Tag Archives: fur trade

This week’s crème de la crème — July 10, 2021

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsAlberta Ancestors: Homestead Records on Internet Archive by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Pier 21 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Companie des cents — Associés of Nouvelle-France 1627-1663 by … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 22, 2021

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsHow to Find Kingston-Frontenac Newspapers by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Fur Traders and Coureurs des bois of Western Canada by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. The Workhouse by Donna … Continue reading →

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Canadian fur trading employment history online

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Gail Dever

The Hudson’s Bay Company Archives staff have created hundreds of biographical sheets of employees who worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company and North West Company fur trading companies, and the information is available online. This is not a new resource, … Continue reading →

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Book tells story of Canadian fur trading in Alberta

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Gail Dever

The Historical Society of Alberta has just published the book, Edmonton House Journals,  about a period of the Canadian fur trade that took place almost 200 years ago. The book contains Hudson’s Bay Company diaries and reports, known as Edmonton … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 14, 2015

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Personnel Service Files – Update of March 2015 on the Library and Archives Canada Blog. The Fur Trade in the North American Colonies — Observations … Continue reading →

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17th-century New France fur trade contracts

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Gail Dever

The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) has added to its website the three-part series, 17th Century Engagé Contracts to the Great Lakes and Beyond, by Diane Wolford Shepard. The series, posted on the society’s Fur Trade web page, covers … Continue reading →

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