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Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas: A Complete Digest of the Records of All the Countries of the Western Hemisphere is the most comprehensive collection of information on colonial period records covering the entire Western Hemisphere, both North and South Continue reading Genealogical Encyclopedia of the Colonial Americas
This weekend Family Roots Publishing is running a 25% off sale on three 2-item bundles of popular ethnic-oriented items. One bundle is African-American related, and the other two are French and French-Canadian guides. This sale runs through midnight EDT (Not Continue reading Three Ethnic (African-American & French/French-Canadian) Bundles on Sale for 25% Off Through Monday, October 28, 2013
The following excerpt is from the October 22, 2013 Vancouver Sun website Canada – Travellers interested in military history usually think of Europe as the place to visit battlefields, but Canada has its fair share of them and as this Continue reading War of 1812 Bicentennial Offers a Wealth of Historic Canadian Sites to Visit This Year
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 2 million indexed records and images from Canada, England, and Russia. Notable collection updates include the 1,164,586 indexed records and images from the England, Norfolk Bishop’s Transcripts, 1685–1941, collection, Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 2 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Canada, England & Russia
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 9.5 million indexed records and images from Argentina, BillionGraves, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 2,399,826 images from the new Denmark, Church Continue reading FamilySearch Adds Over 9.5 Million Indexed Records & Images to Collections from Argentina, BillionGraves, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, and the U.S.A.
The following excerpt is from a fascinating article by Jim Donaldson posted in the Sept. 17, 2013 edition of the Bellingham Herald. Steve Thurber, 53, of Courtenay, B.C., was walking along a beach south of Tofino last Monday, Sept. 9, Continue reading British Columbia Man Finds 107-year-old Message in a Bottle from Bellingham, Washington Man
Let me start with a simplified, and probably more than you will ever need, introduction to Dictionary of Americanized French-Canadian Names: Onomastics and Genealogy. In short, surnames of 17th and 18th century colonists have changed over 400 years. This dictionary Continue reading Dictionary of Americanized French-Canadian Names: Onomastics and Genealogy
The following news release is from FindMyPast.com: Addition from Archives CD Books Canada Provides 200 Name-rich, Searchable Volumes LOS ANGELES (August 16, 2013) – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, today announced the recent addition of Canadian Books Continue reading Findmypast.com Collections Head North with Debut of Canadian Books
If you had folks living anywhere in Canada in 1921 – and you know about where they lived, you’ll most likely want to go check out the 1921 Canadian census, now posted at ancestry.ca. According to their website, “with the Continue reading 1921 Canadian Census Now Available FREE for Browsing at Ancestry.ca
The following excerpt is from the historica-dominion.ca website: JULY 2, 2013: Stephen Smith, Chairman of the Board of The Historica-Dominion Institute, announced today that effective September 3, 2013, the organization will change its name to Historica Canada. TORONTO (July 2, Continue reading Historica-Dominion Institute to be Renamed Historica Canada
In a day and age where selecting the perfect title for a book, a movie, or even a magazine article is often more a marketing question than a practical one, it is nice to find books whose titles declare exactly Continue reading True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French and Indian Wars
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has recently added more than 2.7 million images from BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Philippines, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Notable collection updates include the 544,966 index records and images from the new Continue reading FamilySearch Adds More Than Half a Million Index Records and Images to New Ireland Calendar of Wills and Administrations Collection
The following is from FamilySearch: FamilySearch has added more than 9.4 million index records and images this week from BillionGraves, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Italy, Peru, Sweden, the United States, and Venezuela. Notable collection updates include the Continue reading FamilySearch Adds to Collections for BillionGraves, Canada, Italy, Peru, Sweden, and the USA
The following U.S.A. & Canadian vital-records oriented databases have been recently added or updated at FamilySearch.org. This blog updates all five of the Online Database groups (see below) through 6 May 2013 [updated from 11 April 2013]. We’ve also updated all Continue reading FamilySearch U.S. and Canadian Vital Records Database Updates as of 6 May 2013
The following U.S.A. & Canadian vital-records oriented databases have been recently added or updated at FamilySearch.org. This blog updates all five of the Online Database groups (see below) through 11 April 2013 [updated from 12 March 2013]. We’ve also updated all Continue reading FamilySearch U.S. and Canadian Vital Records Database Updates as of 11 April 2013