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Tag Archives: Huguenots
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 — September 14, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Ursulines In Quebec & Their Mission to Educate Girls by Annette Diane Kapple on AK’s Genealogy Research. LAC goes quiet and The Theses Canada Collection by John D. Reid on Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Google Map, Huguenots, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritageDNA, National Archives US, Quebec, societies
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 24, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Probate Records Part 4: Quebec and Ontario by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Finding Your Eastern European Ancestor in Canada by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. How … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, DNA, DNA Painter, Fichier Origine, Huguenots, nursing sisters, Ontario, photos, photoshop, Pier 2, probate, Quebec, Wellesley Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 26, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Provincial Archives of New Brunswick — PANB by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Explore Open Collections: Greater Vancouver Maps by Paula Arasaki on UBC Digitization Centre. How … Continue reading
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Tagged FamilySearch, GDPR, GEDmatch, Huguenots, Irish, methodology, New Brunswick, research plan, Vancouver
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Library’s genealogy research guides list good suggestions of books and periodicals
The Toronto Public Library’s genealogy research guides about the resources they hold are good reminders about the resources available in municipal, provincial, and university libraries. The library began posting these guides online a couple of weeks ago. The great thing … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — April 29, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Religious Records Part 7 – The Territories by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Find an Ancestor to Canada in Poor Law Union Records by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, Family Tree Maker, Huguenots, Louis Riel, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2017, Ottawa, Yukon
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 28, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to Find Alberta Vital Records by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Vital Statistics Part 2- Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canada … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Australia, blogs, Canadian Museum of Immigration, CEF, England, Geneanet, Huguenots, Internet Archive, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pier 21, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 5, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Les Familles du Québec et les Franco-Americains by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. Find Your French Protestant Ancestors in Eighteenth Century London by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, bicycles, black loyalists, blogs, British Home Children, DNA, genealogical proof standard, Huguenots, Irish, Irish Catholic parish records, longevity, pedigree, Quebec
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 18, 2015
Today marks the 75th anniversary of women in Quebec receiving the right to vote in provincial elections. While the bill was adopted on April 18, 1940, Quebec women would have to wait until the next provincial general election on August … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, Board for Certification of Genealogists, Franco-Americans, Fulton County newspapers, Huguenots, Ireland, Irish, Jack Kerouac, journals, Maine, military diaries, National Volunteer Week, newspapers, Nova Scotia, school directories, State Historical Society of Iowa, Tecumseh, Vimy, Vimy Ridge, volunteer, volunteering, volunteers, WWI, WWII, Ypres
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New book about Huguenots and Francophone Protestants in Quebec
A new book, Huguenots et protestants francophones au Québec, Fragments d’histoire, published by Novalis, examines viewpoints from historians in Quebec and France and looks at the impression Francophone Protestants have made in Quebec. It was written under the direction of … Continue reading
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Tagged French Protestants, Huguenots
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