, New France, Newfoundland, Ontario, Ontario Genealogical Society
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