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- This week’s Ontario Ancestors virtual presentation topics include… Library and Archives Canada, DNA, French Canadian research, Scottish research, MyHeritage, and mind mapping
- Qualicum Beach Family History Society’s webinar on accessing images in FamilySearch
- This week’s crème de la crème — October 12, 2024
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Tag Archives: Flickr
Almost 10,000 Library and Archives Canada photos on Flickr
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) recently updated a couple of its albums on Flickr that will interest family historians whose ancestors came to Canada in the first half of the 20th century. The newly updated albums are Immigration by Ship … Continue reading
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Tagged Flickr, immigration, LAC, Library and Archives Canada
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 14, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSecond World War: Researching the Canadian Fallen – Resources by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Using NARA’s Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers by Jessie Kratz on Pieces of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese, civil war, DNA, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Flickr, Franco-Americans, military, photos, Russia, US civil war, WWI, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 29, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Seeing Canada in a different light during the American Revolution by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Happy Anniversary Guy Berthiaume: Interview by John D. Reid on Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Dr. Guy Berthiaume, Flickr, Guy Berthiaume, Loyalists, maps, Massachusetts, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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Thousands of historic Hastings County, Ontario photos uploaded to Flickr
The Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County in Belleville, Ontario recently reached a milestone in its project to digitize 8,500 Hastings County Historical Society photographs. So far, almost 60 percent of the photos have been scanned, and 50 percent … Continue reading
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Tagged Belleville, Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County, Flickr, photos
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Thousands of photos of Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada on Flickr
The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archives has made available to the public thousands of photos, mostly old ones, on its Flickr account. It’s worth taking a look at this collection if only to wish your ancestors’ … Continue reading
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Can you identify these historic photos of Halifax?
The Halifax Municipal Archives needs help identifying some of the early 20th-century photos in its collection. The 22 mystery photos can be viewed on Flickr. While on Flickr, take a look at the photo albums on the Halifax Municipal Archives … Continue reading
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Halifax photo archives on Flickr
The Halifax Municipal Archives has joined Flickr Commons and posted hundreds of 20th-century photos. They have chosen samples from a recent mass digitization project funded through Nova Scotia’s Department of Communities, Culture, and Heritage Provincial Archival Development Program. The photographs were … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 11, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs New Brunswick Online Historical Newspapers Summary, Nova Scotia Online Historical Newspapers Summary, and Prince Edward Island Online Historical Newspapers Summary by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. One Last Loyalist … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, Flickr, Franco-Americans, Google, Internet Archive, Iowa, Jewish, Loyalists, Maine, New Brunswick, newspapers, Nova Scotia, photos, Prince Edward Island, United Empire Loyalists, Vermont
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NLI reaches 50 million views on Flickr
The National Library of Ireland’s (NLI) announced yesterday it is celebrating 50 million views of its photos on Flickr with a special caption competition. Even if entering the competition is not your cup of tea, you may want to take a … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 28, 2015
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Héritage Project moves to next phase and LAC images on Flickr by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Canadian and English archives go head-to-head with their records: The Cumbrian Connection … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, blogs, Canadian genealogists, Flickr, Héritage, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, Peel Archives, The Book of Negroes, United Empire Loyalists
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