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This week’s crème de la crème — January 28, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsUntangling Ontario Township Papers and Ontario Township Papers: How to find them by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me…. BIG NEWS from the Illinois State Archives- Death Certificates … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged city directories, family history writing, Illinois, Ireland, Netherlands, Ontario, Poland, Scotland, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 17, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsScotlandsPeople continues to sort out the bugs and The National Records of Scotland needs to reset its relationship with its user base by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Where the bodies … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, France, Holocaust, methodology, Poland, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, societies
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 29, 2022
Some of the treats — not tricks — I discovered this week. Blog postsExplore the new Library and Archives Canada site (Oct 2022) by Linda Yip at Past Presence. Free Online Ontario City Directories, Free Online Nova Scotia City Directories, … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, city directories, England, Manitoba, MyHeritage, National Archives US, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Poland, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Scotland, Ukraine, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 17, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCanada Online Historical Newspaper Links and Poland Free Online Historical Newspapers by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Durham Region Surrogate Courts—Unlocked… Part 2 by Jane MacNamara on Where the … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, France, Jewish, legacy, newspapers, Ontario, photos, Poland, WorldCat
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 4, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsArchives150: origins of LAC by Glenn Wright on Anglo-Celtic Connections. “Were my ancestors UEL?” by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog. World War II Records Digitized by Amanda R. Pritchard on … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Ancestry, DNA Painter, England, FindAGrave, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, negatives, Netherlands, newspapers, Poland, scanning, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 21, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNotaries of Montreal 1760-1791 by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Military Monday: Documenting Canadian Military Personnel Who Were Prisoners of War During World War One or World War Two by Glenn Wright … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, DNA, Indigenous, mariners, MyHeritage, MyHeritageDNA, notarial records, photos, Poland, Quebec, Quebec notarial records, residential schools, WWI, WWII
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MyHeritage adds millions of Jewish historical records
MyHeritage yesterday announced the publication of 5.8 million records from 28 collections of Jewish historical records. The collections span the 18th to 21st centuries and contain vital records such as birth, marriage, death, as well as tax, voter, immigration, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Belarus, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Jewish, Latvia, MyHeritage, Poland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 23, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Unindexed in Ancestry’s Canada Voters Lists by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Women at the Oxford County Gaol by Megan Lockhart on Oxford County Archives: Beyond the Vault. Research Finds … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, cemeteries, copyright, DNA, FindAGrave, GEDmatch, Ireland, photos, Poland, women
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 16, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs325 Obituary and Obituary Index Collections from Canada and 3,890 Obituary and Obituary Index Collection Links from the U.S. by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. The London Gazette – revisited … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, books, copyright, England, FamilySearch, Findmypast, handwriting, Ireland, London Gazette, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, newspapers, obituaries, Poland
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 5, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsMore Newspaper Finds at BAnQ by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Those Other Franco-Americans: New York State by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. Free Online Divorce Record Collections for the New England States … Continue reading