Wednesday, June 30, 2010

2011 Canadian Census will be voluntary & kept private

In a move that has genealogists gasping in horror the Canadian government has decided the 2011 census will be voluntary (instead of the usual mandatory) and will be kept private instead of being released after 100 years.

To protest this decision or make your views known to the government please write to your Member of Parliament!

  •   Federal Government Destroys Value of Future Census, Gordon Watts Reports, 30 June 2010

  •   Census changes under fire, Vancouver Sun, 30 Jun 2010

  •   Tories scrap mandatory long census, CBC News, 29 Jun 2010

  •   Genealogists slam new restrictions on Canadian census information, Vancouver Sun, 29 Jun 2010

  •   Are Canada's Future Historical Censuses In Jeopardy?, CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt', 29 Jun 2010

  •   Canadian Census Long Form to become Voluntary, Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, 29 Jun 2010
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    Wednesday, June 23, 2010

    Free access to Drouin Collection Jun 24-26 and New Canadian Databases at Ancestry

    Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter announced that Ancestry.ca will be offering three days of free access to the Drouin Collection starting June 24.

    Ancestry has also made some additions to their Canadian Records:

  • Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906 has been completed.
  • Nova Scotia Birth Marriage and Death Indexes, 1763-1957
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    Thursday, June 17, 2010

    OntarioGenWeb Updates

    OntarioGenWeb
    The following pages have been updated:
  •  Books
  •  Q&A*
  •  Links
  •  Timelines within Research By Year

    *Be sure to check out our improved Q&A section! Visitors now have the ability to answer questions or add to existing answers. Can you help answer some of the unanswered questions??

    Glengarry County
    New links added
  •  Added genealogies of: The Banker Macdonells, The Bethune's, The Dr. Blacklock Family, The Cashions, Alex Chisholm of Kerrow, The Curry Family of Curry Hill, The Dingwall family, The Drummond Family, The Fraser of Fraser's Point, The Gunn Family, John Roy Grant, Kennedy Family, MacLeod of Kirkhill, McLaren of Williamstown, McMartin Family, Murdoch McPherson Family
  •  Added picture pages: St. Raphael's Church Ruins & Cemetery (Pictures), St. Catherine of Sienna, Greenfield (Pictures), Selection of Military and group pictures, John MacKinnon the Weaver written by Hughina MacKinnon, 1979

    Lanark County
    Lanark County is rolling along, getting busyer and busyer, approx 1526 hits.
    Up-dates; Queries: surnames of Dorning, Pack\Peck and Downing.

    Russell County
    Since the last report, the web site had 142 visitors [33970]. During the calendar month of May, this GenWeb site was viewed 202 times. Twelve new queries were posted [1040].
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    Tuesday, June 01, 2010

    Canadian Genealogy Events in June 2010

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

    ALBERTA
  • June 2, 2010: Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 3, 2010: Edmonton, Edmonton AGS SIG: England/Wales, Meeting
  • June 7, 2010: Calgary, Alberta Family Histories Society, Meeting, 7-9pm
  • June 8, 2010: Edmonton, Edmonton AGS SIG: Ireland, Meeting
  • June 9, 2010: Fort McMurray, Fort McMurray AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 10, 2010: Brooks, Brooks & District AGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 10, 2010: Camrose, Camrose AGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 15, 2010: Grande Prairie, Grande Prairie & District AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 15, 2010: Wetaskiwin, Wetaskiwin AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 16, 2010: Edmonton, Edmonton AGS SIG: Canadian, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 16, 2010: Drayton Valley, Drayton Valley AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 17, 2010: Lethbridge, Lethbridge & District AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 17, 2010: Peace River, Peace River AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 23, 2010: Red Deer, Red Deer AGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 24, 2010: Edmonton, Edmonton Branch AGS, Meeting, 7:30-10pm

    BRITISH COLUMBIA
  • June 3, 2010: Campbell River, Campbell River Genealogy Society, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 3, 2010: Penticton, South Okanagan Genealogical Society, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 3-6, 2010: Vernon, UELAC 2010: Beyond The Mountains
  • June 9, 2010: Burnaby, BC Genealogical Society, Meeting, 7:30pm

    MANITOBA
  • June 8, 2010: Winnipeg, Southeast & Winnipeg Branch MGS, 7:30pm
  • June 14, 2010: Winnipeg, Manitoba Genealogical Society, Meeting, 7:30pm

    ONTARIO
  • June 1, 2010: London, London & Middlesex Branch OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 2, 2010: Goderich, Huron OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 5, 2010: Barrie, Simcoe OGS, Meeting, 2-4pm
  • June 5, 2010: Toronto, Toronto OGS Workshop, 10am-3:30pm
  • June 7, 2010: Toronto, Governor Simcoe UELAC, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 8, 2010: Sarnia, Lambton OGS, Meeting
  • June 8, 2010: Woodstock, Oxford OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 8, 2010: Windsor, Essex OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 8-22, 2010: Toronto, Toronto OGS Workshop, 6-8:30pm
  • June 10, 2010: Oshawa, Durham Region OGS Workshop, 1-3:30pm
  • June 13, 2010: Ottawa, Ottawa TMG Users Group, Meeting, 2-4pm
  • June 15, 2010: Ottawa, Ottawa OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 15, 2010: Delhi, Norfolk OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 19, 2010: Ottawa, (BIFHSGO) British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa, 10am
  • June 21, 2010: Sudbury, Sudbury OGS, Meeting, 7pm
  • June 22, 2010: Owen Sound, Bruce-Grey OGS, Meeting, 7:30pm
  • June 23, 2010: Toronto, Jewish Genealogical Society of Canada, Meeting, 8pm
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