10 November 2016

BIFHSGO November Meeting

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The next meeting of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa on Saturday, 12 November is a gala event. It starts with t...
09 November 2016

What's coming in 2017 from TheGenealogist

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The following is a press release from TheGenealogist. 2017 is going to see millions of new records added to TheGenealogist across a wid...

QFHS AGM and Home Child Presentation

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A reminder for members that the Quebec Family History Society Annual General Meeting is being held at 10:30 am at the Briarwood Presbyter...
08 November 2016

MyHeritage DNA

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Israel-based internationally active MyHeritage has entered the genetic genealogy business, a market that getting increasingly crowded. H...
07 November 2016

Webinar: Publishing a Genealogy E-Book.

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Whether you're crying over the results of the US election, or preparing to inundate the GRO with orders for uncertified birth or death c...

Pater Calver advises on limited opportunity to save on GRO certificates

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In his priceless (free) Lost Cousins newsletter Peter Calver breaks the news that from 9th November on a limited trial basis uncertified PD...

Essex Electoral Registers Online

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Essex Archives Online, the subscription service of the Essex Archives, is starting a project to provide digital images of Essex electoral r...
06 November 2016

Is NEW stretching the truth in Ancestry's CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918 collection?

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Ancestry.ca shows 259.718 entries in a collection Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918 marked as NEW. It was added on 3 November. Thi...
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First World War Canadian Veterans Claim Cards

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The Canadiana.ca Heritage Collection is a bit like Mrs. Gumps box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. There are nine r...
05 November 2016

Five Tips to Make Sense of your DNA Testing

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Online for a limited time only, until 17 November, this presentation by Diahan Southard at Genetic Genealogy Ireland 2016, will help you und...
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Canadian Veterans Death Cards: First World War

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Although placed online in mid-2012, Library and Archives Canada's online collection of First World War Veterans Death Cards is not widel...
04 November 2016

GRO Puts Birth & Death Indexes for England and Wales Online

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FreeBMD, Ancestry and Findmypast have had indexes to England and Wales civil registration available for years. Now the General Register Off...

George McDonald: Ottawa CEF Beechwood Burial

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Private George McDonald, Service No:1042244, died on 4 November 1916 and is buried in Sec. 29. Lot 6. Grave 35 of Beechwood Cemetery. The CW...
03 November 2016

AncestryDNA at 2.5 million

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"Ancestry has more than 2.4 million paying subscribers across its core Ancestry websites and more than 2.5 million DNA samples in the A...

Using STRs and SNPs to study male line ancestry

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If you need convincing of the hazards of using Y-STR results as a way of organizing to find ancestry, akin to organizing books in a library ...

A War Bride of Ill Repute

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Australians rejoice in the outlaw. Ned Kelly, a national icon, and the Kelly Gang are celebrated in literature and music. To have a convict ...
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02 November 2016

Free Family History Library classes/webinars

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The following presentations, selected from a broader range offered, are free online from FamilySearch. The notice states the times are Moun...

A Blue Plaque for a Home Child in his Home Town

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On 26 October a motion was passed by the Borough of Hastings, Sussex, “That Hastings Borough Council will support the placing of a new Blue ...

November Backup Reminder

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Time for the monthly backup nag. If you didn't do so on the 1st it's now past time to make a backup of your hard drive. There...
01 November 2016

Ancestry.ca on Twitter

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Lesley Anderson emailed to tell me she and the Media Profile team have opened a Twitter stream for Ancestry.ca. We hope that @AncestryCA w...