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This week’s crème de la crème — February 8, 2020

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Protestant Schools in Quebec City by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Witnessing history through parish registers: The French and Indian War, Part 1 by François Desjardins on Généalogie et histoire du … Continue reading →

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Images from Saturday’s scan-a-thon at BAnQ now on Wikimedia Commons

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Gail Dever

During Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec’s scan-a-thon on International Archives Day this Saturday with Wikimedia Canada, almost 200 images were digitized and made available online. The 196 images digitized at BAnQ’s centre in Old Montreal are from the Massicotte … Continue reading →

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BAnQ & Wikipedia host scan-a-thon in Montreal today

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Gail Dever

After the discouraging news in July about budget cuts at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) that suspended digitization projects, there is a positive story. Today, BAnQ is collaborating with Wikipedia’s annual conference, Wikimania, to host a scan-a-thon … Continue reading →

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