tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132250092011-11-04T15:50:11.299-04:00This blog is a collaborative space for Librarians who assist family historians with their Canadian genealogical research. <blockquote> “When it comes to our ancestors, very often all we have left of them is their name, when that’s all we have, we must cling to it tightly, so we might not forget them.” Carol Goddard, UELAC </blockquote>Canadian Lib Genie (aka Elise)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17071895233233259747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225009.post-60437436256223323532010-10-31T16:31:00.008-04:002010-10-31T18:22:18.211-04:00

Today marks the celebration of Halloween or All Hallows' Eve. We're hoping to have a few trick or treaters come along tonight, otherwise we'll be taking a lot of candy into work tomorrow to prevent us both from eating the leftovers!In the meanwhile, I'm doing a genealogical happy dance today. Courtesy of the huge indexing project that FamilySearch has been undertaking for some time now, I

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Ancestor Roots Information has a great collection of links for all countries, but I just wanted to highlight those for Canada. From Vital Statistics by province/territory, to First Nations resources from Simon Fraser University through to the Canadian Families Project at the University of Victoria, there are a wealth of resources waiting for more in-depth study.

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So, every so often, I head off to a site like Link Popularity to see who is linking up to my blog. It's not easy keeping track of such things! I sometimes find out about big sites via other means, like Cyndi's List or Toronto Public Library's Virtual Reference Library. I'm just as happy when I see other sites link to mine, like Granny's Genealogy. It's an honour to be considered a resource

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Any black sheep in the family? Well, if you do, you'll want to check the information about Criminal Records available at the Canadian Genealogy Centre of Library and Archives Canada. These matters, including jail time, can be municipal/provincial depending on the crime. What's available, in what formats, and where are all discussed in detail, including what restrictions may exist depending on

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It's late in the month, and I obviously need to catch up on my sleep. So, these are gonna be short, but helpful, I hope!1. Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project is an effort to transcribe and/or photograph/index the 3300 cemeteries and burial sites in the province. As of October 2, they've reached 848. 2. Dick Eastman writes about an illness unique to French Canadians, Mednik syndrome. You can

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I thought I'd theme today's post in honour of the municipal elections coming to an end in Ontario tonight. May your elected officials be ones with whom you can live for the next few years! And, if you can't, may moving be painless! ;-DA fabulous resource for the genealogist when they're available are voters lists. Federal lists are available through the Canadian Genealogy Centre starting in

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Yes, I've been shirking my blogging duties this weekend. So, I owe you three, and here they are!1. Research more than once:Family History researchers can tell you how research has changed over the years. From having to visit repositories in-person or sending a letter to make a request to digital collections easily searchable over the web, it's always worth repeating your research once every

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In the process of posting to my own blog every day, I've also been trying to catch up with all the blogs and newsletters to which I subscribe. One interesting entry I came across was Dick Eastman's newletter entry about his recent presentations at the Alberta Family Histories Society Family Roots Seminar. He gave several talks, about which you can read more about here. What I didn't know about

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The Canadian genealogy series, Ancestors in the Attic, can viewed online by clicking here and then selecting Ancestors from the list. There are only a few episodes available from season 1, but the majority of the episodes from seasons 2-4 are available to view. A lot less commercials make for some interesting learning!

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Wikis are a great way to for a lot of people to share information with a lot of people. If you're able to watch videos online , then Common Craft has a great one called Wikis in Plain English. Think Wikipedia as the biggest example of this type of website.Well, the great folks at FamilySearch have put this type of resource to good use and offer a Research Wiki, described as "Free family

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Have you visited beta.familysearch.org lately? If not, you have 33 Canadian databases spread from sea to shining sea that just might reveal something about your family tree.The Passionate Genealogist recently gave me a gift of one of her duplicate magazines so I could brush up on some personal family history research I've been neglecting recently. The one article that really stuck with me was

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I recently received notification from Library and Archives Canada that they've released a new version of the Canadian Naturalization Database, 1915-1951. What's new? Digitized images of the appearance of these names in the Canada Gazette. So, if you have family who came to Canada between 1915 and 1951 who aren't British citizens, time to do a search either by name (1915-1932) or by date (1932-

