Tag Archives: Sir John A. Macdonald

This week’s crème de la crème — March 12, 2016

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs LAC Report on Plans and Priorities 2016-2017 and Town and Crown book launch by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Familysearch Lectures by Joe Buggy on Townland of Origin. Guild … Continue reading →

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Drone photographs one of Canada’s oldest cemeteries

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Gail Dever

This week the Cataraqui Cemetery in Kingston, Ontario, where Canada’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, is buried, used a drone to map the 40-hectare site and its 15,000 graves. The result is high-resolution photos of every centimetre of … Continue reading →

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Scottish Canadians survive frigid weather to skate and celebrate Sir John A

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Gail Dever

The Scottish are a hardy bunch, and no one is more hardy than a Scottish Canadian in a kilt — in January. Yesterday, Scottish Canadians and friends braved frigid weather in five Canadian cities to take part in Sir John … Continue reading →

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Happy 200th birthday, Sir John A — or was it yesterday?

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Gail Dever

Apparently, I am not the only one who has ancestors with conflicting dates. The descendants of Canada’s first prime minister Sir John Alexander Macdonald suffer from the same problem. When exactly was he born? Sir John A’s father wrote in … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 10, 2015

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Research in France on a Carignan Soldier, Part 1 by Gail Moreau-DesHarnais on The French Genealogy Blog. Top Seven Free Canadian Genealogy Sites by Elizabeth Lapointe on GenealogyCanada. Updating Early Ontario … Continue reading →

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