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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 — August 8, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Slavery in New France in the 17th & 18th Centuries by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. No. Not in Scotland. and ScotlandsPeople resumes certificate ordering service by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, methodology, New France, OneNote, photos, Quebec, Scotland, technology
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 1, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 10 Awesome Websites with Maps for Genealogy Research by Elizabeth M. O’Neal on Heart of the Family. When Is a Marriage Date Not the Date of Marriage? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, books, census, citations, DNA, maps, methodology, scanner, Scotland, technology, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 30, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Yukon Ancestors: yukongenealogy.com by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. RootsWeb Security Update by Tony Blackham on Ancestry Blog and Ancestry Had a Security Problem, Now Corrected by Dick Eastman on … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgian, blogs, cars, cemeteries, Digital Maine, Digital Public Library of America, DNA, Dutch, family history writing, Irish, MyHeritage, photos, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, technology, Yukon
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 29, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs University of Saskatchewan – Genealogies by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Research Your Ancestors in the Canada Gazette by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Most French Canadians … Continue reading
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Tagged Apps, ArchiveGrid, blogs, Canada Gazette, Canadian Museum of Immigration, cemeteries, DNA, filles du roi, Irish, LibraryThing, Montreal, Pier 21, Saskatchewan, technology
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 15, 2017
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Missing Canadian Census Images – a Workaround by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on Olive Tree Genealogy. French Canadian Marriage Contracts by Arlene Eakle on AK’s Genealogy Research. New Brunswick & Quebec Update … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, archives, blogs, Canadian census, cemeteries, DNA, Irish, Jewish, Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, New Brunswick, Quebec, Quebec notarial records, social media, technology, Twitter, United Empire Loyalists
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Facebook groups can now screen new members
The next time you submit a request to join a Facebook group, you may be asked to answer up to three questions. In the case of the Genealogy à la carte group, the short questionnaire will help speed up the … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 24, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Taking the Leap into Genetic Genealogy, 2016 by Gillian Leitch on Gilliandr’s Blog. Punch Drunk by John Grenham on Irish Roots. Research Plans, Mind Maps and a Case Study by Sue … Continue reading
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Tagged blogs, British Home Children, DNA, Irish, maps, newspapers, Ontario, photos, research plan, technology
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 2, 2016
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Newfoundland and the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme on Library and Archives Canada Blog. Newfoundland and the Somme by James Fleming on The National Archives Blog. A Fine … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of the Some, blogs, British Home Children, Evernote, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, technology, War of 1812, WWI
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OGS conference — The Fallen app
At the Ontario Genealogical Society 2016 conference in Toronto this past weekend, the Passionate Genealogist Ruth Blair reminded me in her presentation, Using 21st Century Technology to Search for Canadians Who Served in the First World War, about a really … Continue reading