Showing posts with label Newspapers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Newspapers. Show all posts

Thursday, April 21, 2011

New Online Resources


  • Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
  • For King and Country, an OGS project to transcribe war memorials in Toronto schools
  • The Halton Digital Newspaper Archive, Halton-Peel, Ontario [Libraries launch Digital Newspaper Archive]
  • Anglo-Celtic Connections offers blog posts about, and links to, Nova Scotia newspaper archives online and Alberta Homestead Records 1870-1930

  • Library & Archives Canada has launched a Digitization Project-by the Public where visitors to LAC can photograph LAC documents for inclusion in an online searchable database.
    Also new at LAC:


    New at FamilySearch:
    • Canada Census Mortality Schedules, 1871
    • Canada, Bas-Canada—Recensement de 1842
    • Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938
    • Canada, New Brunswick—Deaths, 1815–1938 [Part B]
    • Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937, and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
    • Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927
    • Canada, Ontario—Deaths, 1933–1937
    • Canada, Ontario—Marriages, 1869–1927 [Part A]
    • Canada, Ontario—Marriages, 1869–1927 [Part B]
    • Canada, Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900
    • Canada—Passenger Lists, 1881–1922
    Genealogy Blog offers a great list of Canadian Vital Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch.org



    New at Ancestry:
    Not have an Ancestry subscription? Family History Centres and some Canadian libraries offer free access to some Ancestry databases. The Ancestry Insider blog offers a great article about this.

    Saturday, November 28, 2009

    Have you come across some genealogy news beneficial to those tracing their Canadian roots? If so, please send it in!

    It's been awhile since we've offered a round-up of genealogical news that could affect Canadian research. Some of these articles are a bit outdated but the information they offer is still well worth the read.