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Veterans of Southwestern Ontario describes itself as "An Historical and genealogical look at the men and women who served Canada from 1830 to 1952." It has been in operation for about a year now and highlights names and residences of a variety of service personnel including Nursing Sisters. In fact, author William Bruce Hillman provides a link to the Nursing Sisters' Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario

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Oops. I was wondering how long it would take before I missed posting! So, to make up for it, here are two resources for today:1. Lest We Forget Project: Cenotaph Research is 100 World War I and 100 World War II military service records digitized and available at Library and Archives Canada. The site explains it as follows:The military service documents found on the following page were selected

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The Family History Library has long offered courses to those interested in pursuing their family history. However, for those of us not local to Salt Lake City, Utah, participating has been, well, a bit difficult.They now offer their courses online in the following areas: * England Beginning Research * Germany Research * Ireland Research * Italy Research * New Zealand Research *

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Rick Roberts of Global Genealogy answers this practical question and many more in his article, What to do with my genealogy collection when I am gone? At the same time, he has also invited tips from his readers, so there's a vast number of suggestions no matter the situation in which you find yourself when it comes to deciding to do with your cherished research.

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There's a new blog featured on my blogroll to the left: The Passionate Genealogist by Blair Archival Research. In the spirit of full disclosure, the Passionate one is a good friend of mine, but I'll leave it to her to introduce herself and her services to you.What I enjoy about her blog is that she doesn't confine herself to just genealogy. She shares stories, promotes libraries and their

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Not many people are aware of the rich Jewish history found in some of the smaller communities in Ontario. For example, in my hometown of Cornwall, some of our most successful businesses were built by generations of families in the same traditions as those learned in Eastern Europe.11 communities are included in the exhibit:Belleville Cornwall

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Well, maybe not wild, but Cyndi Howell has certainly been promoting her Canadian content on her site, Cyndi's List. Most recently mentioned was her set of links for family historians doing research on family from British Columbia, Canada. There are similar link groups for each province, the territories, and Canada in general.

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Legacy Family Tree is one of many software packages available to the family historian. Because I use it (and I gave it as a gift to my husband when he started documenting his own family tree research) I've subscribed to their newsletter, Legacy News - Tips & Tricks where I've learned that Legacy now offers free webinars. If you can't attend when they happen, they are archived and you can

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I've discovered that the Canadian Encyclopedia is now 25 years old! Interestingly enough, this discovery came about because of SLAW, a legal blog I follow because they quite often deal with Canadian copyright law. To learn more, please visit Shaunna Mireau's original blog post by clicking here.

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The Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society and the Canadiana Department of the North York Central Library are offering a unique day of workshops on the topic of researching our female ancestors. With everything from military service to the fur trade, DNA research and Female domestics, there's sure to be a session or two that's helpful to you! The event begins at 9:45 a.m. on Saturday

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To celebrate, I've promised myself that I'll post at least once a day over the next month. Here's today's installment:Immigrants to Canada Before 1865 is available as a searchable database from Library and Archives Canada. In other words, earlier passenger lists are becoming more readily available.Enjoy!

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Please disregard the post about Ancestry.ca offering free access to their Drouin collection in honour of June 24th. I still wish everyone a very Happy Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day or La Fête nationale and hope you all have a chance to laissez les bon temps roulez!Click here to read Ancestry.ca's press releases, both current and historical. My sincere apologies for any confusion!

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I know what you're thinking: FindMyPast isn't Canadian content! Why are you posting this special offer on your blog?I firmly believe that unless you're a member of the First Nations, your ancestors had to come to Canada from somewhere. One of those "wheres" could possibly be England, and FindMyPast has a lot to offer you as a researcher.So, if you're not a big fan of soccer (football) or you're

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I came across an episode of Chef Michael Smith's show, Chef at Large, about an Acadian Reunion. One of the people featured in the episode was having a hard time finding his connection to his Acadian roots but Smith commented towards the end that he must be from the family he was researching, because he cleaned his plate of all of the delicacies prepared for the reunion. It reminded me that we

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Sadly, the genealogy world has lost another member: Donald Whyte, founding member of The Scottish Genealogy Society and author of a fundamental Scottish-Canadian resource: A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation (4 vols) died at the age of 84 on April 23, 2010. To read his obituary, please click here. My sincere condolences to his family and friends.

