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Tag Archives: Grosse-Ile
This week’s crème de la crème — January 6, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered during this first week of the new year. Blog postsShips that stopped at Grosse Île Quarantine Station and Waiting for a file from LAC? ATIP Progress Report by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Dutch … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged FamilySearch, Findmypast, Grosse-Ile, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritage, Netherlands, newspapers, OCR, organizing
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 13, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Grosse Île and the Irish by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. 52 Ancestors: Week 14 – The craftsman and Canadian Masonic record by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Mapping the … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, England, Franco-Americans, GEDmatch Genesis, Grosse-Ile, London, maps, masons, Netherlands, Ontario, Ottawa, Quebec, United States, vital records
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 9, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Nova Scotia Ancestors: Lunenburg County GenWeb by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Family. Alberta, Manitoba & Saskatchewan Update by Sherri on CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Update Canada 150 – Grosse Isle by … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Alberta, best practices, cemeteries, Grosse-Ile, handwriting, Irish, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, photos, Saskatchewan, societies, WWII
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Documentary about the Irish and Great Famine on YouTube
A new documentary tells the story of the Irish who fled poverty and the Great Famine of 1847 and travelled to Canada, and the master cut has been put on YouTube. Written and directed by former Montrealer Kevin Moynihan, The … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged famine, Great Famine, Grosse-Ile, Irish, Irish Famine, Montreal, Toronto
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 18, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Genealogy Hack: Hunt for Neighbors by Devon Noel Lee on A Patient Genealogist. Canadian History Notes by Linda Sullivan-Simpson on The Past Whispers. Coal Mining, Rum Running and a natural disaster. … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 23, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Remembering the 1997 Great Hunger Commemoration at Grosse île by Joe Gannon on The Wild Geese. Step Two: Create a Timeline by Barbara J. Starmans on Out of My Tree Genealogy. … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, Cape Breton, Grosse-Ile, Irish, Loyalists, Nova Scotia, United Empire Loyalists, WWI
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Quebec Ministry of Education includes Grosse Île on school exams
At the end of the school year in June, the Jeanie Johnston Foundation announced the Quebec Ministry of Education had included Grosse Île in the compulsory exams for 2015. Grosse Île, located in the middle of the St. Lawrence River, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Ireland
Tagged Grosse-Ile
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Prime Minister announces new funding for Grosse Île
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Grosse Île, Quebec last Friday when he announced $30 million in support over three years for a major new tourism campaign, entitled Connecting America, to attract more American visitors to destinations across Canada. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Grosse-Ile
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Online resources about the Irish in Quebec
In addition to the usual sources, such as census records, births, marriages and deaths, and city directories, there are other resources that can help us with our family research. Here are some online resources that may help you gain a better … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Montreal, Quebec
Tagged church, Eastern Townships, emigrant ships, famine, Frampton, Griffintown, Grosse-Ile, Irish, Montreal, Morrin Centre, Point-Saint-Charles, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, St-Columban, Val-Cartier
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More books about the Irish in Quebec
Further to yesterday’s post, Books about the Irish in Quebec, here are a few more books. Burns, Patricia. The Shamrock and the Shield: An Oral History of the Irish in Montreal. Montreal, Véhicule Press, 2005. Many of these stories are … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, Quebec
Tagged books, Grosse-Ile, immigration, Richmond
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