Tag Archives: Ukraine

This week’s crème de la crème — August 27, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsCanadiana adds maps and Amazing Australian Resources by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Researching A Community of Enslaved People On A Plantation When All You Have Is Their First Name by Brian … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 20, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs postsFamilySearch Affiliate Libraries in Canada by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Men of the Dieppe Raid by Glenn Wright on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New website at the LAC by Christopher Moore on … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 23, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDescendants of Loyalists Robert & Catherine Carlisle, Part 1: Children by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Those Other Franco-Americans: New Bedford, Part II by Patrick Lacroix on … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 28, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsUkrainian archives work hard to keep records safe and introduce a central portal by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Family links to land by Stephanie Ryan on Genealogical Society … Continue reading

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State Archives of Kyiv Region continues to add digitized records to its website

There’s no end to the determination and resilience of Ukrainians. Case in point: Employees of the State Archives of Kyiv Region are working remotely to ensure archival documents are scanned. A couple of days ago, 4,290 additional files of WWII … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 12, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsResearching Outside of Dublin and Belfast by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots. Many Paths to Sources: Newspapers, Part 2 by Cari A. Taplin on Genealogy Pants. British Genealogy Brick Wall Breakthrough: A … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — February 26, 2022

Some of the bijoux I found this week. BlogsSurrogate Court Records for Northern Ontario on FamilySearch.org by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Over 5K new Chinese Canadian records are now online at Héritage Canadiana by Linda … Continue reading

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World’s third-largest Ukrainian population is in Canada, and there are plenty of genealogical resources available

The first two Ukrainian settlers arrived in Canada in 1891 followed by tens of thousands until the start of the First World War. Most Ukrainian immigrants of this period were identified on government records as Poles, Russians, Austrians, Bukovinians, Galicians … Continue reading

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MyHeritage adds millions of Jewish historical records

MyHeritage yesterday announced the publication of 5.8 million records from 28 collections of Jewish historical records. The collections span the 18th to 21st centuries and contain vital records such as birth, marriage, death, as well as tax, voter, immigration, and … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 22, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsPassenger lists of the Holland-America Line have been digitised by Joan Bos on Joan’s Ancestral World. Invaluable scanned records from Russian and Ukrainian archives posted online by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian … Continue reading

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