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More than half of Canadians don’t know significance of this year’s Remembrance Day — plus free-access offer to Ancestry, Fold3, Newspapers.com

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Gail Dever

Ahead of November 11, a study commissioned by Ancestry reveals that the majority of Canadians are unaware that this Remembrance Day marks a significant milestone: the 100th Anniversary of the end of The Great War. The survey, conducted by Leger … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 8, 2014

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Twitter Adoption and Use by Canadian and US Genealogical Societies by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. From Roscommon to Canada II on Townload of Origin. Plotting the Locations by … Continue reading →

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