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In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers, as well as numerous papers from the World War I time period – up to about 1919. Eighteen states and one Canadian province are represented this time Continue reading See the Latest New Data at NewspaperARCHIVE
The state Senate in Hartford has unanimously passed a bill making June 24 Canadian-American Day in the state of Connecticut. Now – if you go north to Quebec, Canada on June 24, you will be there on a Canadian national Continue reading Canadian-American Day in Connecticut?
In the last four days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many turn of the century newspapers. Seventeen states and one Canadian province are represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I note Continue reading More New Content at NewspaperARCHIVE
Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2010 Essentials, Innovations and Delights Call for Papers Deadline: 1 May 2009 The Ontario Genealogical Society’s Toronto Branch will host the Society’s annual conference on May 13-16, 2010, at the Doubletree by Hilton – Toronto Airport. Continue reading Call For Papers for the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference – Deadlines are Now May 1 AND June 1 (for Italian & Dutch Ancestry Proposals)
Lorrine Massey at Olive Tree is reporting this morning that on June 10, 2009, Ancestry.ca in partnership with the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is holding a media event in Toronto to launch online the complete Canadian Censuses from 1851 Continue reading Complete Canadian Censuses from 1851 to 1916 to Be Online at Ancestry.ca in June
In 1899, a boy by the name of Mutt Baird (I didn’t make that given name up) borrowed a Webster’s Dictionary from the Lyn, Ontario Library. Then his family moved to the United States and the book went along with Continue reading Book Finds It’s Way Home to the Library 110 Years Late
In the last three days, NewspaperARCHIVE posted many newspapers from the 1880s & 1890s. Seventeen states and one Canadian province is represented this time around. Iowa is again the clear winner when it comes to numbers of papers represented. I Continue reading New Content at NewspaperARCHIVE.com
There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. Twelve of the projects below are new (see Current Projects). Included are three Belgian and two Argentina projects. The New York Continue reading All Kinds of Cool New Stuff Happening at FamilySearch Indexing!
The Cumberland County Genealogical Society in Amherst, Nova Scotia has been going about a project in which they interview area senior citizens and then publish the interviews on DVD. The DVDs sell for only $7.95 – so if any of Continue reading DVDs of Senior Interviews Being Produced by the Cumberland County Genealogical Society in Amherst, Nova Scotia
The following news release was written by ancestry.ca staff: TORONTO, March 31 /CNW/ – Is there a Fool in your family tree? How abouta Prank or Jester or Joke? From the hilarious to the bizarre, Ancestry.ca, Canada’s leading online family Continue reading Jester MacNut, meet Burn Clown! Ancestry.ca Discovers Names Kids Wish Were April Fool’s Pranks
The following press release was written by Office of the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages staff: ALMA, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – March 31, 2009) – On behalf of the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, the Continue reading The Government of Canada Supports the Societe d’Histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean
The following new small databases have been added at Family Tree Connection. CALIFORNIA The California Club 1907 – California Club, Los Angeles, California, By-Laws and House Rules with List of Members, July 1907, Fifth and Hill Street, Los Angeles. Oriental Continue reading More New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
The Orillia Museum of Art and History is located in Orillia, Ontario. They are now planning a major expansion. Following is a teaser from an article at the Orillia Today website. The Orillia Museum of Art and History will double Continue reading The Orillia Museum of Art and History to Double Its Exhibit Space
CD-ROM Announcement: Genealogy Books on CD-ROM – Volume 1; Compiled by Stemmons Publishing, See: www.stemmonspublishing.com This set of 10 CD-ROMs makes up a massive genealogy library of 705 books. Altogether, there are over 60,000 images, making up 230,643 pages. According Continue reading Huge Genealogy Library of 705 Books – all on CD-ROM
In Revisiting Anne Marie: How an Amerindian Woman of Seventeenth-Century Nova Scotia and a DNA Match Redefine American Heritage, Marie Rundquist shows how a single, Native American DNA test proved her documented French-European lineage invalid, calling an American heritage into Continue reading Early American Family History Explores How DNA Testing Can Reveal a Hidden Ancestry