Sunday, March 22, 2009

Acadian GenWeb

Visitors to the Acadian Genweb site have access to:
  • 30 Acadian Census Records 1671 thru 1891
  • mtDNA Origins of the Acadian pioneer women
  • mtDNA Haplogroups
  • Mothers of Acadia mtDNA Project
  • Acadian Place Names Past & Present
  • Prince Edward Island Place Names with special map
  • Grand-Pré Cemetery and List of Burials
  • Acadian Cemeteries in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (60,000 photos of tombstones, includes an index.)
  • http://acadian-genweb.acadian-home.org/frames.html

    Lucie LeBlanc Consentino

    Wednesday, March 18, 2009

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - Nova Scotia

    Transcript added for Balfron Cemetery, Colchester County.

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - Prince Edward Island

    Photos and partial transcript have been added for St. Joseph's Cemetery, Kelly's Cross, PEI.

    Friday, March 13, 2009

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - Ontario

    http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/ON

    County Updates: Sherri’s Report


    District Updates: Maggie’s Report

      Algoma District
      Ontario Gravemarker Gallery photos are online for

      • Plummer Cemetery
      • Cloudslee Cemetery
      • Stickney Cemetery

      Parry Sound District
      Thanks to Jim Abohbot for offering lookups/photos for Christie Cemetery

      Cemeteries added this month (Parry Sound)

      • Britt Community Cemetery
      • Chetwynd Cemetery
      • Commanda Cemetery
      • Eagle Lake Cemetery
      • Fairholme Cemetery
      • Lockerne/Loch Erne Cemetery
      • Lutheran (Lount twp) Cemetery
      • Mahon Family Plot
      • Reynold's Family Burial Ground
      • Rye Cemetery
      • Scarr Family Plot
      • South River Cemetery
      • St Patrick's Church Cemetery
      • St Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery
      • Wattenwyle Cemetery
      • Whitestone

      Ontario Gravemarker Gallery Photos are now online for

      • St Stephen's Anglican Church Cemetery

      Transcript links are currently available for several cemeteries

      ----- > Visit more Parry Sound District Cemeteries

      Rainy River District
      Ontario Gravemarker Gallery photos are online for

      • Bergland Cemetery
      • Blue Cemetery
      • Immaculate Conception Cemetery
      • Little Falls Cemetery
      • McInnis Creek Cemetery
      • Morson Cemetery
      • Pattullo Cemetery
      • Pinewood Cemetery

      Thunder Bay District
      Ontario Gravemarker Gallery photos are online for

      • Kivikoski Cemetery
      • Leeper Cemetery
      • Moosehill/Trinity Lutheran Cemetery
      • Nolalu Cemetery
      • Salem Cemetery
      • Silver Islet Cemetery
      • St Benedict Cemetery

      ----- > Visit more Thunder Bay Cemeteries

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - British Columbia & Saskatchewan

    Cemetery photos added to CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project:


    British Columbia
    Rolla Community Cemetery, Peace River


    Saskatchewan
    Humboldt Cemetery, RM of Humboldt

    Wednesday, March 11, 2009

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - Nova Scotia

    Photos and partial transcripts have now been updated for Mount Olivet Cemetery, Halifax and Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sackville.

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - Prince Edward Island

    Photos and partial transcript added for St. Anne's Cemetery, Emyvale.

    Tuesday, March 10, 2009

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - Prince Edward Island

    Photos and Partial Transcript have been posted for St. James Cemetery, Summerfield.

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project - New Brunswick

    Photos and partial transcripts have been posted for Kings County:

    Southfield Cemetery
    Trinity Anglican Cemetery , Sussex Corner
    Pioneer Cemetery, Penobsquis
    Bayview Cemetery
    Cardwell Baptist Cemetery
    Newtown Baptist Cemetery

    Westmorland County:

    Steeves' Mountain Cemetery
    Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton
    Boundary Creek Cemetery

    Saturday, March 07, 2009

    OntarioGenWeb March Updates

    Updates to OntarioGenWeb sites:

    Census Project
    18 census transcripts (over 35,000 people) added. This brings our total to over 840 transcripts and 1.3 million people.

    Dufferin County GenWeb
    Added 1913 to the death indexes

    Lanark County GenWeb
    February was a slow month with 1573 hits.

  • Old Buildings - the Middleville store and the Toll House in Lanark Village.

    Nipissing District GenWeb
  • New queries added

    Russell County GenWeb
    Since the last report, the site had 173 visitors [31028]. Seven new queries were posted [956]. I also answered three queries by email. In the calendar month of February 2009, the site hosted 260 views.
  • Sunday, March 01, 2009

    Canadian Genealogy Events in March

    Visit the CanadaGenWeb Calendar for more information about these events!
    Event to add? Add it to our CanadaGenWeb Calendar

    ALBERTA
  • Mar 2, 2009: Calgary, Alberta Family Histories Society, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 7, 2009: Edmonton, Edmonton Branch, AGS, Workshop, 10am-3pm
  • Mar 14, 2009: Drayton Valley, Drayton Valley Branch, AGS, Workshop, 9am
  • Mar 25, 2009: Red Deer, Red Deer Branch, AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 26, 2009: Edmonton, Edmonton Branch, AGS, Meeting, 7:30pm

