Tag Archives: photographs

This week’s crème de la crème — March 28, 2015

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding/Researching Your Canadian World War I Soldier Ancestor on OGS Blog. Jean Talon, Intendant of New France, 1665–1672 on Library and Archives Canada Blog. 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #12 Charles … Continue reading →

Posted in Crème de la crème | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Did your ancestor attend Queen’s School in Westmount?

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Gail Dever

If your ancestor attended Queen’s School in Westmount, Quebec, he may appear in one of three large class photos I inherited from the widow of my second cousin, William “Bill” Rhind. Fortunately, one of his parents wrote his name and … Continue reading →

Posted in Montreal | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

This week’s crème de la crème — January 31, 2015

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Let It Go? Save or Toss Those Old Family Escrow Papers? by Denise Levenick on The Family Curator. L’hôtel de ville de Montréal by Mario Robert on Archives de Montréal. Dalhousie … Continue reading →

Posted in Crème de la crème | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

This week’s crème de la crème — January 24, 2015

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Dissecting a French-Canadian Burial Record by Sandra Goodwin on Maple Stars and Stripes. Saskatchewan Historic Newspapers Online by Elizabeth Lapointe on GenealogyCanada. Over 160 New U.S. Free Online Newspaper Collection Links … Continue reading →

Posted in Crème de la crème | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

How to digitize a daguerreotype

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Gail Dever

If you have struggled to make a digital copy of a daguerreotype, Brown University Library photographer Lindsay Elgin has tips that may improve your success. It is the reflective nature of a daguerreotype that makes it especially difficult to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology | Tagged , , | 1 Comment