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Findmypast webinar on ‘Loyalists and the American Revolution’ on YouTube

One of my favourite speakers Jen Baldwin yesterday gave a 45-minute Facebook Live presentation about Loyalists and the American Revolution, and the recording is available to watch on Findmypast’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. About 7,000 Loyalists went to Britain, … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 26, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsGetting a Sense of Community through the Community Stories Collection by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Vital Records Newly Available by Diane Boumenot on One Rhode Island Family. Arizona: Digitized County Histories … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 15, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsWorking for the Government: Federal Civil Service Lists on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Census and history: Four blog posts to read before you start your research on … Continue reading

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Canada’s Black Loyalists honoured on Royal Canadian Mint’s new silver coin

The Royal Canadian Mint yesterday launched a new silver collector coin honouring the Black Loyalists. Mint engravers reproduced the armorial bearings of the Black Loyalist Heritage Society as a tribute to the free and enslaved Black people who resettled in British North America (Canada) … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 19, 2020

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTen Free Family History Websites by Alison Spring on The Frugal Genealogist. A Land Records Challenge by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. The Lives and Letters of the Black Loyalists – … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 3, 2020

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNewfoundland Ancestors: Directories online at Memorial University by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canadians as POWs in the Second World War on Findmypast by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. … Continue reading

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New book — Loyalist History of Nova Scotia

Some genealogists search for ancestors who were royal. Others boast about their ancestor who sailed on the Mayflower. In Canada, genealogists often pore over records, hoping to find ancestors who were Indigenous, early European settlers in New France, Filles du … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 20, 2020

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Manitoba Ancestors: Parish Records on Canadiana by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Radical German Loyalism in the American Revolution by Ruth Savidge on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. Using Directories to … Continue reading

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New Loyalist Migrations map

A new initiative called Loyalist Migrations is plotting the journeys of thousands of migrants, exiles, and refugees, who were displaced by the American Revolution. The web-based project is a collaborative venture between Huron University College History professor Timothy J. Compeau, Western … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 11, 2020

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsEarly Loyalist Vital Statistics in New Brunswick: The Marianne Grey Otty Database by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. UK Prison History Online by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Quick … Continue reading

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