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Author Archives: Gail Dever
Reminder: Genealogy à la carte blog has moved
This blog, Genealogy à la carte, moved to a new location July 1 where I continue to post genealogy news stories every day. If you haven’t visited the new digs, you’ve missed the weekly Crème de la crème of genealogy blog … Continue reading
We’ve moved!
It’s July 1st and this blog has moved! We are now at a new, simpler address: http://www.genealogyalacarte.ca We have moved all the blog posts to the new digs, and the genealogy news format and look remains the same. Only the address has changed. So, click … Continue reading
Got a couple of minutes to celebrate Canada Day?
Canada Day, or any day such as today, is a good time to watch two of Historica Canada’s Heritage Minutes about Sir John A. Macdonald at the Charlottetown Conference in 1864, which launched Confederation, and about Sir George-Étienne Cartier’s incredible contributions to bringing … Continue reading
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Tagged heritage minute, Historica Canada, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Sir John A
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Support wanted for Montreal Irish Memorial Park
A new group, the Montreal Irish Memorial Park Foundation, asks for support to create a new park at the Black Rock. The park would provide green space and honour the immigrants who died of typhus in 1847-48, and those who … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Rock, famine, Irish, Montreal Irish Memorial Park Foundation
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 28, 2014
The bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs 10 Ways to Find a Loyalist Ancestor by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on The Olive Tree Genealogy. Book Review: Loyalist Refugees. Non-Military Refugees in Quebec 1776-1784 by Bobbi King on Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter. … Continue reading
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Tagged Franco American, handwriting, Irish, Maine, mindmapping, Missouri, Montreal streets, PRONI, research, United Empire Loyalists, WDYTYA, writing, WWI
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New WWI Canadian records added to Ancestry
I learned from John D. Reid’s blog, Canada’s Anglo-Celtic Connections, that Ancestry has added the following Canadian WWI records. Canada, Ledgers of CEF Officers Transferring to Royal Flying Corps, 1915-1919, 1,210 records This relatively small database is from the records of … Continue reading
Celebrate Canada Day with free access to Canadian records
Ancestry.ca offers free access to all 235 million Canadian records on its website until Canada Day, July 1, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time.To view these records, you will need to register for free with Ancestry.ca with your name and email address. Once you … Continue reading
New books in LAC’s Genealogy Services Collection
Library and Archives Canada posted on its blog a list of new books available in its Genealogy Services Collection. Among the books listed, the following are about Quebec and Quebec families. Family Histories L’ancêtre des familles Kirouac en Amérique, son épouse et leurs fils : … Continue reading
Toronto Star donates more than one million photos
The Toronto Star has donated more than one million photographs, spanning the years 1900 to 1999, to the Toronto Public Library. This collection represents the Star‘s entire photo archive. Toronto Star publisher John Cruickshank said: “These remarkable photos will now … Continue reading
40% off genealogy boot camps
Thomas MacEntee’s Hack Genealogy has announced 40% off all digital downloads from his genealogy boot camp series. The available boot camps, with handouts, are: Self-Publishing Boot Camp Get Your Genealogy Groove Back Boot Camp Genealogy Writing Boot Camp The sale price for personal use … Continue reading