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Tag Archives: Quebec
This week’s crème de la crème — July 2, 2022
Some of the bijoux I found this week. Blogs Netherlands Free Online Historical Newspapers and Switzerland Free Online Historical Newspapers by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. Ask Yvette – Where to Find Dutch Records After 1811? by Yvette Hoitink … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Chinese Canadians, France, Franco-Americans, genealogy for kids, methodology, Netherlands, newspapers, PERSI, Quebec, Switzerland
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 25, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding my family: Chinese graves at Ocean View Burial Park, Burnaby, BC by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Ulster Families in Quebec in the 18th and 19th Centuries by Jacques Gagné on … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, Chinese Canadians, citations, DNA, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, methodology, Quebec
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 18, 2022
Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTrue crime, the Wing Sang Co., and police records: A trip to the City of Vancouver Archives by Linda Yip on Past Presence. New Items in BC Historical Books Collection by Kin … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, Adobe Photoshop, Black Canadians, black loyalists, books, British Columbia, City of Vancouver Archives, DNA, eBay, family history writing, Indigenous, Netherlands, Quebec, residential schools, Vancouver Archives, writing, WWII
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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 — May 21, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNotaries of Montreal 1760-1791 by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Military Monday: Documenting Canadian Military Personnel Who Were Prisoners of War During World War One or World War Two by Glenn Wright … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, DNA, Indigenous, mariners, MyHeritage, MyHeritageDNA, notarial records, photos, Poland, Quebec, Quebec notarial records, residential schools, WWI, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 16, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsLibrary and Archives Canada now offers Monday – Friday service and LAC Departmental Plan 2022-23 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New Brunswick’s Loyalist Experiment: Examining the Lives of William Burtis, Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, blog writing, burials, Google Translate, headstones, Italy, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, New Brunswick, New England, Quebec, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 15, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsChanges to PERSI, New Ordnance Survey Maps from the National Library of Scotland, and What Motivates Family Historians by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. 90 new parishes on Genealogy Quebec by François … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, DNA, family history writing, Genealogy Quebec, historical society, maps, Massachusetts, New England Historic Genealogical Society, PERSI, Quebec, Scotland, technology, writing
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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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This week’s crème de la crème — October 30, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsExploring First World War Files online at LAC: A Top 10 List by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Canadiana Serials Update by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. My Visit to the Wellington … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta, Ancestry, Belgium, British Columbia, Canada, Canadiana, DNA, Findmypast, Holocaust, Ireland, Loyalists, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, photos, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Russia, Saskatchewan, Scotland, slavery, United Empire Loyalists, United States, WWI, Yukon
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 4, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFree British Columbia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Quebec High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free New Brunswick High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Prince Edward Island High School … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, AncestryDNA, British Columbia, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ukraine, US civil war, yearbooks
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