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This week’s crème de la crème — January 8, 2022

Some of the bijoux I discovered this first week of the new year. BlogsBelfast workhouse indexes 1892-1921 now available online, Catalogue codes for Belfast workhouse register indexes 1892-1921, and Irish Land Commission records to be made accessible by Chris Paton … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 20, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsNew Brunswick Loyalist Journeys: Meet the Loyalist Youth by Leah Grandy on Atlantic Loyalist Connections. The Italians at BAnQ by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. Archives Online – Maps and Plans on … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — May 22, 2021

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsHow to Find Kingston-Frontenac Newspapers by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Fur Traders and Coureurs des bois of Western Canada by Jacques Gagné on Genealogy Ensemble. The Workhouse by Donna … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 15, 2018

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Archives of Ontario data sets online, LAC’s Aurora Shines, and Financial Health of Canadian Genealogical Societies – Update by John D. Reid on Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections. College and University Historical Student Newspaper … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 2, 2018

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Probate Records Part 1: A Forgotten Resource by Candice McDonald on Finding Your Canadian Story. Long Term Workhouse Inmates Survey 1861 – England & Wales and 10 Top Tips To Avoid Common … Continue reading

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Book review — Peter Higginbotham’s history of institutional care for British children

Last July, Pen & Sword published historian Peter Higginbotham’s latest book, Children’s Homes: A history of institutional care for Britain’s young, and Revd Dr John Pridmore, former Rector of Hackney in east London, recently reviewed it for the London-based Church Times. … Continue reading

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New website explores care, treatment, life of poor in 19th-century Ontario

Wilfrid Laurier University’s Social Innovation Research Group launches a website today that sheds light on the everyday life and struggles of poorhouse residents — the indigent, elderly and people living with mental and physical impairments who were unable to support … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 8, 2016

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Quebec Adoption Records and Scotlands Places now Free by Dianne Nolin on Genealogy: Beyond the BMD. Piper James Cleland Richardson, VC by Emily Monks-Leeson on Library and Archives Canada Blog. The History … Continue reading

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