Tag Archives: genetic genealogy

This week’s crème de la crème — August 19, 2023

Posted on August 19, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsUlster Settlers Database and Historic England Archive: Aerial Photo Explorer by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Ancestry adds Index to soldiers treated in Belfast hospital, 1914-16 by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy … Continue reading →

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Genetic genealogy solves two Toronto murders — on YouTube

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Gail Dever

On Sunday, I caught a repeat airing of Fifth Estate’s How DNA technology led to murder charges — nearly 40 years later. The program first aired on CBC in December, and after watching it on television, I discovered it’s available … Continue reading →

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How genetic genealogy helped uncover the fate of a girl who disappeared 68 years ago in Montreal

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Gail Dever

Rosemarie Doederlein was 14 when her mother sent her to a bakery a few blocks from their Notre-Dame-de-Grâce apartment one afternoon in late 1954, a couple of months after she had arrived in Montreal from Germany with her parents and … Continue reading →

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Toronto’s Humber College partners with Othram to support law enforcement and develop programs to educate future forensic professionals

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Gail Dever

A new collaboration between Humber College in Toronto and Othram Inc. will measure social and criminal justice impact and develop tools to support law enforcement and the development of programs to educate future forensic professionals.  Othram Inc., the leading forensic … Continue reading →

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British Columbia’s privacy commissioner raises concerns about use of genetic genealogy to solve crimes

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Gail Dever

With the increase of the use of genetic genealogy to help police solve cold cases, changes could be coming to British Columbia’s Personal Information and Protection Act, which was passed in 2004. A special legislative committee will review the act, … Continue reading →

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‘Genetics and Genealogy Workshop’ on YouTube

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Gail Dever

The six talks delivered at the Genetics and Genealogy Workshop at the Archives of Ontario in September are now available to watch on YouTube. The all-day workshop was hosted by Professor Julia Creet of York University, who created the workshop … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 24, 2017

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week to share with you today on Quebec’s Saint-Jean Baptiste Day. Bonne fête! Blogs The OGS Conference June 2017 – attending virtually from afar by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Guy … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 23, 2016

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Making it in Alberta by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. After the Crown Land Grants: Abstract Indexes and Instruments by Alan Campbell on OGS Blog. 27 Best Practices of … Continue reading →

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