Tag Archives: probate

This week’s crème de la crème — August 31, 2024

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts***** FamilySearch Experimental Labs Search of Canadian Probate Records and Origins of the People Map by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. FamilySearch Full-Text Searching of Ontario Probate and Land Records by … Continue reading →

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Historic probate records for Ontario’s Norfolk County now available online for home viewing

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Gail Dever

There’s good news for family historians who have the will (pardon the pun) to research their relatives who lived in Norfolk County in southwestern Ontario. Jane MacNamara yesterday tweeted that Family Search and the Archives of Ontario have unlocked probate … Continue reading →

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New genealogy videos on Allen County Public Library’s YouTube channel include probate records, writing family stories, scanning, searching Newspapers.com, and DNA

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Gail Dever

If you’re like me and have difficulty remembering when it’s time to watch a live virtual presentation, you’ll be pleased to learn Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana continues to post recordings of its Genealogy Center’s presentations on … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 29, 2022

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch + LAC = Canada, 1851 Census Success by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Behind the Archives’ Door: The Newspaper Project on Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives. Learning about Acadian “blind spots” … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 24, 2018

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Probate Records Part 4: Quebec and Ontario by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Finding Your Eastern European Ancestor in Canada by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. How … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 2, 2018

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Probate Records Part 1: A Forgotten Resource by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Long Term Workhouse Inmates Survey 1861 – England & Wales and 10 Top Tips To Avoid Common … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch adds Manitoba Probate Records, 1871-1930

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Gail Dever

FamilySearch yesterday added a new database, Manitoba Probate Records, 1871-1930, a collection of 802,992 images that can be easily searched by name or browsed. These records contain images of estate files, application books, and indexes.A quick search of some family … Continue reading →

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Who knew Canada was in Ancestry’s new Scottish National Probate Index?

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Gail Dever

When I read The Scotsman article early yesterday morning, reporting Ancestry had digitised original records from the Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories) 1876-1936, I shared the news with my favourite blogger, John D. Reid of Canada’s … Continue reading →

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41 million wills from England and Wales available to search online for the first time

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Gail Dever

The British Ministry of Justice issued the following news release today. The government’s archive of 41 million wills dates back to 1858 and will enable people to find out more about their family histories, as well as researching the last … Continue reading →

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How to search FamilySearch’s Nova Scotia probate records

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Gail Dever

After I posted John D. Reid’s blog post yesterday about Nova Scotia Probate Records, some people wrote they could not find the records or figure out how to find an ancestor’s record. A link from John’s blog led to the … Continue reading →

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