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There are three websites that are helpful when researching Canadian graves/headstones that I've learned about and have had good things said about them: Canadian Headstones Photo Project, the Canadian Gravemarker Gallery, and CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project. You definitely need to explore each of them to see which one might be most useful to you. I'm also certain that if you have headstone

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Mother's Day is coming up, and a recent email from Geni gave me the idea for this post. Are you looking for an idea for a gift for a family member, perhaps a soon-to-be Mom, a bride/groom, or an significant anniversary or birthday? Give them a copy of the family tree! There are all sorts of charts out there for free or fee. You can buy a poster through Geni, or you can print and fill out an

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While Marlene will charge you a fee to extract information from the records she has indexed for Quebec and the Eastern Townships, she has made quite a lot of information available for free. More importantly, it's her tips and ideas that can lead you to the information that you need, particularly if this is an area in your family tree that you're having difficulties "climbing" because it's

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I've been invited to speak at the Simcoe County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. I'm very excited to be taking my Genealogy 2.0 presentation on the road once again! Hope to see you there!

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Here is a handy tip for people researching Canadian Great War soldiers who were killed in action: request their Circumstances of Death File. The first step for most people researching a soldier is usually to request the service file from Library and Archives Canada (LAC.) It is somewhat less known that LAC also maintains the Circumstances of Death Files for soldiers killed in action. These

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Yes, that's right, Professional Genealogist and author Brenda Dougall Merriman has a blog! 've missed out on Brenda's blog for, oh, only about three years by the looks of it. But thanks to the whole concept of six-degrees-of-separation, I'm finally in the know!The main reason of the blog is to share her ongoing research of her own family tree, and not all of it is strictly Canadian. Many of

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Entitled, "Twenty Ten: Essentials, Innovations & Delights" this year's conference is back in Toronto, hosted by the Toronto Branch OGS. Of particular interest to librarian's helping genealogists in our Public Libraries is the one day Libraries and Genealogy: An Ontario Library Association Workshop. Check out the link for a great day of speakers and topics!

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I'm honoured and very excited that my blog has been named one of seven best Canadian Genealogy Blogs by Internet Genealogy Magazine. In her list in the Feb/Mar 2010 issue of the magazine Janice Nickerson, Upper Canada Genealogy writes:This is a great place to catch up on your Canadian genealogy news. Elise Cole, the author of this very descriptively named blog, is both a librarian and a

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Columnist Kelly Egan of the Ottawa Citizen puts it best in his article online today that:For all the due concern about Google inhaling the world’s storehouse of printed words, it has done something wonderful. ... Quietly, it has digitized and made available online most of the archives of the [Ottawa] Citizen, putting about 2.5 million articles at your fingertips, the earliest from 1890.That's

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Well, it seems that the venerable The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine will be changing its name effective with its April/May 2010 issue. Its creators never realized that the, ummm, slang connotation associated with its title would wreak havoc with those dealing with spam filters and filtering software. So it will become Canada's History instead. To learn more about the name change, please

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M. Diane Rogers is the blogger responsible for the blog, CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt' Her recent posting on Home Children is a wealth of information and is a great resource to turn to if, like her, you're related to a Home Child. Her post from Monday, November 16th is titled, Canada's Home Children - Still Waiting for Recognition and can be accessed by clicking here. As for the books

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The 1891 Census of Canada has now been digitized and is available online at Library and Archives Canada. What's even better, the images of the Census are included! Click here to search, and Happy Hunting!

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Taken directly from the Library and Archives website:French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (1808-1919) presents selected French-language newspapers from across Canada, in a digitized, fully-searchable format. These newspapers form the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) collection of first, final and special editions of French-Canadian newspapers.To learn more about this

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The Fédération des familles souches du Québec or FFSQ is a "non-profit organization dedicated to giving a unified voice to Québec’s family associations. It defends their collective interests before private and public authorities" amongst other goals. They offer a newsletter, library, and links to all their member family associations, like the Association des Gauthier d'Amérique Inc. which is how

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I'm back from a bit of a self-imposed sabbatical, and I have some new resources to share with you! I'll put them out one at a time just so that something that might be important to you doesn't gets buried!Ontario Mennonite, Amish and Brethren in Christ family history now has a home online at the Ezra Eby Revived! site. As the site explains,In 1895-1896, Ezra E. Eby [1850-1901] published a 2

