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- Seven free virtual presentations this week at the Ontario Genealogical Society
- This week’s crème de la crème — April 11, 2026
- McGill’s Chair in Canadian-Scottish Studies to host in-person and online lecture series on Friday, April 10
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Tag Archives: Library and Archives Canada
This week’s crème de la crème — April 11, 2026
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFinding LAC’s Upper Canada Land Petitions by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. United Farm Women of Alberta and The U.F.A. Newspaper: 1922-1933 by Tara Currie on United Farmers Historical Society. The … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — March 28, 2026
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsInside the Archives: Digitizing 6 Million Day School Records by Brianne Boucher and Beth Greenhorn on Knowledge Exchange. Research Resource – Kent Wills Index by Teresa Basińska Eckford on Writing My Past. … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — March 21, 2026
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWe have to organise! Fight the cuts to Canadian Heritage and Memory Institutions by Dr. Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog. LAC Departmental Plan 2026-2027 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Certificate … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 23andMe, AI, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, methodology, MyHeritage, Scribe AI, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 14, 2026
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsSome of Your LAC Links May No Longer Work and Library and Archives Canada Eliminates ATIP Fee by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. What is ATIP and why is it so … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Ancestry, Indigenous, Ireland, Japan, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritage, Scotland, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 21, 2026
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsReading the Tea Leaves at LAC by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New at the Archives – The Harada Family Records on Outside the Box — The Richmond Archives Blog. Research Guides … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Ancestry, land records, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritage DNA, TheGenealogist, United States
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Library and Archives Canada Foundation receives largest-ever donation to preserve and share WWII records
The Library and Archives Canada Foundation announced in a full-page ad published in Friday’s Globe and Mail newspaper that it has received a $5 million donation to help “unlock” Canada’s Second World War collections. This is the foundation’s largest-ever gift. … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — December 6, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC Explores AI by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connection. Searching Reclaim the Records’ New York State Death Index by Marian Burk Wood on Climbing My Family Tree. They Came to America: … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, AncestryDNA, FamilySearch, full-search, Library and Archives Canada, New York, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 22, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTop tips for researching Ukrainian and Russian immigrants on Canada’s free national archives portal by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. DIY Genealogy: Two Resources for Scottish Ancestor Research … Continue reading
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Tagged ChatGPT, children, Library and Archives Canada, photos, Scotland
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 15, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsResearching Military History in the Canadiana Collections by Francesca Brzezicki on Canadian Research Knowledge Network. Richmond’s Early Chinese Canadian Settlers: LAM Ching Ling and CHEW Gore by Clarence Sihoe on Outside the … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, Canadiana, Chinese Canadians, citations, DNA, full-text search, Genealogy Quebec, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Ontario, Substack
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 25, 2025
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsThe Latest in Franco-American History by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. LAC Celebrates Sir Arthur Doughty and MyHeritage adds 1921 England & Wales Census by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, AncestryDNA, DNA, England, family history writing, FamilySearch, Franco-Americans, full-text search, Halloween, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, MyHeritage, United Empire Loyalists, United States, writing, WWII
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