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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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This week’s crème de la crème — April 13, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC’s Vision: What Future for the Past by Allan Greer on Active History. Finding Cemeteries With Your Computer – Part 1 and Part 2 by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 23, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsText searching on maps! and Truth by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist. Back to the Basics with Naturalization Records: Part 3 by Diana Elder on Family Locket. The Pilot’s … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 21, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts16,200 Free Online Canada Collections Available in 6 Genealogy Record Categories and Storied – The Next Chapter in Family History by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. How to find … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Canada, GEDmatch, Google Books, Library of Congress, MyHeritage, newspapers, photos, Scotland
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 14, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage Publishes Exclusive Huge Collection of Israel Immigration Records by Talya on MyHeritage Blog. New Geneagem — Emigrant Guides: Travel Brochures from the Past by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 11, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsA trip to the United Church of Canada Archives, Vancouver by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Vancouver, B.C. – University Hill Elementary -School Class Pictures 1957-1970 by Penny Allen on UK to … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 26, 2022
Some of the bijoux I found this week. BlogsSurrogate Court Records for Northern Ontario on FamilySearch.org by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Over 5K new Chinese Canadian records are now online at Héritage Canadiana by Linda … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, Acadian, Canadiana, Chinese Canadians, England, FamilyTreeMaker, GEDmatch, maps, Ontario, ScotlandsPeople, Ukraine, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 23, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Unindexed in Ancestry’s Canada Voters Lists by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Women at the Oxford County Gaol by Megan Lockhart on Oxford County Archives: Beyond the Vault. Research Finds … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 31, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs1911 Census of Canada and Addresses in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 2 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. More … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 10, 2021
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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