Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

I recommend checking out the free 20 page trial issue of Your Family Tree Magazine. The contents include: 1 - Interview your relatives - ...

This episode, which appears to be the final one in the current series, was broadcast last Wednesday. I caught the repeat on Saturday evening...

You may have tried Paper of Record , the web site of Ottawa-based Cold North Wind Inc. A breaking news item at the Global Gazette reports ...

Imagine you walk into a family history conference and are handed a small strip of paper, asked to moisten it in your mouth and insert it in ...

I enjoyed talking to a lively group at the Kanata Seniors Centre on Thursday. We discussed the seven golden roles of beginning genealogy, e...

Ancestry.co.uk have placed online the first release, surnames A amd B, for soldiers service records of non-commissioned officers and other r...

It's been busy. Yesterday was Heritage Day in Ottawa with an event at City Hall. In the afternoon I attended a meeting on street naming,...

I had a quick trip to Trenton, Ontario, on Saturday to give my Family Secrets Revealed by DNA Analysis talk to the Quinte Branch of the Ont...

I shall be speaking on DNA in Trenton, Ontario, this Saturday. All welcome. More information here .

Have you seen the TV program How it's made ? You get the industrial strength truth behind the "home baked" and "family fa...

It's a bit embarrassing to find that in nearly a year of blogging here I've missed mentioning a great web resource from my alma mata...

Saturday was a big genealogy day in Ottawa. The morning featured the monthly BIFHSGO meeting. As usual, people gathered early in the audito...

Way ahead of when I thought they might be, the second decade of these UK outbound ships passenger lists have been added. See Stephen Rigden...

Family history is much more than genealogy. Saturday morning's BIFHSGO meeting at Library and Archives Canada, featuring a presentation ...

The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) has informed members that the General Register Office (GRO) is developing a system to enab...

Have you seen the series of blog postings by Stephen Rigden at the new Ancestors on Board web site? These little essays help you find out ...

As mentioned in the previous post, you can watch short videos on the Ancestors in the Attic website. They're likely items considered too...

There were only two segments this week. The first was a complex story of family members losing touch owing to separations and divorces, and ...

In Canada we have National Parks that few will ever visit. But there is wide support for protecting them. The Nahanni National Park Reserve ...

You won't often find mention of Irish resources here, I don't have any Irish ancestry, and most of those I know with Irish roots had...