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Tag Archives: land records
This week’s crème de la crème — August 31, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts***** FamilySearch Experimental Labs Search of Canadian Probate Records and Origins of the People Map by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. FamilySearch Full-Text Searching of Ontario Probate and Land Records by … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 9, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNew Blog Series: Improving your online experience by Karen Linauskas on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Finding Ancestors in Manor Land (Seigneurial) Records by Tracey Arial on Genealogy Ensemble. Dutch Genealogy News for … Continue reading
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Tagged England, France, Franco-Americans, Jewish, land records, Library and Archives Canada, methodology, MyHeritage, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, newspapers, Quebec, seigneuries
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 7, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Possible Origins of the Acadian Michel Haché dit Gallant and the Ongoing D.N.A. Analysis of Haché/Gallant Descendants Today by Nicole Gallant-Nunes on Treasured Trees Genealogy Services. Ancestry releases 1950 index by … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, Acadian, Ancestry, DNA, England, Griffith's Valuation, Ireland, Irish valuation records, land records, legacy, MyHeritageDNA, New York, Russia, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 19, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsOntario Crown Land RG 1 C-I-1, C-I-2, C-I-3 Collections on FamilySearch by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. 1950 US Census Project: FAN Club by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 11, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsCSI: Nova Scotia – Coroner’s Inquisitions on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Can you help find Canadian CWGC relatives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Use Google Books … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, DNA, family history writing, FamilyTreeDNA, Google News Archive, land records, newspapers, Nova Scotia, PhotoGlory, photos, United States, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 28, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Wrap Up by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Free Nova Scotia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Manitoba High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Saskatchewan … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, African Americans, Alberta, Ancestry, directories, England, Ireland, land records, legacy, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, ontario land records, Russia, Saskatchewan, Scotland, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 7, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: An Ontario Concession/Lot on a Map by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 3 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Canada, China, collateral genealogy, DNA, Google My Maps, immigration, Internet Archive, Ireland, land records, methodology, Netherlands, New France, newspapers, Ontario, ontario land records, photos, United States, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 24, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Then and Now in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 1 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, books, Canada, DNA, Family History Library, FamilySearch, immigration, Ireland, land records, Library and Archives Canada, Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2017, photos, Quebec, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 27, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground – A Rural Route Address in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. What coud LAC do to better serve Canadian Genealogists? and LAC and Canada’s Sad … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Britain, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, Google Images, Holocaust, Jewish, land records, Library and Archives Canada, New France, newspapers, Ontario, ontario land records, PERSI, photos, Quebec, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 27, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsOntario Concession and Lot in the 1871 Census of Canada and Finding the Concession and Lot in Ontario in the 1901 Census by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. “Female Ancestors Are … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Canadians, China, DNA, England, Family Tree Maker, FamilySearch, France, Ireland, land records, maps, MyHeritage, Ontario, photos, RootsTech, South Africa, Ukraine
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