Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

The National Archives of Ireland announces further delays in the 1911 census, a project in which LAC is heavily involved. "Future relea...

It's been a frustrating week trying to use the newspaper collection at LAC. Microfilms I wanted were either out on interlibrary loan, no...

If you're like me there's at least one less common surname in your family background you like to track. For me it's Northwood. T...

A notice is posted at Library and Archives Canada stating that from next week the expected delivery time for published materials will be 60 ...

This site by Jeffrey Knaggs contains simple listings of memorial inscriptions for the following cemeteries in Hertfordshire. Knebworth Ceme...

Seven institutions in England and Wales are soon to launch free access to their 1911 census: Birmingham Archives & Heritage Devon Reco...

LAC's documentary art collection is an overlooked and under-appreciated resource. The collection is stored in the Gatineau Preservation ...

The following is an announcement from the Ontario Genealogical Society ============================= July 24, 2009 The 2012 Annual Conferenc...

Chris Paton, who compiles the Scottish Genealogy News and Events blog, recorded two short interviews, now available online on YouTube, duri...

The latest issue of the magazine Internet Genealogy arrived in the mail on Friday and features on the front cover Digital Maps Online: we l...

Harry Patch (1898-2009), for a short while Britain's oldest man, was the last British survivor of the carnage of the Western Front .

Utah-based genealogy consultants ProGenealogists have produced what they bill as the 50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2009 . They clai...

A good resource for understanding the lives of poor ancestors in 19th century London is the sociological classic London Labour and the Londo...

Have you ever solved a knotty genealogical problem by writing to a local newspaper? That tactic isn't new. I was surprised to stumble ac...

Newly added, 74,925 indexes only to Cheshire Non-conformist records, 1671-1900 at FamilySearch.org Record Search pilot (click Search Recor...

Michael Merrigan, general secretary of the Genealogical Society of Ireland, publishes an editorial advocating "the release of the 1926...

The following is an announcement of a substantial augmentation to LAC's naturalization database. It is now a full nominal index covering...

One of the signs of advancing years is that you get contacted by former work colleagues, younger ones, interested in the history of the orga...

Congratulations to the Canadian Genealogy Centre on being recognized as one of the 101 best family history websites for 2009. According to a...

The FreeBMD database, index to civil registration, was updated on Sunday, 19 July, with lots of new data added: for births from 1931 to 194...