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Head of Library and Archives resigns over expense account scandal
By Rick Roberts
Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Dr. Daniel J. Caron resigned today as a result of the discovery of questionable expense claims, namely many thousands of dollars contracted for Spanish lessons. Hopefully, Dr. Caron's replacement will be someone with...Read on >>
A Chronology of Significant Events in Scottish History
Submitted by Alex McGregor with updates by Rick Roberts
This chronology of Scottish historic events includes entries for 7000 BC to 1955. We've included events which define the development of Scotland in an effort to help researchers understand the social, polical and ecomonic turns which affected our ancestors' lives and...Read on >>
Have you checked the Canadian 1940 National Registration Yet?
By Rick Roberts
As Canada entered the second year of the Second World War it was decided that a national registration of all male and female residents of Canada that were 16 years of age and older was needed. Excepted from the registration were.....Read on >>
FamilySearch adds 1.5 million index records and images this week from Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Italy, Peru, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.
By FamilySearch.org press release
Notable collection updates include the 217,016 index records from the U.S., Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 19241956, collection, the 151,020 index records and images from the United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files collection, and the 163,314 images from...Read on >>
Defining Historic Illness Names and Their Modern Equivalents
By Rick Roberts
Researchers often encounter unfamiliar illness names in old medical and death records. This updated list of historic illness names and their modern equivalents will help you with some of those terms...Read on >>
Justin Trudeau: Abolishing mandatory census is 'absolute folly'
By Rick Roberts
The Globe and Mail newspaper has posted a video clip of Justin Trudeau's opinion of the elimination of the mandatory Canadian national census by Stephen Harper's Conservative government. Here's the...Read on >>
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Eneclann [Ireland] to become founding member of Family History Information Standards Organisation
By Eneclann press release
The company will participate with other FHISO members from the global genealogical community in the development of standards for the digital representation and sharing of family history and genealogical information. As an organisation involved in...Read on >>
Ontario Land Registry Offices, Listed by county/region
Updated by Ruth Burkholder
Here is a newly updated listing of the Ontario Land Registry offices addresses and phone numbers, sorted by county/ region...Read on >>
Upper Canada Patriarch: A review
By Rick Roberts
We recently printed and bound a book for self-published author John Ausman. John's book is a fictionalized account of "German-American immigrants, Conrad Ausman and his wife Lydia who opposed their families wishes and....Read on >>
FamilySearch adds 9.4 million index records and images this week from BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Italy, Peru, Sweden, United States, Venezuela
By FamilySearch.org press release
Notable collection updates include the 3,368,091 index records and images from the U.S., Michigan, Death Certificates, 19211952, collection, the 2,187,206 images from the new U.S., New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 18241946, collection, and the 848,610 index records and images from....Read on >>
Ottawa Citizen newspaper examines Library and Archives Canada turmoil
By Rick Roberts
The Ottawa citizen newspaper printed an extended story about the conflict between Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and its users. LAC is....Read on >>
FamilySearch adds 1.7 million indexed records and images this week - Austria, Brazil, China, Germany, Hungary,Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Ukraine, and the United States
By FamilySearch.org press release
Notable collection updates include the 369,729 index records and images from the U.S., North Carolina, Estate Files, 16631979, collection, and the 596,078 images from the Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration Tribunale), 1866-1929, collection See the....Read on >>
Justin
Trudeau
and Thomas Mulcair are cousins, reveals Ancestry.ca
Contributed by Ancestry.ca
Perhaps portending a future Centre-Left Coalition on
Parliament Hill, family history experts at Ancestry.ca,
Canada's leading family history resource, have
discovered that Thomas Mulcair and Liberal Party of
Canada leadership frontrunner Justin Trudeau are related
through shared French-Canadian ancestors...Read on >>
Enthusiastic
Crowd
Attends Nassagaweya History Day
By Rick Roberts
We enjoyed a fun day on Saturday, attending and
exhibiting at a local history event that was organized
and sponsored by the Nasagiweya Historical Society at
the tennis club in Campbellville, Ontario. Several local
history groups, authors and family historians shared ...Read on >>
FamilySearch
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2.5 million indexed records and images this week -
BillionGraves, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy,
Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, and the United States
By FamilySearch.org press
release
Notable collection updates include the 815,732 index
record and images from the BillionGraves Index
collection, and the 753,021 images from the U.S.,
Washington, County Records, 1856-2009, collection. See
the ..Read on >>
Vimy
Ridge,
The Battle Where Canada Came of Age
Contributed by Ancestry.ca
Ninety six years ago Canada came of age. Our valour at
the battle Vimy Ridge proved we were more than just a
partner to British troops. In April of 1917, we became a
nation, ready and willing to take the enemy head-on. The
battle gave our country.....Read on >>
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Release [UK]
By DeceasedOnline.com
press release
New data - Bedford, Manchester, London. Some prices up
but discounts doubled on credit purchases, more new data
coming this month and next.....Read on >>
Reader
Inquiry: Calendar Feature in Family Tree Maker
By Rick Roberts
A reader asks: Is there anyway to do a calendar
which would show births, marriages, & deaths?
