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This week’s crème de la crème — October 23, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsThe Unindexed in Ancestry’s Canada Voters Lists by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Women at the Oxford County Gaol by Megan Lockhart on Oxford County Archives: Beyond the Vault. Research Finds … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 7, 2015

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs English Surnames and Their French Equivalents by Dick Eastman on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter. Stanley Bagg and the Lachine Canal. Part 1: the Contract by Janice Hamilton on Writing Up the … Continue reading

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Celebrate your female ancestors and write about them

March 1 marks the beginning of Women’s History Month in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women’s Day on March 8, which is also held in Canada. Although Canadians will have to wait until October … Continue reading

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Celebrating female ancestors

The Quebec Family History Society (QFHS) invites members and non-members to join them at Celebrating Our Female Ancestors on Tuesday, May 20, from 1:30 – 4:00 p.m., to chat about experiences searching for grandmothers and aunts, to pick up tips from … Continue reading

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Looking for the women in your tree

Last year, I helped organize a casual get-together at the Quebec Family History Society. We called it Celebrating Our Female Roots Day. It was part of a successful monthly Roots Day program that friends and I created and managed for about a … Continue reading

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