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Tag Archives: workhouse
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
Posted in Crème de la crème
Tagged 1921 Census of England and Wales, books, cemeteries, Elephind, Findmypast, Geneanet, Ireland, Irish workhouse, methodology, MyHeritage, Netherlands, newspapers, PRONI, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, United States, workhouse
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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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Tagged 1950 US census, Ancestry, Belarus, blog writing, DNA, Findmypast, Ireland, legacy, Loyalists, methodology, MyHeritageDNA, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, United Empire Loyalists, United States, workhouse
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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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Tagged blogs, Canada, FTDNA, fur trade, handwriting, MyHeritage, Netherlands, newspapers, Ontario, workhouse
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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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Tagged AncestryDNA, Archives of Ontario, border crossings, Canada, Christmas, Christmas cards, DNA, England, Ireland, Irish, Irish workhouse, Library and Archives Canada, New England, newspapers, photos, Poor Law Unions, PRONI, societies, student newspapers, United States, workhouse
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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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Tagged DNA, letters, Ontario, probate, Quebec Genealogical eSociety, workhouse
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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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Tagged books, British Home Children, workhouse
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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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Tagged poorhouse, social history, workhouse
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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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Tagged adoption, black, blogs, British Columbia, cemeteries, conference, DNA, England, Loyalists, maps, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Scotland, workhouse, WWI
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