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Tag Archives: writing
This week’s crème de la crème — November 29, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsUS Records with 35,103 Canadians and Unveiling Travel Times Across England & Wales by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. LAC’s collection of labour union charters by Dalton Campbell on Library and Archives … Continue reading
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Tagged Acadians, DNA, England, family history writing, FamilyTreeDNA, Ireland, Russia, union charters, US civil war, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 23, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDiscovering the Resilient Spirit of Canada’s Early French Settlers by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. More WWII Morning Reports using the NARA Catalog by Dr. Margaret M. McMahon on A Week … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, books, England, family history writing, France, GEDmatch, Italy, LiveMemory, MyHeritage, Netherlands, New France, writing, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 21, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsEfforts to get Ukrainian archive records online advances nationwide by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Easier Searching of Merchant Seaman Records at TNA and ProbateTV by John Reid … Continue reading
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Tagged 23andMe, Ancestry, DNA, England, family history writing, housing, merchant marines, probate, Ukraine, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — September 7, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIncredible database eases searches for small Russian towns and villages by Vera Miller on Finding Lost Russian & Ukrainian Families. Dutch Genealogy News for September 2024 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, civil war, DNA, family history writing, mtDNA, Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, WATO, writing, WWI, Y-DNA
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 24, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsA Trip to the Lincolnshire Archives – Part 4: The Treasures We Found by Linda Yip on Past Presence. Trouble at FindMyPast? by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. IGRA Announces Partnership With MyHeritage … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, England, family history writing, Findmypast, Jewish, MyHeritage, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 3, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFinding a War Bride in the Directorate of Movements Microfilms by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. A trip to the Lincolnshire Archives – part 2: a brief guide to researching … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Asia, Canada, Canada war brides, DNA, England, estate planning, family history writing, FamilySearch, legacy, MyHeritage, Quakers, scams, societies, war brides, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 18, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsVanishing River Street by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Search Multiple Maine Historical Newspaper Collections at Once and How to Find Where Newspapers are Available with Chronicling … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, DNA, family history writing, Maine, mtDNA, newspapers, OnLand, Ontario, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — May 11, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsDocumenting Loyalists in the Family Tree: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 U.S. Resources and Part 4 Canadian Resources by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree. Discovering my … Continue reading
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 27, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsBeginner’s Guide: Finding Ontario Civil Death Registrations [Update] by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Intro to German Genealogy: Practical Tips for Family History Research by Beccy Martin on Legacy Tree … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancestry, Deerfield, DNA, family history writing, Germany, MyHeritage Reimagine, Ontario, Russia, writing
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University of Winnipeg researchers receive grant to study history of father-son relationships of German-Canadians
The University of Winnipeg’s German-Canadian Studies yesterday announced that its Father and Son project received a three-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the country’s federal funding agency for research in history. The grant will fund … Continue reading
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