Tag Archives: Toronto

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 →

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Researching your ancestor’s house — and your own — in Toronto

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Gail Dever

The City of Toronto Archives has produced two short videos, running between five and six minutes long, that will help you research your ancestor’s house in Toronto, and perhaps even your own. Researching Your House: Fire Insurance Plans & Aerial … Continue reading →

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More than 11,000 of images of Toronto buildings online on TOBuilt

Posted on November 18, 2019 by Gail Dever

If your ancestors lived in Toronto, you will want to add TOBuilt, a Toronto building and structure database, to your genealogy research toolbox. TOBuilt is a crowd-sourced database with information and images of 11,500 buildings and structures in Toronto on … Continue reading →

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Toronto to expand Ireland Park

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Gail Dever

Mayor John Tory of Toronto joined Councillor Joe Cressy, Robert G. Kearns, chair and founder of Ireland Park Foundation, and other dignitaries last week to officially mark the start of construction on six projects on the city’s waterfront in an area that … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 18, 2019

Posted on May 18, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 25 Archives in Toronto by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Extended Embargo Period for Ontario Birth Records and Honouring Alison Hare by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Irish … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 20, 2019

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives DHCP Funded Project, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies DCHP Funded Project and Library and Archives Canada Departmental Plan 2019-2020 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Know … Continue reading →

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New book about Toronto’s historic Corktown neighbourhood includes 200 surnames

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Gail Dever

One of my most elusive ancestors is Alexander Brown Young, a cork cutter, who immigrated with his family to Montreal from Aberdeen, Scotland in 1855 when he was three years old. His presence is hard to trace in records that … Continue reading →

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Group of Toronto residents heads to court in dispute with Mount Pleasant Group of Cemetries

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Gail Dever

Friends of the Toronto Public Cemeteries (FTPC) and the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries (MPGC) are going to court today and tomorrow to plead their cases before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. FTPC, formed by a group of Toronto … Continue reading →

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Redesign of Toronto Public Library’s Digital Archive makes it easy to discover historic gems

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Gail Dever

Toronto Public Library announced in early August it has redesigned the “look and feel” of its Digital Archive that features items from the library’s special collections. Popular subjects to browse include architecture, war and conflicts, people, Toronto, science fiction, postcards, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 7, 2018

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Scenes From Knox United Church & Cemetery by Bob Georgiou on Scenes From A City. PRONI publishes its Digest of Statistics for 2016-17 by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Ancestry adds … Continue reading →

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