Tag Archives: Library and Archives Canada

This week’s crème de la crème — October 12, 2024

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNew Ontario Newspapers Online by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. “Porter Talk”: Podcasting and the Power of Oral History by Stacey Zembrzycki on Active History. Court Records Added to FamilySearch AI … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 22, 2024

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC Improves Access to Certain Census Schedules and Rippling Effects of the Great Famine by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Unmarked graves at Glasgow Necropolis indexed and Saturday and Sunday at … Continue reading

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Guy Berthiaume honoured by National Order of Quebec

Librarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus Guy Berthiaume yesterday was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec, along with 21 other Quebecers who became Knights or Officers. The recipients were decorated at a ceremony in the Legislative Council … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de crème — June 15, 2024

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts Attention Library and Archives Canada and Cite Your Sources: Getting Help Online by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Ancestry.com Is Using AI Technology To Help Black Americans Trace Their Family … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 8, 2024

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC: Frozen in Time and Massive Updates at FamilySearch by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Bilsky Family Album: Part I by David C. Martin on L’Dor V’Dor (Ottawa Jewish Public Archives … Continue reading

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Library and Archives Canada announces recipients of the 2024–2025 funding cycle of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program

Archives, museums and documentary heritage institutions will this year share $1.47 million to carry out 36 projects selected under Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP). The projects were selected for the significant impact they will have on documentary … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 13, 2024

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC’s Vision: What Future for the Past by Allan Greer on Active History. Finding Cemeteries With Your Computer – Part 1 and Part 2 by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 6, 2024

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTPL Recovery Continues by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. LAC: The Scandal of the Archives by Allan Greer on Active History. BillionGraves Eagle Scout Cemetery Projects by Cathy Wallace on BillionGraves … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 9, 2024

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsAccessing Personnel Records of the First World War: A new database at Library and Archives Canada by Richard Yeomans on Library and Archives Canada Blog. How to navigate Order-in-Council records part three: … Continue reading

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Statue of Dominion Archivist Sir Arthur Doughty to be moved from Library and Archives Canada’s building in Ottawa to Gatineau

If you were thinking about looking at the statue of Sir Arthur Doughty, the Dominion Archivist from 1904 to 1935, located behind Library and Archives Canada’s (LAC) building at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa, you won’t find it. The statue … Continue reading

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