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Tag Archives: Geneanet
More than 6,000 free vintage Christmas and New Year’s postcards on Geneanet
Interested in sending an old postcard to family and friends this holiday season? More than 800,000 vintage postcards are available free online at Geneanet, including more than 6,000 Christmas and New Year’s cards. Geneanet has made it easy to find … Continue reading
Geneanet needs volunteers to help build Filles du roi family tree
An estimated 20 million Canadians and Americans are descended from one of more of the Filles du roi who were sent to New France in the mid-1600s. From 1663 to 1673, 770 Frenchwomen settled in Canada. Their marriages led to … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIrishGenealogy.ie adds an extra year of free civil registration records by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Forthcoming Newspapers – Spring 2023 on The DLGB. 750,000 Postcards Online Free at Geneanet! on … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, DNA, DNA Painter, Finland, Geneanet, Ireland, IrishGenealogy.ie, MyHeritage, postcards, 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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More than 5 million graves on Geneanet
Geneanet’s Save Our Graves project has surpassed five million graves. The photos are freely accessible as is all data shared by Geneanet members. The collection is searchable by a deceased person’s name and/or place. You can access the photo collection through the … Continue reading
Geneanet’s family trees now on Ancestry
More than 1.5 million online family trees from Geneanet’s website have been indexed and added to Ancestry. Each record in the index includes a link to the originating family tree on Geneanet, which is free to access. Users just need … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 2, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTime travel with NARA by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist. Until There’s an Every-Name Index for the 1950 U.S. Census by Nancy on My Ancestors and Me. Ancestry.com Has Partial … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, DNA, DNA Painter, Finland, Geneanet, Ireland, methodology, newspapers, postcards, Russia, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 8, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the new year. BlogsBelfast workhouse indexes 1892-1921 now available online, Catalogue codes for Belfast workhouse register indexes 1892-1921, and Irish Land Commission records to be made accessible by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged 1921 Census of England and Wales, books, cemeteries, Elephind, Findmypast, Geneanet, Ireland, Irish workhouse, methodology, MyHeritage, Netherlands, newspapers, PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, United States, workhouse
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Ancestry signs agreement to acquire French company Geneanet
If competition is good for consumers, then genealogists should be the winners of two major acquisitions of leading genealogy companies in France. Less than a month after MyHeritage announced it’s acquisition of French company Filae, Ancestry has made a similar … Continue reading
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Geneanet launches new DNA service
French-based genealogy company Geneanet this week launched Geneanet DNA, a new beta test service that allows you to upload the raw data of a DNA test kit taken with any company, to compare it to other Geneanet members’ DNA data, … Continue reading