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This week’s crème de la crème — August 10, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage Adds England & Wales, Probate and Administration Registrations 1996-2023 and Welcome The London Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Visiting the Lincolnshire Archives: Tips for Genealogists, part 3 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, clubs, England, FamilyTreeDNA, legacy, London Archives, Michigan, newspapers, ScotlandsPeople, societies, Wales
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 27, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage adds Canada Newspapers from OldNews.com™ by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln, UK – part 1: The story begins by Linda Yip on Past … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Ancestry, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Montreal, MyHeritage, newspapers, United Kingdom, Y-DNA
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This week’s crème de crème — June 15, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts Attention Library and Archives Canada and Cite Your Sources: Getting Help Online by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Ancestry.com Is Using AI Technology To Help Black Americans Trace Their Family … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — June 1, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsExploring the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives with the surprisingly detailed story of Thomas Thomas (1766-1828), governor of HBC by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Some of me oul’ darlin’ databases are … Continue reading
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Tagged ChatGPT, Findmypast, Hudson's Bay Company, Ireland, legacy, newspapers
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 25, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWestern Canadian migration before the CPR: Tracing the voyage of the Princess Royal, London to Fort Victoria (1858-59) by Linda Yip on Past Presence. The speed of moving Ukrainian archives into … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Chronicling America, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, medals, newspapers, photos, Ukraine
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 18, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsVanishing River Street by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Search Multiple Maine Historical Newspaper Collections at Once and How to Find Where Newspapers are Available with Chronicling … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, family history writing, Maine, mtDNA, newspapers, OnLand, Ontario, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 2, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMy Recent Experience with England Probate Records and Automated Handwriting Interpretation by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Wiki site details records of Ukrainian archives on a user-friendly and searchable site by Vera … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, England, FamilySearch, GenealogyBank, Ireland, methodology, MyHeritage, newspapers, RootsTech, Ukraine
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 27, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFamilySearch Catalog Update and Ontario Foul Ups by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. ScotlandsPeople annual records update and Scottish and Irish directories included in new TheGenealogist release by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, British Newspaper Archive, DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, Internet Archive, newspapers, Northern Ireland, photos, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, social history, TheGenealogist, transcribing
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 6, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered during this first week of the new year. Blog postsShips that stopped at Grosse Île Quarantine Station and Waiting for a file from LAC? ATIP Progress Report by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Dutch … Continue reading
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Tagged FamilySearch, Findmypast, Grosse-Ile, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritage, Netherlands, newspapers, OCR, organizing
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 28, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts4,400 Free Canada Online Historical Newspaper Links by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. MyHeritage incorporates Paisley Poor Law Records by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Scottish witchcraft cases resources … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, family history writing, Ireland, legacy, Netherlands, newspapers, Russia, Scotland, writing
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