Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections

Some organizations have risen to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Other's just turned the lights off. TNA is one that adapted and...

The following is an announcement from Library and Archives Canada. Are you interested in researching your ancestors' First World War mi...

Just in: All Findmypast military records are now free for a week ending Thursday, 12 November at 10:00 GMT. There are over 12.5 million Brit...

After a long hiatus, no prize for guessing the reason, Canadiana.ca added 111 items to the collection in October. There are lots of local an...

 The following is a press release from Ancestry.ca TORONTO, ON – November 3, 2020 – Leading up to Remembrance Day, a new Leger Marketing sur...

The NLS continues to be highly productive with three collections added in October. German naval charts of British waters, 1938-1945 21 Germa...

 Here's a list of all Canadian and UK updates this past week. None have images of the original linked. Collection New Indexed Records...

The opportunity for 50% off OGS membership attracted quite a few people. We were able to match several.  However, some did not include thei...

Fairly frequently the Commonwealth War Graves Commission posts appeals for relatives — a search to locate the next of kin for soldiers who f...

Choose from free online events in the next five days. All times are ET except as noted. Registration in advance may be required. Check so yo...

Until 11 Nov 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET Ancestry has opened its global military collections, and Fold3 to free access. Free access, with registra...

Thursday, 5 November, 7 pm on Zoom Past is Present: Using Digital Resources to Find Your Family's First World War History Presented by C...

Thankfully this is a small collection as they go — 25,864 entries. The source is  https://gpowarheroes.org.uk / The information is scant: in...

19th and 20th Century Ontarians were involved in many conflicts, both international and domestic.  The Wars and Rebels: Lecture Series is an...

The Ontario Genealogical Society system is now open for 2021 membership. Join or renew OGS membership at  www.ogs.on.ca There's an Early...

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week. Tom Lehrer and US satire from Charlie Chaplin to Randy Rainbow – why it remains rel...

Here's the tentative line-up for the new issue which will be available on 12 November.  The Value of Gossip Robbie Gorr looks at five wa...

It is now possible to search a good run of 'Le Droit' by keyword making it much easier to access francophone reporting and opinion o...

The British Newspaper Archive now has a total of 39,633,926 pages online (39,007,826 last month). At that rate the project will be complete ...

Ancestry regularly updates the Find a Grave database. The past couple of months has seen a large increase in records. Find A Grave Title 3...