Tag Archives: Kingston

This week’s crème de la crème — January 18, 2020

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsManitoba Ancestors: Browsing Early Manitoba through Census records by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Kingston Lower Burial Ground Project by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Your ancestor was … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 2, 2017

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Gail Dever

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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Canada’s oldest penitentiary to open doors to tourists

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Gail Dever

This summer, tourists will have a chance to visit one of Canada’s oldest and most infamous former prisons, the Kingston Penitentiary. Government officials announced on Friday that the former maximum-security penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario will open its doors to public … Continue reading →

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Drone photographs one of Canada’s oldest cemeteries

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Gail Dever

This week the Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston, Ontario, where Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, is buried, used a drone to map the 40-hectare site and its 15,000 graves. The result is high-resolution photos of every centimetre of … Continue reading →

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