Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

Unlike Library and Archives Canada the National Archives of Australia continues to host exhibits. From 24 November 2012 to 10 February 2013...

The UK Office of National Statistics have released statistics from the 2011 Census of England and Wales. It does a good job presenting the ...

Personal genetics pioneer company 23andMe has announced the acquisition of $50 million in new financing. They're targetting one million ...

Two interesting interviews in the latest podcast from BBC History magazine. Elizabeth T Hurren, author of   Dying for Victorian Medicine: E...

At least three people have mentioned to me the civil registration records for British Columbia now freely available online through The Roya...

Be a better family historian in 2013. There are lots of options for instruction in researching and preserving family history, more so at t...

Thankfully someone by that name opposes eviscerating library services. From the Halifax Chronicle-Herald: "Fisheries and Oceans Canad...

Now available at familysearch.org . baptisms, confirmations, marriages, burials, and other records from several Roman Catholic parishes in t...

Up until last week 23andMe 's analysis of my overall ancestry was 100% European and Near Eastern, 0% African, 0% Asian. That's 100% ...

A collection of Lutheran, Catholic and Unitarian church records as browse images for Manitoba communities, 1800-1959 Bifrost Municipality Bi...

An online video lecture , and versions in other media, from Gresham College looking at both the cultural effects of the War and its architec...

Working on my presentation for WDYTYA Live has prompted investigation of comparative Canadian and UK statistics: Canada has just over half t...

Deceased Online continues to grow its collection of Scottish memorial inscriptions with the addition of thousands of records in 14 cemeterie...

This latest issue of BIFHSGO's quarterly Chronicle, Anglo Celtic Roots, is out. The major family history research articles in the issue ...

From FindMyPast.co.uk British Army service records In addition to the Militia service records 1806-1915 (WO96) and Chelsea Pensioners Br...

For those of us who had relatives in London during the Blitz, which includes my grandfather, Find out how close he or she came to being one...

Brenda Turner wrote to me saying she is receiving a subscription to the British Newspaper Archive as a Christmas gift. She's "happy...

The much delayed final episode of the BBC current season of WDYTYA featured British stand up comedian John Bishop. A Canadian connection for...

Liverpool, Lancashire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921 contains Church of England marriage registers from the Liverpool area of Lanc...