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This issue includes:
- New Resources
- New Articles
- Upcoming Events
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SOFTWARE - Family Tree Maker 2012 for PC Accepting pre-orders now......
Family Tree Maker 2012 makes it even easier to explore, preserve and share your family heritage. Already an expert? You’ll appreciate the program’s robust features, including flexible data-management options and a wide variety of output choices, including a state-of-the-art publishing tool. New Family Tree Maker 2012 with TreeSync™ allows you to easily update your tree online from your desktop, your laptop, even your iPhone or iPad -- and then simply click to sync so your tree is always up to date, no matter where you or your loved ones access it next. Install for a first-time installation, or use this package to upgrade any older version of FTM! More information
BOOK - Newspaper Tidbits, Taken from Cornwall, Ontario Newspapers and Others, Genealogical Extractions 1835-1906
Compiled by Duncan MacDonald
Originally published by MacDonald Research Centre, Brockville, 1998
This edition published by MacDonald Research*, Milton, 2011
*MacDonald Research is an imprint of GlobalGenealogy.com Inc.
Duncan MacDonald, the compiler of the "Newspaper Tidbits" recorded in this book, collected newspaper clippings regarding Cornwall, Ontario, Canada families' for many years. It occurred to him that an indexed volume of transcriptions of those clippings would be of interest to others seeking their Cornwall roots. Oftentimes Mr. MacDonald found newspapers announcements of vital events such as birth, marriage, death that had escaped being recorded in a church register. Book or CD!
ISBN 978-1-897446-0809 (Hardcover) More information
BOOK - Preserving Your Family Photographs - Revised and Updated
By Maureen A. Taylor
Published by Perfect Picture Press, Charleston SC, June 2010
Organize and display your precious family photographs so that friends and loved ones can enjoy them for years to come! Maureen A. Taylor shows you how, providing all the basic information you need to care for your family photograph collection. She outlines in straightforward steps how to add value to your home collection by applying the concepts that conservators and photocurators use every day.
ISBN 9780578048000 (softcover)
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BOOK - Tracing Your [British] Army Ancestors
By Simon Fowler
Published by Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley UK, 2006
Whether you are interested in the career of an individual officer, researching medals awarded to a soldier or just want to know more about a particular battle or campaign, this book will point you in the right direction. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of the British army, its history or organization, family historian Simon Fowler explains which records survive, where they can be found and how they can help you in your research.
ISBN 9781844154104 (softcover)
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More New Books & CDs ...
FamilySearch Adds Millions of Records for Five Countries
By Paul Nauta
FamilySearch.org added millions of new records this week of both Confederate and Union soldiers who served in the American Civil War. Also now available for viewing are newly added notarial records from Canada, church records and civil registrations from Mexico, and miscellaneous records from England. Begin... Read on >>
Aye, Aye Captain - British Merchant Navy Archives Reveal Photos of UK's Forgotten 'Fourth Service'
By Press Release - findmypast.co.uk
One million 20th century Merchant Navy Seamen records are going online for the first time ever, as Britain approaches Merchant Navy Day on Saturday 3rd September. But when asked what the Merchant Navy was, 54% of the British population couldn't answer correctly, even though.... Read on >>
FamilySearch Adds 6 Million Records for Ten Countries
By Paul Nauta
FamilySearch.org added over six million records this week to its free online database. The new collections include seigniorial records from Austria, civil registrations from Chihuahua, Mexico, and probate records from Kentucky, U.S. Also added this week are records from Brazil, Guatemala, Hungary, Peru, Poland, South Africa, and Spain... Read on >>
More New Articles...
- September 7-10, 2011
Pathways to the Heartland - The Federation of Genealogical Societies 2011 Conference, Springfield, Illinois
Details: http://www.fgs.org/2011conference/index.php
- Friday 9th and Saturday September 10th, 2011
Clan Donald Annual General Meeting, Cornwall, Ontario
Speaker: Evelyn Goulet, Host of Glengarry County Genweb and Finlaggan Councillor, Clan Donald International
Topic: Speaks on her early interest in family history, why Glengarry County has a place in her heart, how the technology and the internet has made genealogy easier and cheaper to pursue, what the Glengarry County Genweb has to offer, and comments on Finlaggan Council, and Clan Donald Canada.
Details: http://www.clandonaldcanada.ca/?page=agm
- Saturday 10 September 2011
Scottish Imprints in Quebec - Quebec Family History Society, Lachine, QC
Speaker: Ray Baillie, retired CFL football player and school teacher
Details: http://www.qfhs.ca/hap.shtml#lecture
- Saturday, September 10, 2011
British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (Monthly Meeting), Ottawa, ON
Topic: Fancy Railway Stations in Westmorland
Presented by Anne Rimmer and Tom Rimmer
Details: http://bifhsgo.ca/events.php
- Tuesdays, September 13,20, 27 and October 4, 2011 (4 week course - 6:15-8:15 PM)
COURSE - Biographical Research for Ontario Genealogists, Toronto, ON
Instructor: Janice Nickerson
Organized by Toronto Branch OGS, Canadiana Department of North York Central Library and the Toronto Reference Library
Details: http://www.torontofamilyhistory.org/courses.html
- Wednesday 14 September, 2011, 7:15pm-
Using Family Tree Maker Software to Record and Share Your Family History, Richmond Hill, ON
Organized by: York Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society - Regular Meeting
Speaker: Rick Roberts, GlobalGenealogy.com
Details: York Branch website
Note: GlobalGenealogy.com exhibiting at this event. Let us know if there is anything specific that you want to see.
- Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Jewish Genealogical Society of Hamilton & Area
Program:Society President Hazel Boon will be talking about "Making the Most of the JewishGen Website, JGSH website and others". Open to the general public; first time attendees are admitted without charge; the $5 non-member fee will be applied to membership if the attendee joins in the same membership year.
Location: Temple Anshe Sholom, 215 Cline Ave. N., Hamilton, Ontario
Details:http://www.jgsh.org/Events.php or phone Hazel Boon at 905-524-3345
- Friday, Saturday, Sunday, September, 16, 17, 18, 2011
17th Annual Conference - CELEBRATE YOUR ANGLO-CELTIC ROOTS! Ottawa, ON
Speakers: 12 expert speakers, including Phil Jenkins, Audrey Collins, Helen Osborn, Sherry Irvine
Organized by the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO)
Update: 34 exhibitors and vendors this year!
Details: http://www.bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=22
Note: GlobalGenealogy.com exhibiting at this event. Let us know if there is anything specific that you want to see.
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