Tag Archives: New Zealand

40,000+ photos of military headstones and cemeteries on New Zealand War Graves Trust website

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Gail Dever

New Zealander Dennis Kerins wanted to photograph all war graves and primary memorials of New Zealanders who died in conflicts overseas and create a digital archive so biographical information and images are available online. With the help of fellow New Zealand … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 6, 2021

Posted on March 6, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsHow to Search for Enfranchisement Records by Jasmine Charette on Library and Archives Canada Blog. History and memory of the seigneurial regime in Quebec by Olivier Guimond on Borealia. LAC Departmental Plan 2021-22 … Continue reading →

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New records on FamilySearch week of February 8

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch added new free record collections for Liberia, New Zealand, and the United States, and expanded several other collections. Liberia Census, 2008 646,242 New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1865-1957 3,591,169 Illinois, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 – ca.1965 17,008 The Nova Scotia … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 19, 2019

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Canadian WW2 Service Files: Part 1 – War Dead (1939-1947) by Steve Clifford on Doing Our Bit. Update to the Quebec City Prison Database by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Bulletin des … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 10, 2018

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Newfoundland Ancestors: Newfoundland’s Grand Banks by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canada Now Has a National British Home Child Day on chamelionfire1. Home Child Bonuses by John D. Reid on … Continue reading →

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19th-century New Zealand soldiers database may uncover elusive ancestors

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Gail Dever

One of the oldest universities in New Zealand has identified the names and details of 12,000 imperial soldiers who fought in the New Zealand Land Wars of the 1860s and compiled the information in a searchable online database. Victoria University … Continue reading →

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