Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

A new Canadian database from Ancestry. It's just 3,865 records — the only Canadian addition to Ancestry in 2019. The Nova Scotia Archi...

ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events...

The following is the publisher's blurb. In this fully revised and updated edition of The Cornish Overseas, Philip Payton draws upon ...

“Researching Military Records for Those Who Served from the Kingston Area” is the topic for the Saturday, 16 November main presentation. P...

"What began as a humble state family history society over a century ago, today has blossomed into a global organization that continue...

The Shannon lecturer this Friday, 15 November 2019 is Dr. Maya Jasanoff "Prof. Jasanoff will draw on her recent work on Joseph Conr...

CBC published the story  A century ago, a British war bride sailed to Canada. Now her granddaughter shares her story  on Remembrance Day quo...

Perhaps you recall where you were when you heard that the Space Shuttle Challenger had exploded shortly after takeoff. I do. I was in a bu...

While in England for RootsTech London I accepted an invitation from Lucille and Geoff Campey to visit at their home in Wiltshire. Ottawa-bo...

On Thursday 14 November, at 7 pm Phil Jenkins will present Discovering The History Around Us Since 1978, after emigrating from Liverpoo...

If you had a relative who served in the Defence Forces in Ireland from 1922 onwards or received a medal or pension for service during the Ea...

Established on 14 November 1916 The Canadian Forestry Corps (CFC) provided lumber for the Allied war effort by cutting and preparing timbe...

On the morning of Friday 8 November 2019, there was a renaming ceremony of Ottawa's Airport Parkway Pedestrian Bridge to the Juno Beach ...

Here, very much delayed, is information about two updates to the FreeBMD Database. On 23 September 2019 there was an update to contain 271...

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week. Remembrance Day In Canada, according to Veterans Affairs Canada, 11 November is ...

Burial records from Brompton Cemetery in London, one of Britain's oldest and most distinguished garden cemeteries, are the most recent...

Britain, The Great War, I Was There The Great War: I Was There is a magazine that was first published in 1938 mainly consisting of first-...

The following is from Library and Archives Canada In this week of remembrance, Library and Archives Canada is highlighting the sacrifices ...

From 08 Nov 2019 to 11 Nov 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET Ancestry is providing free access to all its Canadian military records. Registration requir...