Tag Archives: smallpox

This week’s crème de la crème — December 4, 2021

Posted on December 4, 2021 by Gail Dever

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 →

Posted in Crème de la crème | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on This week’s crème de la crème — December 4, 2021

This week’s crème de la crème — April 11, 2020

Posted on April 11, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Ontario Parish Registers: LAC and Héritage, “Old School” Research With a Modern Twist, New Brunswick Parish Registers: LAC and Héritage and Nova Scotia Parish Registers: LAC and Héritage by Ken McKinlay … Continue reading →

Posted in Crème de la crème | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on This week’s crème de la crème — April 11, 2020

Lecture about Montreal’s smallpox epidemic of 1885

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors lived in Montreal in 1885, as mine did, chances are they were very much aware and perhaps terrified of the smallpox epidemic. The epic outbreak arrived on a train from Chicago, which brought in a carrier that … Continue reading →

Posted in Societies | Tagged , | Comments Off on Lecture about Montreal’s smallpox epidemic of 1885