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Tag Archives: PRONI
This week’s crème de la crème — November 18, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsRed River Ancestry website and Métis Scrip by Lianne Kruger on IFamily History. Military Monday: For Evermore and LAC Departmental Results Report 2022–2023 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Far in … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, citations, Ireland, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Metis, Michigan, Netherlands, PRONI, Sweden, WWI, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 24, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blig PostsMilitary Monday: Second World War RCAF Service by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. PRONI stakeholder forum news from Belfast and Three more parish returns found for 1766 Religious Census of Ireland … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, England, FamilyTreeMaker, Ireland, military, Netherlands, newspapers, PRONI, Scotland, Spain, WWII
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New PRONI online lectures on YouTube
During the past two weeks, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) has uploaded eleven presentations to its YouTube channel that will interest genealogists and historians. The length of these videos ranges from 45 minutes to an hour. These … Continue reading
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PRONI video — Using ordnance survey maps from Northern Ireland
Last September, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) held an online workshop about using ordnance survey maps, and now the 56-minute video recording is available on YouTube. In the early nineteenth century, the Ordnance Survey of Ireland (OS) … Continue reading
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Tagged maps, PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 11, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsA trip to the United Church of Canada Archives, Vancouver by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Vancouver, B.C. – University Hill Elementary -School Class Pictures 1957-1970 by Penny Allen on UK to … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, British Columbia, DNA, FamilySearch Wiki, GEDmatch, Google, Ireland, PRONI, Quebec, social history
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 19, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsOntario Crown Land RG 1 C-I-1, C-I-2, C-I-3 Collections on FamilySearch by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. 1950 US Census Project: FAN Club by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, DNA Painter, Ireland, land records, Ontario, PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 8, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the new year. BlogsBelfast workhouse indexes 1892-1921 now available online, Catalogue codes for Belfast workhouse register indexes 1892-1921, and Irish Land Commission records to be made accessible by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged 1921 Census of England and Wales, books, cemeteries, Elephind, Findmypast, Geneanet, Ireland, Irish workhouse, methodology, MyHeritage, Netherlands, newspapers, PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, United States, workhouse
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 4, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs200,000 digital objects now online by Kira Baker on AuthentiCity. Visiting and Recognizing the Past: Toronto’s 1919-1920 Smallpox Outbreak by Sara Wilmshurst on Active History. Hundreds of thousands of BMDs added to … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, DNA, family history gifts, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, New Brunswick, Ontario, photos, PRONI, Quebec, smallpox, Toronto, Vancouver
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New PRONI videos on YouTube
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) added two videos in the past week to its YouTube channel that may interest family historians with ancestors from Northern Ireland. The length of the videos varies from an hour to almost … Continue reading
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These ten new videos on PRONI’s YouTube channel will help you with your genealogy research in Northern Ireland
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) yesterday added ten more videos to its YouTube channel. These latest videos are online presentations, lasting from 45 minutes to an hour, that were delivered between November 2020 and March 2021. Two … Continue reading
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