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I'll be on the road again this weekend, but I won't have to far to travel. I'll be speaking to the Halton-Peel Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society at their monthly meeting. This month, they're meeting in Brampton at the Four Corners Branch of the Brampton Public Library. The topic will be Genealogy 2.0 and what it holds that benefits family history researchers. Visitors are always

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Though it's still a pilot, Record Search at FamilySearch.org is an amazing resource. If you know that you're looking geographically, you can narrow by area by clicking on the map. Or, if you want to work very broadly, just use the search boxes at the top of the page. The majority of the information is index entries only, but there is a number of resources where an index doesn't yet exist, but

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I'll be giving a talk later this evening to the members of the Computer Club at the Sir John Colborne Seniors Centre. They're a lovely group, and I'm very much looking forward to speaking to them about doing research online and how to share that information with others, particularly those in their families who may be at a bit of a distance. I'll be wandering over to the Halton-Peel Branch of

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"There's none more Scots than the Scots abroad/There's a place in our hearts for the old sod" is a familiar phrase for fans of the Canadian band, Spirit of the West, and their song,"The Old Sod." What does this lyric have to do with genealogy? Scots are being called home for the largest Gathering of the Clans the world has ever seen during the biggest Highland Games ever organized in Scotland

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It's been too long, once again, so here are a few resources that I've been collecting over the past couple of months. Enjoy!March Genealogy Programs at the Halifax Public LibrariesThough Joanne at Halifax Public Libraries may have inadvertently sent this information to a mailing list for which it was not intended, it reminded me that many public libraries offer classes on a variety of

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Happy 2009, Everyone! May the New Year bring you many genealogical breakthroughs, good health, prosperity and much, much happiness!In the process of tidying up today, I came across a brochure I had picked up some time ago for the Ontario Heritage Connection. Their tag line is "Connecting to timely information on heritage issues across Ontario" and it's the work of the Ontario Heritage

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Popular TV Show, Ancestors in the Attic, To Air on Global TV.To read the entire article, please click here.

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Taken from Global Genealogy's Global Gazette:Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of an online database, Immigrants to Canada.The database contains Canadian immigration records held at LAC, many of which relate to immigrants from the British Isles arriving in Quebec and Ontario; also included are references to settlers in other provinces. Through this new database,

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Indexing is now 99% complete as of December 9, 2008. To read more, please visit FamilySearch.org's indexing program by clicking here.

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FamilySearch.org is indexing the 1916 Canadian Census and is seeking volunteers to assist as they would like to complete the indexing by December 3, 2008. Yes, that's tomorrow! According to their website, they're currently 43% done, so if you have 30 minutes to spare, please help! You will need to download software from the FamilySearch.org website, and all the instructions are there.Once the

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A friend of mine, professional genealogist Ruth Blair, sent me a link to an article from CBC about Library and Archives Canada's latest foray into Web 2.0 land. LAC has posted photos and documents related to Irish-Canadian history on the popular website Flickr as part of their Irish Studies Symposium. To read more about these items, please visit the article here. Next up: YouTube videos of

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Canada's National History Society has taken the information collected by Veterans Affairs Canada and made it available as a virtual vigil for those Canadians who lost their lives in WWI. Taken directly from the website http://1914-1918.ca/:At sunset November 4th through to sunrise November 11th, this site will present a vigil commemorating the 68,000 Canadians who lost their lives in WWI. The

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I've very much been looking forward to seeing Paul McGrath, an owner and operator of OntarioRoots.com later this week. This morning, I found out that he died of a heart attack on Friday while filming an episode of Ancestors in the Attic in Scotland for which he's the staff genealogist. The world has once again lost a true gentlemen. Rest in Peace, Paul. You will be missed!

