Tag Archives: Geneanet

This week’s crème de la crème — November 8, 2025

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTheGenealogist releases 1 million First World War casualty record by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Expanded Links on FamilySearch.org by James Tanner on Genealogy’s Star. Full-Text Surprise: Divorce Papers! by Marian B. Wood … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 30, 2025

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNews about Canada’s National Registration File of 1940 by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Major Canadian database coming via LAC: patience required by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New database … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 31, 2025

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhy Your Great-Grandmother’s Ontario Birth Record Isn’t There and Where to Look Instead by Kathryn Lake Hogan on Looking4Ancestors. TheGenealogist Adds Over 100,000 Occupational Records by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. … Continue reading →

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More than 6,000 free vintage Christmas and New Year’s postcards on Geneanet

Posted on December 14, 2023 by Gail Dever

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 →

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Geneanet needs volunteers to help build Filles du roi family tree

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Gail Dever

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

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Gail Dever

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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This week’s crème de la crème — March 25, 2023

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Gail Dever

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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More than 5 million graves on Geneanet

Posted on September 5, 2022 by Gail Dever

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 →

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Geneanet’s family trees now on Ancestry

Posted on August 9, 2022 by Gail Dever

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 →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 2, 2022

Posted on April 2, 2022 by Gail Dever

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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