    BRITISH COLUMBIA
  • Mar 2, 2009: Kelowna, Kelowna & District Genealogical Society, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 5, 2009: Campbell River, Campbell River Genealogy Society, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 5, 2009: Penticton, South Okanagan Genealogical Society, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 7, 2009: Surrey, Smolenyak Smolenyak Seminar, 8:30am-4:30pm
  • Mar 11, 2009: Burnaby, British Columbia Genealogical Society, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 17, 2009: Abbotsford, Abbotsford Genealogical Society, Meeting, 6:30pm

    MANITOBA
  • Mar 4, 2009: Brandon, Southwest Branch, MGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 16, 2009: Winnipeg, Southeast & Winnipeg Branch, MGS, Workshop
  • Mar 28, 2009: Winnipeg, Manitoba Genealogical Society, Workshop, 10am-4pm

    NEWFOUNDLAND
  • Mar 26, 2009: St John's, Newfoundland Historical Society, Meeting, 8pm

    NOVA SCOTIA
  • Mar 24, 2009: Halifax, Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 26, 2009: Halifax, Mainland South Heritage Society, Meeting, 7:30pm

    ONTARIO
  • Mar 3, 2009: Brantford, British Isles Study Group, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 3, 2009: London, London & Middlesex County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 4, 2009: Toronto, Governor Simcoe Branch, UELAC, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 5, 2009: Oshawa, Durham Region Branch, OGS, Workshop, 6:30pm
  • Mar 7, 2009: Barrie, Simcoe County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 2pm
  • Mar 8, 2009: Ottawa, Ottawa TMG Users Group, Meeting, 2pm
  • Mar 9, 2009: Windsor, Essex County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 9, 2009: Kitchener, Waterloo Branch, OGS, Meeting
  • Mar 10, 2009: Sarnia, Lambton County Branch, OGS, Meeting
  • Mar 10, 2009: London, London & Western Ontario Branch, UELAC, 7pm
  • Mar 11, 2009: London, PAF Users Group, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 11, 2009: Richmond Hill, York Region Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:15pm
  • Mar 12, 2009: Thorold, Niagara Peninsula Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 12, 2009: Woodstock, Oxford County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:15pm
  • Mar 13, 2009: Chatham, Kent County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 14, 2009: Napanee, Bay of Quinte Branch, UELAC, Meeting, 1pm
  • Mar 14, 2009: Kingsville, Bicentennial Branch, UELAC, Meeting
  • Mar 14, 2009: Ottawa, British Isles Family History Society of Ottawa, Meeting, 10am
  • Mar 15, 2009: Hamilton, Hamilton Branch, OGS, Meeting, 2pm
  • Mar 16, 2009: Sudbury, Sudbury District Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • Mar 17, 2009: Peterborough, Kawartha Branch, OGS, Meeting, 2:30pm
  • Mar 17, 2009: Delhi, Norfolk County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 17, 2009: Ottawa, Ottawa Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 18, 2009: Toronto, Toronto Branch, UELAC, Meeting, 8pm
  • Mar 19, 2009: Brantford, Family History Group, Meeting, 10am
  • Mar 19, 2009: Ottawa, Genealogy Computer Special Interest Group, Meeting
  • Mar 21, 2009: Ottawa, British Isles Family History Society of Ottawa, Beginner's Genealogy Course, 9am-12pm
  • Mar 21, 2009: Kingston, Kingston Branch, OGS, Meeting, 10am
  • Mar 21, 2009: Trenton, Quinte Branch, OGS, Meeting, 1pm
  • Mar 22, 2009: Owen Sound, Bruce & Grey Branch, OGS, Meeting, 1:30pm
  • Mar 22, 2009: Brampton, Halton-Peel Branch, OGS, Meeting, 2pm
  • Mar 23, 2009: St Thomas, Elgin County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 23, 2009: North York, Toronto Branch, OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • Mar 24, 2009: Toronto, Toronto Branch, OGS, Computer Programs for Genealogy, 6:30-9:30pm
  • Mar 25, 2009: Toronto, Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Toronto, Meeting
  • Mar 27-29, 2009: Ottawa, Gene-O-Rama, Conference
  • Mar 28, 2009: Oshawa, Durham Region Branch, OGS, Workshop, 2pm
  • Mar 28, 2009: Kingston, Kingston Branch, UELAC
  • Mar 28, 2009: Stratford, Perth County Branch, OGS, Meeting, 9:30am
  • Mar 31, 2009: Toronto, Toronto Branch, OGS, Computer Programs for Genealogy, 6:30-9:30pm

    QUEBEC
  • Mar 7, 2009: Pointe Claire, Quebec Family History Society, Seminar, 10am
  • Mar 14, 2009: Lachine, Quebec Family History Society, Lecture, 10:30am

    SASKATCHEWAN
  • Mar 7, 2009: Saskatoon, Saskatoon Branch, SGS, Meeting, 7:15pm
  • Mar 14, 2009: Regina, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, Workshop, 10am
  • Mar 21, 2009: Regina, Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, Workshop, 10am
  • Mar 24, 2009: Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw Branch, SGS, Meeting, 7pm
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