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It seems like just yesterday that I was "wandering" around Southern Ontario, and now we've got Labour Day in our sights!I'll be on vacation for the next couple of weeks, then expect to see a flurry of updates to my blog! I've been missing out on a bunch of stuff, I know, so be prepared for a lot of information - mostly pointers to new or revised resources with less description than you might

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Leaving Ontario, Resources for Tracking Ontario Migrants is Fawne Stratford-Devai's latest book, available for sale at Global Genealogy in Campbellville, ON. In it, she offers leads for those who have hit the proverbial genealogical "brick wall" for ancestors who have left the province of Ontario. The bonus, according to Rick Roberts, writing for the Global Gazette, is her transcription of one of

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I wasn't aware of the numbers of war orphans in Canada from Poland by way of Siberia and Africa. Their journey is one chronicled in the book, Stolen Childhood: A Saga of Polish War Children by Lucjan Krolikowski. These 123 children arrived in Montreal in 1949, though thousands more remained in Africa. To learn more, please visit the Montreal Gazette article by clicking here.My thanks to my sister

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Some time ago, the Toronto Star ran a great article on the first Jewish cemeteries founded in the City of Toronto. What is more important is the project of these cemeteries by volunteers of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto to take digital photos of each and every tombstone in each of these cemeteries. To read the article, please click here.

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The Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists has teamed up with the Canadiana Department of the North York Central Library to offer this seminar with John Colletta on Saturday, September 27, 2008. The day promises to help you "learn how to turn your family research into readable stories." Registration is $20 for OCAPG members, $45 for non-members and space is limited, so

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This day-long summer workshop on Saturday, August 9 is presented by the Ontario Genealogical Society, Toronto Branch in conjunction with the Canadiana Department of North York Central Library (Toronto Public Library) and the Ontario Black History Society. There are seven speakers in addition to a lunchtime tour of the Canadiana Department and, my personal favourite, a question and answer

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I've previously blogged about IFLA's Genealogy and Local History Section's Satellite Conference here which, I understand, is still accepting registrations.  It was only recently, however, that I joined the mailing list and learned that the Section publishes an online newsletter.  The newest edition of e-newsletter is now available and may be accessed by clicking here to be taken to the pdf.

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I was reading through my personal email when I came across my subscription to RootsWeb Review. I haven't read it in a while. I started thinking that my spam mail filter must have grabbed it and tossed it before I got a chance to see it as it is an e-newsletter that is published regularly, but going to their website, I noticed that it did change to monthly publication from weekly, beginning in

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CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt' is a blog that is written to be about, "Canadian Genealogy & Women's History: Current Ideas, Information & Projects." It has some great things in it, including the announcement for the BC Genealogical Society's Annual Free Library Research Week, taking place July 21-26.Many thanks to the blog's owner, M. Diane Rogers, for adding this blog to her blogroll

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From my colleague, Joanne McCarthy, at Halifax Public Libraries: The Halifax Public Libraries (Nova Scotia, Canada) is pleased to announce the launching of the online Halifax County Books of Remembrance.  If you are searching for family members who died in World War 1, World War 2 or the Korean War, have a look at our online Books of Remembrance, a digital copy of the two handmade and hand

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From the Canadian Genealogy Centre's website:From 1840 to 1968, divorces in Canada were granted by private acts of the Parliament of Canada.Before 1867, only five divorce acts were passed and published either in the Statutes of the Province of Canada or in the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. The first divorce that occurred in Canada was between John Stuart and

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The Canadian Genealogy Centre still has Give Me 5 Generation charts available to libraries. To get your copies, visit the publication ordering site.

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Statistics Canada has made available the Canada Year Book from 1867 to 1967 as a searchable database online. It covers the economic and social history of Canada's formative century, and is an invaluble resource to demonstrate the context in which our ancestors lived.

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The Library and Archives of Canada in conjunction with the Department of History at University of British Columbia has made available an indexed database of over 900,000 who immigrated to Canada from China between 1885 and 1945. This collection of information is intended for genealogical purposes only. If you would like to learn more about Chinese immigration to Canada, please visit the

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Good grief - it was back in May 2005 that this blog was created, and I missed marking the occasion of it's third anniversary.This blog was created to bring to one spot Canadian resources that are useful to genealogy and local history librarians who assist family history researchers, particularly within in public libraries. My criteria isn't complicated: Canadian, preferably online resources, and

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While "wandering" back from Port Hope, I heard a radio ad for the Toronto Nautical Festival at Queens Quay Harbourfront, taking place from June 19-22. Don't know how I'm about to make the genealogy leap? Well, turns out that there will be genealogy booth at the Festival where assistance will be provided to help you discover your Nova Scotia roots. So, think Black Loyalist, Acadian, Maritime

