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Tag Archives: Massachusetts
This week’s crème de la crème — January 15, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsChanges to PERSI, New Ordnance Survey Maps from the National Library of Scotland, and What Motivates Family Historians by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 90 new parishes on Genealogy Quebec by François … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, DNA, family history writing, Genealogy Quebec, historical society, maps, Massachusetts, New England Historic Genealogical Society, PERSI, Quebec, Scotland, technology, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 31, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs1911 Census of Canada and Addresses in Ontario by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 2 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. More … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Canadiana, census, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, FindAGrave, GEDmatch, immigration, Judy Neville, Massachusetts, methodology, New England Historic Genealogical Society, triangulation
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 19, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch Adds 1871 Census of Canada, Schedule 2 and CEF Infantry Battalions by John D. Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Locating Records with MemoryNS by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Over 100 … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Canada census, Canadian Expeditionary Force, CEF, FamilySearch, Massachusetts, New England, Nova Scotia, obituaries, Scotland, Vermont, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 29, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsProtestant Churches in Northern Quebec by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Manitoba Ancestors: Was Your Ancestor Memorable? by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Scottish Indexes adds 100,000 prison register entries and … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, DNA, GoogleBooks, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Manitoba, Massachusetts, MyHeritageDNA, Quebec, research toolbox, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, societies, transcribing, Ukraine, YouTube
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American Ancestors releases database of Massachusetts Catholic cemetery records, 1833-1940
Researchers can now search hundreds of thousands of records containing detailed information about people buried in eastern Massachusetts Catholic cemeteries through a new online database, thanks to a partnership between American Ancestors/New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Archive Department of … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, Massachusetts, New England Historic Genealogical Society
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 1, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Metis Ancestors: Resources from the Glenbow Museum by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Converting Section-Township-Range-Meridian to Latitude-Longitude in Canadaby Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Captured in German Occupied … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, DNA, Ireland, Massachusetts, Métis, organizing, Saskatchewan, social history, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 29, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Seeing Canada in a different light during the American Revolution by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Happy Anniversary Guy Berthiaume: Interview by John D. Reid on Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Dr. Guy Berthiaume, Flickr, Guy Berthiaume, Loyalists, maps, Massachusetts, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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Website about French Canadian immigrants and descendants in Salem, Massachusetts
A new website explores French Canadian and Franco-American heritage in Salem, Massachusetts, a destination for many people from Quebec during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Between 1840 and 1930, about 900,000 French-speaking Canadians left Quebec to find work … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 27, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 235 Birth, Marriage, and Death Record Collection Links from Canada by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. King’s and Queen’s Counsel appointments in Canada by Rebecca Murray on Library and Archives … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, Canada, cemeteries, Eastern Europe, France, Ireland, Irish, letters, masons, Massachusetts, newspapers, preserving letters
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 7, 2018
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Getting more from the Dictionary of Canadian Families by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. Many Massachusetts High School Yearbooks Are Now Available Online on Archive.org by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s … Continue reading
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Tagged coal miners, coalmining, Massachusetts, methodology, Quebec, Tanguay
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