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Tag Archives: US civil war
This week’s crème de la crème — January 20, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsAberdeenshire Collections: Acquisitions Recap 2023 by Kimberley Smith on Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives Blog. Andersonville Irish Project identifies more Irish Civil War soldiers by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged AI, Ancestry, FamilySearch, Genealogy Quebec, Ireland, Quebec, Scotland, US civil war, WikiTree
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 18, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs postsVarious search tool improvements on ScotlandsPeople currently being worked on by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Civil War Resource: Grand Army of the Republic Records by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches … Continue reading
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Tagged civil war, DNA, eBay, family history writing, France, military, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, United States, US civil war, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 19, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsOntario Crown Land RG 1 C-I-1, C-I-2, C-I-3 Collections on FamilySearch by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. 1950 US Census Project: FAN Club by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, DNA Painter, Ireland, land records, Ontario, PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 4, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFree British Columbia High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Quebec High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free New Brunswick High School and College Yearbooks Online, Free Prince Edward Island High School … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged African Americans, AncestryDNA, British Columbia, DNA, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, MyHeritageDNA, Netherlands, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ukraine, US civil war, yearbooks
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 7, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: An Ontario Concession/Lot on a Map by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 3 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Canada, China, collateral genealogy, DNA, Google My Maps, immigration, Internet Archive, Ireland, land records, methodology, Netherlands, New France, newspapers, Ontario, ontario land records, photos, United States, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 24, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding Canadian Ancestors in UK County Archives by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. University Ancestors: The University of British Columbia Handbook by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Family Story. Genealogy … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, Canada, census, civil war, DNA, England, family history writing, Lorine McGinnis Schulze, Ontario, Russia, triangulation, United States, US civil war, writing, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 19, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsTen Free Family History Websites by Alison Spring on The Frugal Genealogist. A Land Records Challenge by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. The Lives and Letters of the Black Loyalists – … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Canadians, black loyalists, civil war, DNA, FindAGrave, Germany, Ireland, land records, Loyalists, Ontario, societies, triangulation, United Empire Loyalists, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 12, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsKirk session records to be added to ScotlandsPeople in 2021 by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Secrets of ScotlandsPeople by Alison Spring on The Frugal Genealogist. Confederate Records Available Online and by … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Christmas cards, DNA, FamilySearch, gifts, Jewish, maps, military, newspapers, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, US civil war
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 14, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsSecond World War: Researching the Canadian Fallen – Resources by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Using NARA’s Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers by Jessie Kratz on Pieces of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chinese, civil war, DNA, FamilySearch, FamilyTreeDNA, Flickr, Franco-Americans, military, photos, Russia, US civil war, WWI, WWII
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OurDigitalWorld digitizes Abolitionist newspaper collection to improve searchability
OurDigitalWorld’s recently released Abolitionist newspaper collection provides new digital images of the only existing copies of The Voice Of The Fugitive, Henry Bibb’s newspaper from 1851 to 1852. Along with digitized microfilm of the Provincial Freeman and the True Royalist, for the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Abolitionists, underground railroad, US civil war
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