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Tag Archives: France
This week’s crème de la crème — November 23, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDiscovering the Resilient Spirit of Canada’s Early French Settlers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. More WWII Morning Reports using the NARA Catalog by Dr. Margaret M. McMahon on A Week … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, books, England, family history writing, France, GEDmatch, Italy, LiveMemory, MyHeritage, Netherlands, New France, writing, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 21, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew on Canadiana Heritage and The Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies 2022 UPDATE by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Acadian Deportation: Tips for tracing ancestors forcibly removed from New … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Acadian, Canadiana, citations, DNA, family history writing, France, Franco-Americans, immigration, Italy, Mayflower, military, Quebec, social media, societies, Vimy Ridge, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 14, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFinding French Ships’ Crew Lists of the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries – in Britain by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog. Free Italian Military Records for WWI and WWII by DiAnn … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry, Canada census, FamilyTreeDNA, FindAGrave, France, Germany, immigration, Italy, military, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 25, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTop tips for researching Ukrainian and Russian resources on Genealogy Indexer by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Military Monday: WW2 POW personnel cards indexed at TNA by John … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Britain, DNA, DNA Painter, France, Geneanet, Ireland, military, RootsIreland.ie, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 18, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs postsVarious search tool improvements on ScotlandsPeople currently being worked on by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Civil War Resource: Grand Army of the Republic Records by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches … Continue reading
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Tagged civil war, DNA, eBay, family history writing, France, military, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, United States, US civil war, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 17, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsScotlandsPeople continues to sort out the bugs and The National Records of Scotland needs to reset its relationship with its user base by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Where the bodies … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, France, Holocaust, methodology, Poland, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, societies
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 8, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts ***** Military Monday: First World War Personnel Files Hidden in Plain Sight and Canadian Community Digital Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, Canada, Canadian Community Digital Archives, Chicago, DNA, Findmypast, France, Germany, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, military, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, newspapers, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 17, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCanada Online Historical Newspaper Links and Poland Free Online Historical Newspapers by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Durham Region Surrogate Courts—Unlocked… Part 2 by Jane MacNamara on Where the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, France, Jewish, legacy, newspapers, Ontario, photos, Poland, WorldCat
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 27, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsCanadiana adds maps and Amazing Australian Resources by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Researching A Community of Enslaved People On A Plantation When All You Have Is Their First Name by Brian … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 9, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNew Blog Series: Improving your online experience by Karen Linauskas on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Finding Ancestors in Manor Land (Seigneurial) Records by Tracey Arial on Genealogy Ensemble. Dutch Genealogy News for … Continue reading
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Tagged England, France, Franco-Americans, Jewish, land records, Library and Archives Canada, methodology, MyHeritage, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, newspapers, Quebec, seigneuries
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