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Tag Archives: genetic genealogy
This week’s crème de la crème — August 19, 2023
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
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 23andMe, Acadians, adoption, Chinese Canadians, city directories, Clio, DNA, England, Franco-Americans, genetic genealogy, Germany, Ireland, Minnesota, photos, WWI
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Genetic genealogy solves two Toronto murders — on YouTube
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
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
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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Tagged genetic genealogy, Othram
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British Columbia’s privacy commissioner raises concerns about use of genetic genealogy to solve crimes
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
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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Tagged DNA, genetic genealogy, genetics
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 24, 2017
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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Tagged archives, blogs, cemetery, DNA, FamilySearch, France, genetic genealogy, Jewish, Ontario, Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2017, Scottish
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 23, 2016
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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Tagged Alberta, archives, blogs, books, certification, digital library, DNA, England, genetic genealogy, Irish, land grants, London, maps, newspapers, volunteering, writing
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