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Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 June 2024

MyHeritage offers free access to Canadian records for Canada Day

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From MyHeritage ( www.myheritage.com ): MyHeritage is offering free access to all 135.4 million Canadian historical records on MyHeritage fo...
Sunday, 16 June 2024

Saturday and Sunday at the OGS conference in Toronto

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I'm currently at Toronto Pearson Airport, a few hours away from flying home, after a wonderful Ontario Genealogical Society conference. ...
Saturday, 15 June 2024

Friday at the OGS conference in Toronto

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So Friday turned out to be a bad day for Scotland, the nature of the defeat being more epic than I could ever have dreamed possible.  No, I...
Friday, 14 June 2024

I've arrived in Canada for the OGS Conference

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I've arrived in Canada, my tenth visit to the country since 1999, seven of which have been for genealogy events. However, it has been se...
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Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Join me May 8th for my Scottish Research Resources Before 1800 talk for Ontario Genealogical Society

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On May 8th 2024 I will be giving an online talk via Zoom to the Onatrio Genealogical Society's Scottish SIG (Special Interest Group), en...
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Wednesday, 28 February 2024

FindmyPast launches global British Home Children database

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From FindmyPast ( www.findmypast.co.uk ): First global collection for tracing British Home Children launched by Findmypast New collaboratio...
Wednesday, 17 January 2024

FamilySearch adds 1931 Canadian census

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From FamilySearch ( www.familysearch.org ): FamilySearch, the world's largest genealogical organization, and Libraries Archive Canada (L...
Sunday, 3 December 2023

FindmyPast adds two Canadian military collections

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FindmyPast ( www.findmypast.co.uk ) has released two Canadian First Wold War military collections, Canada, Military Honours and Awards Index...
Thursday, 3 August 2023

David Dobson's Irish Emigrants in North America - Consolidated Edition review

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The latest consolidated edition of books from Dundee based historian David Dobson has been released by Clearfield Company through the Geneal...

Returning to Toronto for the 2024 Ontario Genealogical Society Conference

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The official announcement that I will be heading to Toronto from June 14th-16th for the Ontario Geneaological Society conference, entitled A...
Sunday, 16 July 2023

Dòchas - Gaelic in Nova Scotia

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Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is not only heard as a language in Scotland, you'll also hear it spoken by communities in Canada, specificall...
Thursday, 13 July 2023

BIFHSGO 2023 conference - Leaving Their Scottish Homes: What Were They Thinking?

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I'm delighted to be participating in the 2023 BIFHSGO annual conference online at the end of October. Here are the details:  Leaving The...
Friday, 30 June 2023

Free access to Canadian records on MyHeritage for Canada Day

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From MyHeritage ( www.myheritage.com ): As Canada Day approaches, I’m thrilled to share that MyHeritage is offering free access to all our C...
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Friday, 9 June 2023

1931 census of Canada now online

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The 1931 Census of Canada is available at Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62640/ and via Library and Archives Can...
Monday, 1 May 2023

BIFHSGO Conference 2023 - Leaving Their Scottish Homes: What Were They Thinking?

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From the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa ( www.bifhsgo.ca ): Leaving Their Scottish Homes: What Were They Thinking? A...
Thursday, 30 March 2023

Nova Scotia Genealogy Virtual Conference April 22-23

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From The Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia ( https://www.novascotiaancestors.ca ), news of a forthcoming conference which may be of in...
Tuesday, 21 March 2023

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry finds that the overseas child migration system was abusive

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Scottish Judge Lady Smith has released her first volume of findings as part of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, looking at the issue of chi...
Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Canadian 1931 Census to Be Released on June 1st 2023

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From FamilySearch ( www.familysearch.org ): 1931 Census of Canada to Be Released on June 1, 2023 GATINEAU, QUEBEC, March 15, 2023—After the ...