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This week’s crème de la crème — March 20, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe prisoners of Kingston Pen, 1843-1890 by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Saskatchewan World War 2 Biographies by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Did Your Ancestors Come From Ireland (Eire)? on … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 10, 2017

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Finding Your Ancestors in Ontario by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. D-I-V-O-R-C-E Part 2 – After 1968 in the Atlantic Provinces by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. … Continue reading

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Looking for ancestors in all the weird places, including Maine State Prison

Sometimes our most elusive ancestors cannot be found because they are hiding in quirky collections, like the 1879 Reports of the Inspectors and Warden of the Maine State Prison and of the Physician and Chaplain, Also the Report of the … Continue reading

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Was your ancestor held in a Quebec City prison?

While trawling the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec website, I came across a database of 19th-century Quebec City prison registers. Most of the registers were written in English since the clerks were often English-speaking and the majority of prisoners were British, … Continue reading

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