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This week’s crème de la crème — December 23, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhy do we care about the C.I.9s? by Robert Louie on Past Presence. Records of Czechoslovakian refugees to the UK from 1939 to 1975 on The National Archives Blog. Government Proposals … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry.ca, brick walls, Chinese Canadians, Czechoslovakia, family tree charts, Google, legacy
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 11, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCanadiana adds University of Regina Student Publication Collection by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Dutch Genealogy News for January 2023 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. Finding and Using Digital Collections … Continue reading
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Tagged Audrey Collins, Canadiana, FamilySearch library, FamilyTreeMaker, Google, Gramps, legacy, methodology, Netherlands, photo scanning, Saskatchewan, scanning, societies
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 3, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsResearching Quebec When Church and State Were One by Tracey Arial on Genealogy Ensemble. Have you tried the new LAC website? by John D. Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 200 years of collecting … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, British Library, Cyndi's List, DNA, Google, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, military, newspapers, photos, Quebec, WorldCat
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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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Tagged AncestryDNA, British Columbia, DNA, FamilySearch Wiki, GEDmatch, Google, Ireland, PRONI, Quebec, social history
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 28, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSaskatchewan Ancestors: The Greystone Yearbooks Online at the University of Saskatchewan Archives by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. How To Start Researching Your African American Female Ancestors by Lisa Lisson … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, directories, Google, Google Books, Google Scholar, land records, methodology, MyHeritage, Saskatchewan, societies, United States, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 14, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Researching Canadian Soldiers Who Died in the Second World War by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Free Canada High School and College Yearbooks Online by Kenneth R. Marks on The … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Canada, Google, military, social history, United States, WWII, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 22, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding the Case Files – Using LAC and Héritage to find Japanese Canadian genealogical documents by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Celebrating 100 years of the RCMP Part 3 – Family Search … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, France, Google, Huguenots, Ireland, Japanese Canadians, one-name study, wills, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 2, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsVisiting the Provincial Archives of Nova Scotia by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Finding Context with BC Newspapers by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Travels in … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, China, Google, newspapers, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Archives, Quebec
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 9, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Your Ancestors in BC and Alberta by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Persistence Pays Off: My Finding Aid is linked to from Library and Archives Canada by Lorine … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, blogs, British Columbia, Canadiana, citations, DNA, Google, Library and Archives Canada, palaeography, PRONI
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 2, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Focus on an Archive: Lindsay Public Library Reference Section by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Ontario Update by Sherri on CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Project. Kingston Trip – Part II: Discoveries … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, directories, DNA, Drouin Institute, fraternal organizations, Genealogy Quebec, Google, Kingston, masons, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, online learning, Ontario, PRDH, Prince Edward Island, topographical dictionaries
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