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Tag Archives: Montreal
This week’s crème de la crème — July 29, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs University of Saskatchewan – Genealogies by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Research Your Ancestors in the Canada Gazette by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Most French Canadians … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Apps, ArchiveGrid, blogs, Canada Gazette, Canadian Museum of Immigration, cemeteries, DNA, filles du roi, Irish, LibraryThing, Montreal, Pier 21, Saskatchewan, technology
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 10, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Your Ancestors in Ontario by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. D-I-V-O-R-C-E Part 2 – After 1968 in the Atlantic Provinces by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, blogs, divorce, Irish, Loyalists, Maine, methodology, Montreal, MyHeritage, Newfoundland, newspapers, Ontario, prison, Scottish, timelines, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 3, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs D-I-V-O-R-C-E Part 1 – Before 1968 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. St. Andrew’s Societies in Ontario: A look at the records by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Alberta, Beaumont-Hamel, Black Rock, blogs, divorce, famine, Irish, Irish Commemorative Stone, Irish Famine, Kingston Penitentiary, Montreal, Ontario, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, St. Andrew's Society, Twitter, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 20, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Canada 150 – Graduates, Yearbooks and School News by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. Research Like a Pro, Part 1: What’s Your Question? by Diana Elder on The Family … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Alberta, Black Rock, blogs, Canada, Jewish, methodology, Montreal, Pier 21, societies, year
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Religious Records Part 3 – Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Resource Guide to Canadian Genealogy on Ancestral Findings. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged blogs, brick walls, Cajun, Canada, Cape Breton, family history writing, Jeanne Mance, Louisiana, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, research toolbox, Vimy, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 18, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Lost Loyalists: Research Approaches by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connection. Montreal Cemeteries by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Canada 150 – Story of Manitoba by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Australia, blogs, British Home Children, cemeteries, DNA, Family Tree Maker, Irish, Loyalists, Montreal, New Brunswick, newspapers, Ontario, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 18, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Vital Statistics Part 5 – Alberta and British Columbia by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Finding your Ancestors in Canada by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Early … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Alberta, archives, black loyalists, British Columbia, British Home Children, Canada, Canadian genealogists, family history writing, Fichier Origine, Ireland, Irish, Louis, Montreal, Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2017, RootsTech, writing, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 28, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to Find Alberta Vital Records by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Vital Statistics Part 2- Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canada … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Australia, blogs, Canadian Museum of Immigration, CEF, England, Geneanet, Huguenots, Internet Archive, Montreal, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pier 21, WWI
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Documentary about the Irish and Great Famine on YouTube
A new documentary tells the story of the Irish who fled poverty and the Great Famine of 1847 and travelled to Canada, and the master cut has been put on YouTube. Written and directed by former Montrealer Kevin Moynihan, The … Continue reading
Posted in Canada
Tagged famine, Great Famine, Grosse-Ile, Irish, Irish Famine, Montreal, Toronto
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Remains of Montreal’s first European settlement to be unveiled next year
After years of research, officials at Montreal’s archaeology and history museum, Pointe-à-Callière, say they are now able to pinpoint the precise location of the city’s first European settlement. Although archaeologists have been digging the Fort Ville-Marie site since 2002, a … Continue reading