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Tag Archives: UEL
This week’s crème de la crème — June 4, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsArchives150: origins of LAC by Glenn Wright on Anglo-Celtic Connections. “Were my ancestors UEL?” by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog. World War II Records Digitized by Amanda R. Pritchard on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, DNA Painter, England, FindAGrave, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, Loyalists, military, negatives, Netherlands, newspapers, Poland, scanning, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 25, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsLoyalist Ancestors? Trio of books for Your Reference Library by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Niagara Falls (NY) newspaper digitization by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New records … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, DNA, Family History Library, Ireland, legacy, Loyalists, newspapers, scanning, Scotland, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, United States
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 3, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNewfoundland Ancestors: Directories online at Memorial University by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Canadians as POWs in the Second World War on Findmypast by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, cemeteries, cemetery photography, city directories, directories, Elephind, family histories, FamilySearch, Loyalists, methodology, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, newspapers, Prince Edward Island, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, WWII, yearbooks
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New book on Loyalist cemeteries and gravestones in Nova Scotia
Only a month after his book, Loyalist History of Nova Scotia, was published, Brian McConnell has already published another one. In Loyalist Cemeteries & Gravestones of Nova Scotia: Annapolis & Digby Counties, Mr. McConnell provides the locations of United Empire … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 11, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsEarly Loyalist Vital Statistics in New Brunswick: The Marianne Grey Otty Database by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. UK Prison History Online by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Quick … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, England, Feedly, Loyalists, Netherlands, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 7, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Resources I’ve Used to Fill In the Story of My French Canadian Family by Annette on AK’S Genealogy Research. Researching Quebec Loyalists at the BAnQ by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Solving … Continue reading
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Tagged family history writing, Ireland, Italy, Quebec, Society of Genealogists, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 6, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Loyalist History On the Ground in Kings County, New Brunswick, Part 2 by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. Irish Workhouse Drawings online, and Tipperary workhouses booklet published by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, family history writing, Ireland, Irish, Loyalists, Mitochondrial DNA, research trip, UEL, United Empire Loyalists, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 29, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Seeing Canada in a different light during the American Revolution by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Happy Anniversary Guy Berthiaume: Interview by John D. Reid on Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Dr. Guy Berthiaume, Flickr, Guy Berthiaume, Loyalists, maps, Massachusetts, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 16, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs How to find a family that disappeared from 1916 to 1921 – using Canadian census records by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Maximizing Your Search in the Canadiana Collection – Part … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Canadiana, DNA, FamilySearch, Ireland, Irish, Loyalists, newspapers, photos, Quebec, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 12, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Genealogy Books from 1923 Now Available by Nancy Loe on Sassy Jane Genealogy. Introducing The Prosecution Project in Australia by Shauna Hicks on The In-Depth Genealogist. IrishGenealogy.ie: latest on overdue BMD … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, audiocassette, Australia, criminals, DNA, DNA Painter, Internet Archive, Loyalists, Mitochondrial DNA, newspapers, Nova Scotia, photos, UEL, United Empire Loyalists
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