Tag Archives: WWII

This week’s crème de la crème — June 8, 2024

Posted on June 8, 2024 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLAC: Frozen in Time and Massive Updates at FamilySearch by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Bilsky Family Album: Part I by David C. Martin on L’Dor V’Dor (Ottawa Jewish Public Archives … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 18, 2023

Posted on November 18, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsRed River Ancestry website and Métis Scrip by Lianne Kruger on IFamily History. Military Monday: For Evermore and LAC Departmental Results Report 2022–2023 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Far in … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 4, 2023

Posted on November 4, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMilitary Monday: For posterity’s sake by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Indigenous Peoples in the First World War: researching forgotten veterans by Ethan M. Coudenys on Library and Archives Canada Blog. The French-Canadian … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — April 22, 2023

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsAncestry adds Canada, Royal Canadian Air Force Crash Cards, 1939-1945 and Digitized Resources from the Cheltenham (Gloucestershire) Local History Society by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. United States Social Security NUMIDENT records … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — March 25, 2023

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTop tips for researching Ukrainian and Russian resources on Genealogy Indexer by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Military Monday: WW2 POW personnel cards indexed at TNA by John … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 19, 2022

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some if the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMilitary Monday: British and Canadian Army Service Numbers for WW2 by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Saskatchewan Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links, Manitoba Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 12, 2022

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFirst and Second World War Research Resource Pages Updated by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Nova Scotia Birth, Marriage, and Death (BMD) Record Links and Newfoundland and Labrador Birth, Marriage, … Continue reading →

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Library and Archives Canada increases the number of online WWII war dead service records

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Gail Dever

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced Tuesday that more than 43,000 digitized records from the Second World War are now available to search and view on its website and download. Until recently, the number of digitized files on LAC’s website … Continue reading →

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Indigenous war veteran Tommy Prince honoured with new stamp

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Gail Dever

Canada Post is issuing a new stamp to remember the life and achievements of Sergeant Thomas (Tommy) George Prince, MM (1915-77), one of Canada’s most decorated Indigenous war veterans and a prominent Anishinaabe activist. Born on St. Peter’s Reserve, Manitoba, … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — September 24, 2022

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blig PostsMilitary Monday: Second World War RCAF Service by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. PRONI stakeholder forum news from Belfast and Three more parish returns found for 1766 Religious Census of Ireland … Continue reading →

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