  • U.S. Bares ‘Alien Files’ Kept on Immigrants
  • Newspaper Index for Barrie Ontario Canada online
  • Ontario, Canada Marriage Registers by Clergy, 1896-1948
  • Ancestry.com in Arbitration over the Drouin Collection
  • Ancestry in arbitration over the Drouin Collection
  • A Virtual Schoolhouse
  • Whence the Drouin Collection?
  • Is there Genealogical Life without Drouin?
  • Historical Toronto: Berkeley Castle and Lost Buildings
  • Message from the Librarian and Archivist of Canada: Modernization
  • Wolfe descendant defends controversial Quebec event
  • Portrait Gallery of Canada Program Continues to be Accessible to Canadians
  • 250 years ago today
  • Historic Windsor church denied funds for repairs
  • The Vancouver Exhibition, 1927 - Carnival of Genealogy
  • Canada: A Literary Tour
  • What's New? Improving Services at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
  • Ancestry.com and the Drouin Genealogical Institute Reach Agreement
  • Ukrainian Pioneer Monument - Winnipeg Manitoba Canada - 1891-1943
  • 2009 - Year of the Home Child
  • Frasers Part 8: Infiltrating the Cadastral System
  • OGS student essay competitions
  • French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (1808-1919)
  • Finding Sources For IGI Records
  • Thieves Take Hundreds of Cemetery Bronze Nameplates and Vases
  • Barnardo's Family History Service
  • FamilySearch.org Canadian Projects - Update
  • Searching Immigration Museums
  • Graves Found at Former Poor House Site in Simcoe, Ontario
  • Great Canadian women
  • Ancestry.ca Reveals the Most Interesting Baby Names in Canadian History
  • Do you need research at Library and Archives Canada?
  • Frasers Part 9: Quebec Land Records
  • Frank Binette of Laconia Named Genealogiste Emerite (Genealogist Emeritus) by the Federation Quebecoise Des Societes De Genealogie
  • Disease and Distress in Toronto
  • Share Documents You Find at Ancestry With Your Relatives - Instantly
  • New Project to Digitize Ship's Logbooks
  • The Great Miramichi Fire
  • Long Point Settlers
  • A Change in the Weather - 1899-1900 in Manitoba, Canada -Blog Action Day 2009
  • FamilySearch Indexing Update: New U.S., Canada, and Argentina Projects
  • Toronto Cemetery Records, 1826-1935
  • Records of 82 Years Of Canadian Immigration To The UK Now Online
  • Groundbreaking for new Ottawa City Archives building
  • Northeastern Ontario Family Histories
  • Library and Archives Canada Audiovisual Migration Strategy
  • Using Land Petitions to Learn about an Ancestor
  • Thematic Guide to Sources Relating to the Grosse Île Quarantine Station, in Lower Canada, the Province of Canada and Canada, 1832 - 1937
  • Canada at War: A Guide to Library and Archives Canada's Websites Recalling the Canadian War Experience
  • Headstones toppled in Winnipeg cemetery
  • Royals tour historic N.L. sites
  • The Victoria (B.C.) Genealogical Society Loses Their $17,000 Annual Grant
  • Heroes Remembered
  • CanadianLetters.ca
  • New Remembrance Days video magazine
  • Historical Canada Gazette searchable online
  • Modernization @ LAC
  • Canadian Naturalization Database
  • Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2010
  • Photos of East Elgin World War I veterans needed
  • Belgian Red Star Line Museum looking for emigrant photographs, memorabilia & stories
  • Canada's Home Children - Still Waiting for Recognition
  • Canada doesn't plan child migrant apology
  • Saskatchewan Provincial Government Wants to Preserve Forgotten Cemeteries
  • NB and NS archives database additions
  • TV movie on Sir Sam Steele in development
  • FamilySearch Indexing Update: Indexing Projects for 25 Countries
  • With the first Canadian contingent (1915)
  • Progress on the new Ottawa City Archives
  • Tales From Beyond the Grave in Montreal
  • Naturalization Records, the often overlooked way to find a Ships Passenger List
  • TNA podcast: The Metropolitan Police
  • Treasured Ontario Rural Histories to be Formatted for Online Access
  • Individual manifests (Form 30A) added to Ancestry database of Canadian immigration
  • LAC retreats on databases
  • Canadian Genealogy Centre Web Site Updated
  • Ontario Rural Histories to be Placed Online
  • Online Access to Tweedsmuir Histories
  • Get your family history fix [Ancestors In The Attic returns!]
  • Ancestry.ca Completes Canadian Passenger Lists with New Collection: Ocean Arrivals, 1919-1924
  • A handy reference on the British Army pre-1901
  • Microform Digitization
  • New Digitized Content Online: British Admiralty Charts of Canadian Waters
  • LAC Shares Images of First World War on Flickr

    Credits for these articles go to:

  • Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  • Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
  • Library & Archives Canada
  • The Ancestry Insider
  • Brenda Dougall Merriman
  • Anglo-Celtic Connections
  • CBC News
  • Canada Genealogy
  • Genealogy Canada
  • Ancestry Magazine
  • GenealogyBlog
  • GenealogyToday
  • Cnews
  • Elgin County Ontario Genealogy
  • Global Gazette

  • Saturday, May 23, 2009

    In the blogosphere...

    Instead of repeating what's so eloquently posted elsewhere, here's a rundown of Canadian-related articles available from other genealogy blogs:

    From the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog:

  • Nova Scotia Black Loyalists Searchable Database online

    From Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:
  • CARTaGENE Seeks 20,000 People in Quebec
  • Video Interview: Sylvie Tremblay of Library and Archives Canada
  • FamilySearch Indexing Update - 5 May 2009 The 1916 Census of Saskatchewan, Alberta & Manitoba is now available at LDS FHC's!
  • ANCESTRY.CA Releases Border Crossings From U.S. to Canada From 1908-1935
  • World Vital Records Adds Paper of Record Paper of Record included several Canadian newspapers from the 1800s!

    From Anglo-Celtic Connections:
  • LAC Service Improvement

    If you've come across a blog post that would be of interest to genealogists tracing Canadian roots, please let us know!

  • Friday, October 31, 2008

    Google Now Offers Newspaper Archives

    Courtesy of Brian Hurdle

    Now in beta form at Google you can search Newspaper archives