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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
Posted in Crème de la crème
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 — February 26, 2022
Some of the bijoux I found this week. BlogsSurrogate Court Records for Northern Ontario on FamilySearch.org by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Over 5K new Chinese Canadian records are now online at Héritage Canadiana by Linda … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950 US census, Acadian, Canadiana, Chinese Canadians, England, FamilyTreeMaker, GEDmatch, maps, Ontario, ScotlandsPeople, Ukraine, wills
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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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Jane MacNamara provides step-by-step instructions to research York County, Ontario surrogate court records
If interested in learning more about Archives of Ontario’s wills and estate records on FamilySearch, Jane MacNamara last September posted a detailed, step-by-step tour of the York County (Toronto) surrogate court records on FamilySearch, including how to use the indexes. … Continue reading
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Tagged Archives of Ontario, FamilySearch, ontario estate files, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — October 9, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsBritish Columbia Regional Digitized History by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Accessing the 1912 Goad’s Fire Insurance Map on the New VanMap by Kira Baker on The City of Vancouver Archives Blog. … Continue reading
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Tagged British Columbia, civil war, DNA, eBay, family history writing, legacy, LivingDNA, maps, newspapers, wills, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 23, 2021
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsIndex to Ontario Wills on OnLand by Patricia Greber on My Genealogy Life. Very Exciting! All Naval Conscription Registers to Be Digitized by Anne Morddel on The French Genealogy Blog. Irish Genealogy Research … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA Painter, FamilySearch, France, Internet Archive, OnLand, Ontario, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — July 18, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs The Personal Past: History, Identity and the Genealogical Impulse, Disappointing Update from the Archives of Ontario and Irish Surname Maps by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. WW1 CEF Nursing … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, Archives of Ontario, city directories, directories, DNA, England, Ireland, newspapers, Newspapers.com, United States, volunteering, wills
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 22, 2020
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsFinding the Case Files – Using LAC and Héritage to find Japanese Canadian genealogical documents by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Celebrating 100 years of the RCMP Part 3 – Family Search … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, family history writing, FamilySearch, France, Google, Huguenots, Ireland, Japanese Canadians, one-name study, wills, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 18, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 25 Archives in Toronto by Penny Allen on UK to Canada Genealogy. Extended Embargo Period for Ontario Birth Records and Honouring Alison Hare by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. Irish … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Hare, archives, books, City of Toronto Archives, DNA, family history writing, Franco-Americans, GEDmatch, Ireland, Irish, legacy, Mitochondrial DNA, New Hampshire, Ontario, Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives, photos, Russia, Toronto, wills, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 11, 2019
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Parish Registers on Canadiana and Digital Maps at Library and Archives Canada by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Introducing “Six Feet Under Downunder”- Australian Cemetery and Burial Records Online by … Continue reading
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged Australia, Canadiana, DNA, gravestones, LAC, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, maps, Maurice Gleeson, Netherlands, wills
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