Here's how ..Read on >>
FamilySearch
ads 23.9 million indexed records and images this
week - Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, England, Italy,
Mexico, and the United States
By FamilySerch.org press
release
FamilySearch Adds 19,206,333 images to New United
Kingdom, World War I service records, 1914-1920,
collection and ...Read on >>
Family
History Information Standards Organisation Call for
Papers
By Family History
Information Standards Organisation, FHISO press
release
Family History Information Standards Organisation,
FHISO, has announced its 2013 Call for Papers
Initiative, signalling the commencement of open
standards development work. Members of the international
genealogy and family history community are invited to ..Read on >>
Irish-Canadians
not fans of St. Patrick's Day, according to survey
By Ancestry.ca press
release
As Canadians toast the Emerald Isle on St Patrick's Day,
it might be worth considering that a majority of
Canadians with Irish heritage won't be joining them. A
new survey commissioned by Ancestry.ca reveals that 60
per cent of Irish-Canadians do not celebrate the iconic
holiday. The national survey, conducted in March 2013,
highlights that...Read on >>
FamilySearch
Adds to Collections from Australia, China, England,
Italy, and the United States
By FamilySearch.org
FamilySearch has added 1.7 million indexed records and
images this week with new browsable image collections
from Austria, Paraguay, and the United States...Read on >>
J.
Brian Gilchrist awarded Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal
By Rick Roberts
This past Sunday, J. Brian Gilchrist, a popular and
long-serving genealogy educator and archivist was
awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for
"contributions to genealogy and local heritage, having
inspired people not only in Canada, but indeed around
the world". Brian is a....Read on >>
Quebec
Family History Society (QFHS) slashes membership fee
for new members
By QFHS press release
"This is a terrific opportunity for new and experienced
genealogists to join our society and discover the
exciting world of family history research. We encourage
anyone who has ever thought of joining a genealogical
society to take advantage of our offer." ....Read on >>
FamilySearch
added 1 million new, free indexed records and images
this week to its collection
By FamilySearch press
release
Included are 211,909 additional images for the United
States Mexican War Index and Service Records collection,
which includes a large portion of the wars 78,718
American servicemen. Other notable additions include the
514,562 browsable images in the Netherlands, Groningen
Province, Church Records collection from 1595-1864, and
the 21,529 browsable images for the new United States
Confederacy Navy and Marine Service Records collection
from 1861-1865. See the article for the full list ....Read on >>
Niagara
Branch OGS partners with CanadianHeadstones.com
By Niagara Peninsula Branch
of the OGS and CanadianHeadstones.com media release
The Niagara Peninsula Branch of the Ontario Genealogical
Society (OGS) and CanadianHeadstones.com have created an
affiliation for the old counties of Lincoln/Welland. Due
to the overwhelming demand for genealogical information
online, these two groups will work together to....Read on >>
OCLC
and FamilySearch partnership will combine resources
for richer genealogy research experience
By OCLC and FamilySearch
press release
OCLC and FamilySearch International, the largest
genealogy organization in the world, have signed an
agreement that will enrich WorldCat and FamilySearch
services with data from both organizations to provide
users with more resources for improved genealogy
research. Under this new partnership, OCLC will ....Read on >>
A
great time to visit Archives of Ontario
By Jane McNamarra
I'm writing to encourage readers to make the effort to
spend some time researching at the Archives of Ontario
(AO) this winter, particularly during the extended hours
we worked so hard to get on Tuesdays, Thursdays and ....Read on >>
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Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Father of the Canadian Crown Exiled from the court of his father, and accompanied by his long-time mistress Julie de St. Laurent, the 24-year-old Prince and future father of Queen Victoria arrived in Quebec City in 1791....
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Edwardsburgh Family Histories
[Grenville County, Ontario] Includes family histories of more than 70 families in Edwardsburgh Township and...
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Prisons, Asylums, and the Public:
Institutional Visiting in the Nineteenth Century sheds new light on popular nineteenth-century attitudes towards the insane and the criminal......
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Household Counts:
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The Trail of the Black Walnut Starting soon after the outbreak of the American Revolution numerous Pennsylvania-German families and so-called "Plain Folk" (i.e. Mennonnites, Dunkards, Moravians, Amish, Hutterites, etc) migrated north to Canada in successive waves. Together, in cultural and religious and kinship groups they settled.....
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Catherine Tekakwitha: Her Life
"Lily of the Mohawks" The story is told by an eye-witness -- her spiritual director -- of the events in her life from the time she arrived at the Jesuit mission just outside of Montreal, known at that time as.......
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How Our Ancestors Died,
A Guide For Family & Local Historians
[United Kingdom & elswhere] In addition to describing causes of death and setting them in the context of the times, his book shows readers how to find and interpret patient records, death certificates and other documents in order to gain an accurate impression of how their ancestors died......
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Dictionary of Glengarry Biography
[Glengarry County, Ontario] BACK IN PRINT: A comprehensive history of Glengarry county told through the lives of pioneers, fur traders, soldiers, farmers, railway barons, politicians, criminals, anybody and everyone who helped make Glengarry one of Canada's most storied and celebrated counties. This thick book includes 1600 biographical sketches, with more than...
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