Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

Congratulations to Ancestry on posting its 10 billionth record. Their press release is here . For the record, the top ten databases by rec...

I'm blushing. A few days ago I claimed Ancestry.ca had a short-term offer of the world (complete) edition of Ancestry for $49 for 6 mo...

Next BIFHSGO Meeting - Saturday, May 12, 2012 - Library and Archives Canada Auditorium, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa 9:00 - 9:30 a.m Befo...

You'd think a document tabled in Parliament to justify allocation of public funds would contain current information. Not so. On Tuesda...

The Quebec Family History Society is offering a free public lecture The Sinking of the Empress of Ireland by Anne Renaud Saturday, Ma...

May 6-12 is Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada. Have you prepared your family history materials to withstand an emergency? Scanning yo...

Library and Archives Canada  announce access to 73,000 new images of War of 1812 records on its website. The images available are: War of...

Cece Moore posts that DNA testing company " 23andMe  has listened to its customers and decided to eliminate the subscription model beg...

Just now available from the Berkshire FHS, the Berkshire Probate Index CD containing details of some 38,000 people (and over 9,000 distinct ...

The following updates to the local BMD register indexes are announced. Cheshire: Births: 6,781 for Congleton, registers at Cheshire East...

There's a short interview on OGS Conference 2012 with conference chair Nancy Cutway by Jack Thompson of Kingston’s 102.7 The Lake radio...

Now it's easy to find out which newspapers are newly added to the British Newspaper Archive. Additions for the last 30 days are listed ...

Tips, including how to save on FindMyPast and Ancestry subscriptions, are in the latest Lost Cousins Newsletter . It looks like in the sho...

Founded by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason over 300 years ago, Andrea Tanner, keeper of the company memory at Fortnum and Mason tells storie...

The announcement last week that Ancestry.com now has a DNA test available to existing subscribers, marketed under the name AncestryDNA, is n...