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Tag Archives: Van Doos
This week’s crème de la crème — October 18, 2014
Some of the bijoux I discovered this post-Thanksgiving week. Blogs Historicist: Straitlaced Toronto by David Wencer on Torontoist. Giving Thanks by Brenda Dougall Merriman on Brenda Dougall Merriman. My Top 10 Genealogy Mysteries by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive … Continue reading
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Tagged 22e Régiment, 22nd Regiment, blogs, Board for Certification of Genealogists, brick walls, civil war, CNN Roots, corsets, evidence, family history writing, fashion, genealogical proof standard, genealogy for kids, GPS, Internet Archive, Irish, memoir, New York, New York poorhouses, Newfoundland, Paul Holland Knowlton House, Régiment 22e, Van Doos, women's fashion, writing memoirs, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 6, 2014
The bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Acadians Deported from Beaubassin Acadia in 1755 by Lucie LeBlanc Consentino on Acadian and French-Canadian Ancestral Homes. Rockstar Genealogists 2014 by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. In-depth Review of a Record … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadian, Blue Puttees, Corinne Jeffery, Free BMD, French Canadian, genealogy for kids, genealogy society, historical society, Labour Day, maps, Newfoundland, Niagara Settlers, Régiment 22e, research technique, rockstar genealogists, Russian, Toronto, Ukrainians, Understanding Ursula, Van Doos, wills, writing, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème – July 19, 2014
Some of the bijoux I discovered. Blogs Acadian Roots: Images of the St. John Valley ready for CMA2014 by Juliana L’Heureux on The Franco-American Blog. How many Scottish church denominations were there? by Chris Paton on The British GENES Blog. … Continue reading
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Tagged Aboriginals, Acadian, Blog, DNA, Dublin electoral lists, electoral lists, genealogical proof standard, Hugh MacLennan, Ireland, Ireland Park, John McCrae, newspapers, parish records, Régiment 22e, residential schools, Scotland, St. George's Anglican Church, Van Doos, writing, WWI
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New exhibit marks 100th anniversary of the Royal 22e Régiment
The Royal 22e Régiment Museum at the Citadelle in Quebec City recently opened a permanent exhibit, Je me souviens (I remember), to mark the regiment’s 100th anniversary. Known as the Van Doos, the 22e Régiment was formed in 1914 so that French Canadians could serve … Continue reading