Tag Archives: family history writing

This week’s crème de la crème — June 6, 2026

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFinding Private Amat: A Research Method for Recovering Overlooked Soldiers of the CEF by Daniyal Elahi and Harris Elahi on Active History. RLP 412: Acadian Genealogy and Ancestral Intuition with Judy … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 17, 2026

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNewly Opened Records: 1939 Register and Heart Tax Digital by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Now Live: 4 Major U.K. and Ireland Collections — Passenger Lists and Nonconformist Vital Records by Esther … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — December 20, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFree U.S. Database Searches the Text of 1.1 Million Russian Newspaper Pages by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. NY State Historical Newspapers Adds 15 Titles – December, 2025 … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 1, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsArchives of Ontario RG 1-100 Patent Plans Update by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. What’s new in the FamilySearch Full Text Search collection, Will LAC’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program survive? … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — October 25, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsThe Latest in Franco-American History by Patrick Lacroix on Query the Past. LAC Celebrates Sir Arthur Doughty and MyHeritage adds 1921 England & Wales Census by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 30, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsNews about Canada’s National Registration File of 1940 by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Major Canadian database coming via LAC: patience required by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. New database … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 16, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsGuillaume Trahan (c1601-c1684), More Than Meets the Eye – 52 Ancestor #452 by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained. How Vintage Postcards Can Help Researchers Understand a Neighborhood by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 2, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsCKRN Canadiana Helps the Family Historian and New Releases: Tracing Ancestors in Surrey and Staffordshire by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Mapping the Way through the New Catalog by Carissa Pastuch … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — July 26, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsWhy Your Great-Grandmother’s Ontario Birth Record Isn’t There and Where to Look Instead by Kathryn Lake Hogan on Looking4Ancestors. Filles du roi: the Founding Mothers of New France by Ann Foster … Continue reading

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 28, 2025

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts“Genealogy” and “census” are missing in the LAC 2025-26 Departmental Plan by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. The Underground Railroad in Canada Helped Thousands Find Freedom by Laurie Bradshaw on FamilySearch … Continue reading

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