Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

On a lighter note, with the release of Apple's iPhone, I recommend this video . A happy Canada Day to fellow Canadian genealogists, and ...

Ancestry.co.uk have added to their British resources: British Phone Books, 1880-1984 has been augmented and now comprises releases 1-3. It n...

Ottawa is a great place to be to celebrate during the summer, and especially for Canada Day. 2007 is special as it's the 150th annivers...

Professional genealogists normally follow the codes of practice, guidelines and standards of self-regulating bodies. In North America the BC...

The summer issue of Anglo-Celtic Roots, volume 13, number 2, is now out; read a list of the major contents here and scroll to the bottom ...

It's a challenge we often face in genealogy. You receive a microfilm full of records arranged alphabetically and have to figure out how ...

After a week of announcing it's coming it's here, the new Library and Archives Canada homepage. The new is bolder than the old - I l...

CBC have released the names of the people featured in the Canadian version of this British hit TV program. The thirteen including: Don Cherr...

If your genealogy is in the British Isles consider checking out these recent additions to British, mainly English, records online. British ...

Ancestry.com's (officially The Generations Network) announcement earlier in the week that they are re-entering the DNA testing field is ...

One of the most memorable presentations at the Quebec Family History Society Roots 2007 meeting last weekend was by Professor Christopher Mi...

Along with many others, from Canada, the US and further afield I spent the weekend in Montreal at Roots 2007 celebrating the 30th anniversar...

One of the delights of an Ancestry.com subscription is exploring newly available databases. It's been a drought period for new datasets ...

According to the book The Seven Daughters of Eve a majority of Europeans can trace their maternal line, to one of seven women: Ursula , Xe...

Library and Archives Canada pointed me to a posting on their web site, a copy of their new 20 page Genealogy Strategy , and asked my opinion...

For the genealogist unusual names have a particular attraction as trivia. There's a list on Wikipedia here , a tribute to the eccentrici...

If you're within striking distance of Montreal this weekend you may want to attend the Roots 2007 conference of the Quebec Family Histor...

They're always telling us to cite our sources so we can find the information again. The same applies to knowing a pinpoint location. Whe...

Congratulations to those who received awards at the Annual General Meeting of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa, he...

How do public libraries compare based on the quality of genealogy resources provided? How do you know if your library is offerring good gene...