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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Free Canadian Records at Family Search
http://pilot.familysearch.org Currently Available: Ontario Deaths 1869-1947 Quebec Catholic Parish Registers 1621-1900 Currently Being Indexed (not yet available for search): British Columbia Births, 1854–1903 British Columbia Marriages, 1859–1932 Nova Scotia, Antigonish Church Records, 1823–1905 Ontario 1861 Census Quebec—Trois-Rivières Church Records, 1800–1900
You can volunteer to help index these records at FamilySearch Indexing
You can volunteer to help index these records at FamilySearch Indexing
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
World-First Launch - Historical Canadian Censuses, 1851-1916
A press release from Ancestry.ca Media Alert - World-First Launch - Historical Canadian Censuses, 1851-1916 TORONTO, June 4 /CNW/ - On Wednesday June 10, 2009, please join Ancestry.ca, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and His Worship David Miller, Mayor of the City of Toronto, to celebrate world-first online launch of the complete Historical Canadian Censuses, 1851-1916. The collection, which has been fully indexed and includes original document images, contains more than 32 million names and provides an historical snapshot of the growth of our great nation, from pre-Confederation to the middle of the Great War. Ancestry.ca will also reveal the surprising results of a national survey on Canadian identity. View historical documents - including census records for famous Canadians Interview descendents of early Canadian settlers Speak with genealogy experts Delve into online records and search your own family history Who:
David Miller, Mayor of Toronto
Josh Hanna, Senior Vice President, Ancestry International
Christopher Moore, Canadian historian, author and television
personality
Edward Hall and Liz Houghtling, descendents of Canadians in the Censuses When:
Wednesday, June 10
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
(Speeches begin at 11:15 a.m.) Where:
Gallery Room
Ontario Heritage Centre, 8 Adelaide Street East
At Adelaide, east of Yonge Street
David Miller, Mayor of Toronto
Josh Hanna, Senior Vice President, Ancestry International
Christopher Moore, Canadian historian, author and television
personality
Edward Hall and Liz Houghtling, descendents of Canadians in the Censuses When:
Wednesday, June 10
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
(Speeches begin at 11:15 a.m.) Where:
Gallery Room
Ontario Heritage Centre, 8 Adelaide Street East
At Adelaide, east of Yonge Street
Saturday, June 06, 2009
In the blogosphere...
From Library & Archives Canada: LAC participates in Doors Open Ottawa, June 6-7 Launch of Book History Databases From Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Genealogists! Help Needed to change Restricted Archives of Ontario Hours From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: Ontario Genealogical Society to Digitize the Entire OGS Library Canadian Books Available on www.ourroots.ca 13th Century Document Found in Ontario New Brunswick Cemeteries to Get Makeover From Anglo-Celtic Connections: A treasure trove of First World War photographs Which Canadian newspaper? Turn to McKim
Thursday, June 04, 2009
OntarioGenWeb Updates
Updates to OntarioGenWeb pages: The census project added 8 new transcripts bringing our total to 851 census transcripts with over 1.3 million names! 1861 Essex, Colchester Twp 1871 Essex, Colchester Twp 1871 Essex, Gosfield Twp 1851 Essex, Sandwich Twp 1851 Kent, Chatham Gore 1851 Leeds, Elizabethtown Twp 1851 Middlesex, Mosa Twp 1851 Stormont, Osnabruck Twp DUFFERIN COUNTY: 1885 Death Index added ELGIN COUNTY: Moved to Google sites! LANARK COUNTY: Headstone photos of Hopetown Cemetery added Queries for BARRIE & GREER were added OXFORD COUNTY: 8000+ headstone photographs were added RUSSELL COUNTY: New queries added SIMCOE COUNTY: Photos of Coldwater Cemetery added Query boards updated 60+ obituaries added
Monday, June 01, 2009
Canadian Genealogy Events in June
Visit the CanadaGenWeb Calendar for more information about these events!
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BRITISH COLUMBIAJune 4, 2009: Campbell River, Campbell River Genealogy Society, Meeting, 7pm June 16, 2009: Abbotsford, Abbotsford Genealogical Society, Meeting, 6:30pm
MANITOBA June 3, 2009: Brandon, Southwest Branch, MGS, Meeting, 7:30pm June 15, 2009: Winnipeg, Southeast & Winnipeg Branch, MGS, Workshop
ONTARIO June 2, 2009: London, London & Middlesex County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm June 3-5, 2009: Toronto, Archives Association of Ontario, Annual Conference June 7, 2009: London, London & Western Ontario Branch, UELAC, Loyalist Day, 10:30am June 8, 2009: Windsor, Essex County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm June 9, 2009: Sarnia, Lambton County Branch, OGS, Meeting June 10, 2009: Richmond Hill, York Region Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:15pm June 12, 2009: Chatham, Kent County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm June 13, 2009: Ottawa, British Isles Family History Society of Ottawa, Meeting, 10am June 19, 2009: Adolphustown, Kingston Branch, UELAC, Annual Loyalist Memorial Service June 19, 2009: Toronto, Loyalist Day, Queen's Park, 11am June 20, 2009: Trenton, Quinte Branch, OGS, Meeting, 1pm June 22, 2009: North York, Toronto Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm June 24, 2009: Toronto, Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Toronto, Annual General Meeting June 25, 2009: Guelph, Wellington County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
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