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AMELIASBURGH [Ontario, Canada] — One of the most prestigious military libraries is now calling Prince Edward County home. National Defence Minister Peter MacKay was in Ameliasburgh last week with MP Daryl Kramp to complete the transfer of the Victoria Cross Continue reading Victoria Cross Library Transferred from Britain to Genealogical Research Centre in Ameliasburgh, Ontario
The following News Release was received from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch: FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records Includes 18 Million Digital Images from 13 Countries No doubt family history enthusiasts will have a Continue reading FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records
Recently, a woman in British Columbia was doing genealogy research and typed her father’s name into Google. Following a link to the Petawawa Public Library, she was astonished to hear her father’s voice emanating from her computer speakers. He’d passed Continue reading Ontario’s Community Digitization Project
Ah…, another tombstone that was used as a hearthstone. I’m afraid that the practice has been more common than you would think. I’m sure that the headstone of one of my great grandparents was used for just that. The stone Continue reading Tombstone Hearthstone Discovered in Ontario
The following was received from Paul Nauta, With FamilySearch: FamilySearch volunteers have some exciting new indexing projects to work on during this holiday season. Recently released projects include records from Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and the United States. There Continue reading New Indexing Projects at beta.FamilySearch.org for the Holidays
The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from Continue reading Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site
The following small databases were recently added to the Family Tree Connection database: ALABAMA Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War – Southern Martyrs. A History of Alabama’s White Regiments during the Spanish-American War, Touching Incidentally on the Experiences of Continue reading New Small Databases at Family Tree Connection
Have you ever tried dowsing for graves? There is an art to it, but I’d swear that it works. There’s an interesting article in the Simcoe [Ontario] Reformer dealing with finding graves at a former poor house site. Following is Continue reading Graves Found at Former Poor House Site in Simcoe, Ontario
A project to recognize two of the Mennonite church and local community’s most historically significant pioneer citizens and one overlooked minister is underway by the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario Chapter of the Twenty. Society President Larry Rittenhouse said Continue reading Valentine Kratz & Samuel Moyer Memorials to be Erected in the Old Vineland Mennonite Cemetery in Lincoln County, Ontario
On the first of June, Ontario will join the other Canadian Provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, and Newfoundland in opening their adoption records. Although the government has given adoptees as well as birth parents the ability to opt-out of Continue reading Ontario Adoption Records to Open on June 1
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)
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
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 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