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Tag Archives: WWII
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 — November 9, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsResearching Those Who Served Canada in the First and Second World Wars and The Harry Creagen Fonds of Canadian RFC and RNAS Airmen by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Second … Continue reading
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Tagged Advantage Archives, citations, England, Facebook, Ireland, military, MyHeritage, South Africa, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 8, 2024
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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Tagged DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, Ireland, Jewish, LAC, legacy, Library and Archives Canada, methodology, military, WWII, YouTube
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 18, 2023
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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Tagged AI, citations, Ireland, LAC, Library and Archives Canada, Metis, Michigan, Netherlands, PRONI, Sweden, WWI, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 4, 2023
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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Tagged 23andMe, DNA, Franco-Americans, Indigenous, Ireland, military, Scotland, United States, WWI, WWII, Y-DNA
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This week’s crème de la crème — April 22, 2023
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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Tagged DNA, DNA Painter, FamilySearch, Franco-Americans, military, National Archives US, photo books, Scotland, United States, volunteering, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — March 25, 2023
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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Tagged Ancestry, Britain, DNA, DNA Painter, France, Geneanet, Ireland, military, RootsIreland.ie, Russia, Scotland, Ukraine, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 19, 2022
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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Tagged African Americans, Britain, Canada, DNA, DNA Painter, Ireland, Manitoba, methodology, military, New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, United States, WWII
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This week’s crème de la crème — November 12, 2022
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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Tagged Canada, DNA, Ireland, Library and Archives Canada, methodology, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Toronto, WWI, WWII
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Library and Archives Canada increases the number of online WWII war dead service records
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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