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Genealogy and Local History for All: Services to Multicultural CommunitiesEarly registration will close in less than two weeks (June 20). Register now! The conference is for librarians and archivists and will take place in Ottawa, Ontario on August 6 and 7 at Library and Archives Canada. For full details, please see the conference website.The programme will feature presentations on a wide

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I'm having such a great time on my SOLS workshop tour of Southern Ontario. I'm very grateful to SOLS, the workshop participants and the host libraries. Two stops done - only three more to go, and there's still some room in all three remaining locations: Barrie, Paris, and Port Hope.My most recent stop was the Westmount Branch of the London Public Library, run by Alastair Neeley. He reminded

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This post title brought to you by William Shakespeare and his play, Romeo and Juliet.Quotations aside, one of the things I'm often asked about are the meaning of names or their origins, especially if a family historian is coming across older, less common names. It's important to turn to a reliable resource to research name meanings, or their "etymology." Once such resource is Behind the Name,

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Taken directly from the ancestorsonboard.com website: Passenger lists with over 24 million records from ships sailing to destinations worldwide. Findmypast.com, in association with The National Archives, is proud to present ancestorsonboard, a new database featuring BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1960 right

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Dick Eastman has a great entry for the new Canadian Genealogy Search Engine on his blog, Voici Ma Famille/That's My Family. It's a combination of free and fee databases, and the site is the creation of the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and is maintained by them, Library and Archives Canada and Council of Provincial and Territorial Archivists of Canada. To learn more, visit

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I recently received this bit of genealogical humour via one of my many mailing lists. I had to post it for everyone to enjoy, and I hope you do because it's SO utterly true!Enjoy!1852 NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONSTO SOLVE GENEALOGICAL MYSTERIES.It is New Year's Eve 1852 and Henry Hydenwel sits at his desk by candlelight. He dips his quill pen in ink and begins to writes his New Year's resolutions. 1. No

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Maybe not completely related to genealogy, but you never know what ancestor you might find IN one of these books!The Ontario Time Machine is a database of full-text books covering the period from the 1750s until World War I, and is a project of Toronto Public Library in conjunction with Hamilton and Kingston Frontenac Public Libraries and the Ontario Ministry of Culture. It's curriculum based,

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The Ontario Genealogical Society's annual conference happens this spring: May 30-June 1 at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. The theme is Wired Genealogy, and includes experts from Dick Eastman to Fawne Stratford-Devai to Geoffrey D. Rasmussen among the 46 speakers who will be discussing EVERYTHING related to genealogy, the internet, and computers/software. A very affordable learning

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The Canadian Genealogy Centre of Library and Archives Canada has changed quite a bit over the past year or so. What's really nice is the Ancestors Search on the very first page which searches all of their databases at once. It will pull information from the Soldiers of the First World War database, Court Martials of WWI, the 1871 Ontario census, Immigration and Citizenship resources like the

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If you happen to be in the Campbellville area, be sure to check out the Workshops available through Global Genealogy. They range from instruction on popular family history software, to research methods, to how to stay organized. Rick and Sandy are known for the expertise they provide both in their own courses as well as the other instructors whom they bring in. Not in the area and need to know

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That's right, and in honour of the occasion, Genealogical.com has published Companions of Champlain: Founding Families of Quebec, 1608-1635. From their website:Drawing on primary and reliable secondary sources, this work provides readers with a concise historical overview of the founding of Quebec and French-Canadian culture. It also supplies readers with the research tools necessary to link

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The Southern Ontario Library Service's Spring Workshops will include yours truly! I'm very excited to be presenting 1/2 day workshops in five locations in Southern Ontario on Genealogical Policy, How-Tos, Resources and Community Programming Partnerships. Registration opens on February 11th and the full brochure is available here.Here are the dates and locations for your quick reference:Friday,

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Here's some fun for everyone from a blog I've recently added to my blogroll.Top Ten Worst Ways to Begin a Family History

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CBC has brought the BBC hit, Who Do You Think You Are? to Canadian television, looking at the ancestry of 13 well known Canadian personalities ranging from Don Cherry to Margaret Trudeau. Not only are the commercials pretty well split between ancestry.ca and the Canadian Genealogy Centre of Library and Archives Canada, but the research is also varied, including DNA testing.The part of tonight's

