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- This week’s crème de la crème — February 14, 2026
- BIFHSGO’s virtual presentations this Saturday — Exploring photos with AI and how weather shaped our ancestors’ lives
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Tag Archives: military
This week’s crème de la crème — November 19, 2022
Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMilitary Monday: British and Canadian Army Service Numbers for WW2 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Saskatchewan Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links, Manitoba Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Britain, Canada, DNA, DNA Painter, Ireland, Manitoba, methodology, military, New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, United States, WWII
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Findmypast Friday — New Royal Navy records
Thousands of Royal Navy records have been added to Findmypast this week. New records for two separate sets have been added to the collection, British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1939. The first 93,000 new records cover … Continue reading
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Tagged Findmypast, military
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 8, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts ***** Military Monday: First World War Personnel Files Hidden in Plain Sight and Canadian Community Digital Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, Canada, Canadian Community Digital Archives, Chicago, DNA, Findmypast, France, Germany, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, military, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, newspapers, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 24, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blig PostsMilitary Monday: Second World War RCAF Service by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. PRONI stakeholder forum news from Belfast and Three more parish returns found for 1766 Religious Census of Ireland … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, England, FamilyTreeMaker, Ireland, military, Netherlands, newspapers, PRONI, Scotland, Spain, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 3, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsResearching Quebec When Church and State Were One by Tracey Arial on Genealogy Ensemble. Have you tried the new LAC website? by John D. Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 200 years of collecting … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, British Library, Cyndi's List, DNA, Google, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, military, newspapers, photos, Quebec, WorldCat
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 4, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsArchives150: origins of LAC by Glenn Wright on Anglo-Celtic Connections. “Were my ancestors UEL?” by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog. World War II Records Digitized by Amanda R. Pritchard on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, DNA Painter, England, FindAGrave, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, negatives, Netherlands, newspapers, Poland, scanning, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 16, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsLibrary and Archives Canada now offers Monday – Friday service and LAC Departmental Plan 2022-23 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New Brunswick’s Loyalist Experiment: Examining the Lives of William Burtis, Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, blog writing, burials, Google Translate, headstones, Italy, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, New Brunswick, New England, Quebec, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 9, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsMillions of Free Scanned Church Records from Moscow Posted Online by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Dutch Genealogy News for December 2020 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. TNA … Continue reading
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Tagged census, copyright, DNA, England, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, military, MyHeritage, Netherlands, New Brunswick, online learning, photos, Russia, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, The National Archives, United States, Wales, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 12, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsKirk session records to be added to ScotlandsPeople in 2021 by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Secrets of ScotlandsPeople by Alison Spring on The Frugal Genealogist. Confederate Records Available Online and by … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Christmas cards, DNA, FamilySearch, gifts, Jewish, maps, military, newspapers, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 14, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSecond World War: Researching the Canadian Fallen – Resources by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Using NARA’s Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers by Jessie Kratz on Pieces of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese, civil war, DNA, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Flickr, Franco-Americans, military, photos, Russia, US civil war, WWI, WWII
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