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McMaster University initiates crowd-sourcing project to label thousands of old postcards

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Gail Dever

McMaster University library staff in Hamilton, Ontario have launched an online crowd-sourcing campaign to label 4,000 old postcards with their country, city, and date of origin. The antique postcard collection was donated to the university archives seven years ago by … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 27, 2014

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this Christmas week. Blogs Irish Newfoundland Connection by Joe Buggy on Townland of Origin. An expert guide to the Griffith’s Valuation by Fiona Fitzsimons on Findmypast. Genealogy Do-Over: Schedule of Topics by Thomas MacEntee … Continue reading →

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Postcards of Cornwall, Ontario website provides glimpse of the past

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Gail Dever

About 10 years ago, Lily Worrall decided she wanted to collect something, but didn’t have a lot of room to do so. She eventually decided to collect postcards of her hometown, Cornwall, Ontario. She thought it would be fun and … Continue reading →

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