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For those who have noticed my absence, thank you for your kind words and good thoughts. There's a LOT in the Canadian Genealogy realm that has gone by recently that I haven't blogged about, but here's one that I've just come across today that's good for general knowledge when working with family history patrons:Taken from: Genealogy Gems: News from the Fort Wayne Library, No. 44, October 30, 2007

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Okay - I admit it. I'm an exclamation point junkie. Alas, I'm unable to find a support group for this particular afflication, so unless I curb my enthusiasm, you may have to look beyond all those exclamation points! (oops, there I go again!...)Have a great day, Everyone! ;-D

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And, more importantly, it's free! Original images of births, marriages and deaths are now available online via a simple name search. Here's what's covered so far:Births 1864-1877Marriages 1864-1930Deaths 1864-1877 and 1908-1955Copies may be ordered for a fee, so click here to get started!

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I've just been notified that my presentation at OLA Superconference is now available on the conference website. Click here to head on over! Just a reminder that it was session #1913

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They like me, they REALLY like me! I used to think that being included in Cyndlislist was honour enough. This blog is now part of the Toronto Public Library's Virtual Reference Library, the Columbus Ohio Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Links, the Anglo-Celtic Connections Blog, Genealogy Blog Planet, , and is taught as part of UBC's programme on Library and Information Studies.

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I spotted a posting in Olive Tree's Genealogy Blog about the 1871 Ontario Census index (Heads of Households only) available through ArchiviaNet at Library and Archives Canada. It reminded me that there are many free resources such as these, and most can be found through the Canadian Genealogy Centre through Sources by Topic and then selecting Census. If you scroll down towards the bottom of the

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Taken directly from the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick:"The Database of Vital Statistics from New Brunswick Newspapers, based on over twenty-three years of work by Danny Johnson, is an extraordinary contribution to genealogical, biographical, demographic and historical research. The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick is honoured to present it on their web site as a tribute to Danny and a

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This forum is "Dedicated to the Study of the Canadian Expeditionary Force" and includes sections on the Units of the CEF, Battles and Engagements, Rolls of Honour, and many many more. The main page of the group is located here, and if you'd prefer to go directly to the forum for further discussion and to post your own questions, click here.

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Olive Tree Genealogy is a great website featuring FREE databases of information for those researching their American and Canadian family histories. To stay on top of what's new on the site, you'll want to subscribe to the feed for the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.

Canadian Lib Genie (aka Elise)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17071895233233259747noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13225009.post-56518692697421203332007-02-27T18:27:00.000-05:002007-02-27T18:40:23.434-05:00

Do you ever wonder what the various symbols mean when you visit a cemetery? This website includes the majority of cemetery symbols most commonly found. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed for the site as it's updated regularly. Cemeteries and Cemetery Symbols

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The Nanaimo Family History Society is in the process of indexing all the Passenger Lists for the ports of Quebec City and Montreal from 1900 to 1921 when this format was "discontinued for a time in favour of the form 30A." The group and its volunteers are doing a remarkable amount of work, and they are now able to accept volunteers from outside of Nanaimo. The full description of the project

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One of the resources I teach to beginning family historians is mailing lists. The place to peruse the vast number of genealogical mailing lists is through Cyndi's List. A couple of the new ones to look into areBRITISH-CANADIAN -- For the purpose of researching Britishdescendants in Canada. To subscribe send "subscribe" to british-canadian-l-request@rootsweb.comCAN-USA-MIGRATION -- created it for

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Taken directly from ancestorsonboard.com:Findmypast.com, in association with The National Archives, is proud to present ancestorsonboard, a new database featuring BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1960 right back to 1890. With ancestorsonboard, you can search for records of individuals or groups of people leaving for destinations including

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Ancestry.ca is offering a free three-day trial of their service. This offer is only good until February 28th, and requires you to register. I haven't tried it yet myself, but even though you may get occasional advertisements in your e-mail as a result, it's well worth the visit!

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Unfortunately, Blogger doesn't have the functionality that will allow me to post my powerpoint presentation to my blog, so I will have to wait until OLA posts it on the Superconference website, then provide a link to it. I'm hoping that will be done by next week, but I'll post as soon as it's available.

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