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Tag Archives: Wales
This week’s crème de la crème — August 10, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage Adds England & Wales, Probate and Administration Registrations 1996-2023 and Welcome The London Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Visiting the Lincolnshire Archives: Tips for Genealogists, part 3 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, clubs, England, FamilyTreeDNA, legacy, London Archives, Michigan, newspapers, ScotlandsPeople, societies, Wales
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 3, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsUpper Canada Land Books and Toronto Trust Cemeteries on FamilySearch – Updated by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Criminals in Aberdeenshire? and Probate for England and Wales by John Reid … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry, bloggers, blogs, cemeteries, DNA, England, FamilySearch, legacy, Ontario, Scotland, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, Ukraine, Wales, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 22, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLandedEstates.ie database expands into ROI’s three Ulster counties by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Lost in London – Mapping London Addresses by Judith Batchelor on Genealogy Jude. The 1851 Religious Census … Continue reading
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Tagged England, FamilySearch, Google Books, Ireland, maps, Northern Ireland, Old Bailey, Scotland, Wales
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Another one million newspaper pages made free by British Newspaper Archive and British Library
The British Newspaper Archive, in partnership with the British Library, has made a further one million historical newspaper pages available completely free to the public, reaching a new total of two million free pages. Together, the British Newspaper Archive and … Continue reading
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Tagged British Library, British Newspaper Archive, England, Findmypast, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 30, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsChronic delays at Library and Archives Canada by John D. Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Irish Registry of Deeds Index Project: more updates and guides by Claire Santry on Irish Genealogy News. Uncovering … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, audiocassette, cemeteries, DNA, DNA Painter, England, Google Books, Ireland, Italy, LAC, legacy, libraries, Library and Archives Canada, National Archives US, negatives, Netherlands, newspapers, photos, Scotland, United States, Wales, WATO
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 12, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsToronto Trust Cemeteries on FamilySearch by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Library and Archives Canada Access to Information Act Report and Improved Probate Service Website for England and Wales by John … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, England, Holocaust, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, National Library of Ireland, Ontario, PERSI, Toronto, Wales, wills, WorldCat
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 21, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding on the Ground: Ordering from OnLand by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Immigration Before 1865 at Library and Archives Canada Part 4 by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Coming … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Canadiana, census, DNA, family history writing, Fold3, immigration, Jewish, medtholody, Ontario, ontario land records, Scotland, Wales, War of 1812
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Over one million historical newspaper pages on Findmypast — for FREE
Following the renewal of a long-term partnership, Findmypast and the British Library have pledged to make millions of historical newspaper pages free to view online. Right now, more than one million pages are free to search and explore on both … Continue reading
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Tagged British Newspaper Archive, England, Findmypast, Scotland, Wales
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 9, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsMillions of Free Scanned Church Records from Moscow Posted Online by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Dutch Genealogy News for December 2020 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. TNA … Continue reading
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Tagged census, copyright, DNA, England, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, military, MyHeritage, Netherlands, New Brunswick, online learning, photos, Russia, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, The National Archives, United States, Wales, WWI
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 4, 2020
Some of the bijoux I found this week. Blogs Saskatchewan Ancestors: Browsing Court Records on Family Search by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Finding Loyalists Claims Online by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Find Family in Royal … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Canada, COVID-19, DNA, DNA Painter, England, Ireland, Netherlands, Saskatchewan, Scotland, Wales, WATO, WWII
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