Tag Archives: Ottawa

This week’s crème de la crème — July 13, 2019

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Halifax Municipal Archives: A Local History Research Centre by Susan McClure on Halifax Public Libraries Blog. Finding Ancestors in Yukon Newspapers by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. BC-related Dictionaries … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 13, 2019

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Grosse Île and the Irish by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. 52 Ancestors: Week 14 – The craftsman and Canadian Masonic record by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Mapping the … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 17, 2018

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to Find Ancestors in Upper Canada (Ontario) Land Records by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. Prince Edward Island Ancestors: The Island Register by Candice McDonald on Finding Your … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 30, 2017

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Using historical censuses to research Canadian families with Lisa Dillon from the Université de Montréal on Connecting Stats, Stories and People. Saskatchewan Ancestors: Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online by Candice McDonald on … Continue reading

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Human remains from early 1800s to find permanent resting place in Ottawa cemetery

The City of Ottawa will hold a public visitation where 52 caskets containing the remains of individuals who were buried in the early 1800s in Bytown’s earliest cemetery, Barrack Hill, will be displayed as part of Canada’s sesquicentennial events in … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 29, 2017

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Religious Records Part 7 – The Territories by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Find an Ancestor to Canada in Poor Law Union Records by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive … Continue reading

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Are you related to ‘bones’ under Ottawa’s Sparks Street?

The Ontario Registrar of Burial Sites is looking for anyone who might be related to early Bytown residents whose bones were recently discovered at a burial site uncovered during an excavation on Ottawa’s Sparks Street, between Metcalfe and Elgin streets. … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 27, 2016

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to date Griffith’s Valuation precisely by John Grenham on John Grenham – Irish Roots. New research tool – Townland Explorer – launched by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. A … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 19, 2015

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 20,000 pages being added to Almonte Gazette online and What’s to be achieved with Documentary Heritage Communities Program Funding? by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. What do your children … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 11, 2015

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Library and Archives Canada Report on Plans and Priorities 2015-2016 and Search Restored for Irish Civil Registration Indexes by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Why archives matter by Samantha … Continue reading

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