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 Some of these articles are a bit outdated but the information they offer is still well worth the read.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

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