Tag Archives: research toolbox

Dave Obee to receive journalism award

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Gail Dever

Popular Canadian genealogist Dave Obee, who is also editor-in-chief of the Times Colonist in Victoria, British Columbia, will receive the 2017 Bill Good Award at the 31st Annual Jack Webster Awards Dinner on October 12, 2017. The Bill Good Award honours a BC journalist, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 1, 2017

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Religious Records Part 3 – Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Resource Guide to Canadian Genealogy on Ancestral Findings. 100th Anniversary of the Battle of … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 25, 2017

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs A Guide to Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Loyalist History by Andrea Eidenger on Unwritten Histories. Coming to Canada – Immigration and Emigration Records by Alan Campbell on OGS Blog. … Continue reading →

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Online Canadian Jewish research guide useful for all genealogists

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Gail Dever

I’ve added a new resource to the Canada category in my Genealogy Research Toolbox that is available on this website. It is called the Guide to Canadian Jewish Genealogical Research — and you don’t need to be researching your Jewish … Continue reading →

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Consider adding these Canadian history booklets to your genealogy toolbox

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada offers a digitized series of historical booklets on its website that should be in the genealogy research toolbox of family historians who research their Canadian ancestors. Published by the Canadian Historical Association (CHA), from 1953 to … Continue reading →

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I’ve been building a genealogy research toolbox

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Gail Dever

When not gardening in the high heat and humidity this week, I have been escaping to my air-conditioned office to work on my Genealogy Research Toolbox for this blog. Inspired by a RootsTech 2015 presentation by Thomas MacEntee about building … Continue reading →

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RootsTech live streaming Saturday — handouts

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Gail Dever

Below is the list of presentations that will be live streamed today at RootsTech. The times are provided in Mountain time so you may have to calculate for your own time zone. Strangely, I could not find Alison Taylor and … Continue reading →

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