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Your top 15 online genealogy collections in 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Gail Dever

Looking back over the past twelve months at what captured genealogists’ attention, it seems this was not the best year for exciting new Canadian collections. With the exception of Library and Archives Canada’s ongoing digitization of Canadian Expeditionary Forces service … Continue reading →

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Canadian marriage dispensations in Vatican papers

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Gail Dever

Newly released digital inventories of Vatican documents reveal insights into Canadian history, from 1622 to 1922, and these records include marriage dispensations between Catholics and non-Catholics who wanted to marry. The majority of marriage dispensations in these inventories appear to … Continue reading →

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