Tag Archives: theses

This week’s crème de la crème — January 29, 2022

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFamilySearch + LAC = Canada, 1851 Census Success by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Behind the Archives’ Door: The Newspaper Project on Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives. Learning about Acadian “blind spots” … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 30, 2021

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsIndex to Court Records on the BAnQ (Quebec Archives) Website Reveals Nefarious Life in Quebec City by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Valuable Resource: Women’s Institute Tweedsmuirs by Megan Lockhart on Oxford … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 27, 2020

Posted on June 27, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Archives at Selkirk College, B.C. by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. How to Find Protestant Abjurations in Quebec by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Update from LAC Reference Services … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 30, 2019

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 52 Ancestors: Week 12 – 12 Sites to Further your Canadian Research by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. University of Alberta Digitization; still waiting on LAC and Guy Berthiaume announces … Continue reading →

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Your top 15 online genealogy collections in 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Gail Dever

Looking back over the past twelve months at what captured genealogists’ attention, it seems this was not the best year for exciting new Canadian collections. With the exception of Library and Archives Canada’s ongoing digitization of Canadian Expeditionary Forces service … Continue reading →

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135 years of McGill University theses a good resource for family historians

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Gail Dever

McGill University has recently completed the digitization of 135 years of theses and dissertations, from 1881 to 2016. This collection of theses is a gold mine of history and social history for genealogists, especially those researching their roots in Lower … Continue reading →

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My latest genealogical distraction — University theses

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Gail Dever

I’m a genealogist. I become easily distracted. And that’s what happened to me once again while I was watching a recorded version of the Bryan Cranston episode of Who Do You Think You Are? See yesterday’s post about this. But … Continue reading →

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