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No Time No Money for Genealogy?

Four Inexpensive Ways to Do Genealogy A recent discussion caught my attention. ... 

Irish Heritage & Culture: Early Irish Methodists

[This blog post is part of the Carnival of Irish Heritage & Culture, 18th Edition... 

History of Rootsweb

Genealogy Online Hands up if your first forays into genealogy online were with RootsWeb? ... 

Give Genealogy Talks? Practice at Toastmasters

One of people’s biggest fears are public speaking. Jerry Seinfeld once said that... 

Cornell University Libraries: Digitized Books – Quebec

Historic Books Online Just saw a notice that Cornell University has digitized ~700,000... 

Generation Maps Custom Family Tree Charts

Generation Maps (Family ChArtist) was one of the vendors present at Family History... 

Delayed Birth Records

I read a lot of genealogy newsletters and was interested in a recent one from Ancestry.com... 

Forensic Genealogy – Colleen Fitzpatrick PhD at AFHS May 8, 2010

The sleuthing, the detective work, the aha moments!   That’s what brought... 

SNGF: If I won the big Genealogy Prize

It is Saturday Night and Randy Seaver has challenged us to Saturday Night Genealogy... 

Coming to Calgary: Dick Eastman, Thomas MacEntee, Lyn Meehan

I was thrilled to learn that the Alberta Family Histories Society (of which I am... 

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Canada

Quebec: Eastern Townships Resources

English Quebec Searching the Eastern Townships of Quebec for one’s non-French... 

Canada’s Ancestors in the Attic

A  Good Year for Genealogy TV With all the chatter about the upcoming and newly... 

Genealogy Learning: Ontario Genealogical Society Conference

Are you any of going to the Ontario Genealogical Society Conference (OGS) May 14... 

Alberta Family Histories Society at CBE Staff Convention

Outreach Activity These photos were taken at the Alberta Family Histories Society... 

Sarah “Maria” BALL 1850-1887

Sarah “Maria” BALL b. 1850 Compton Township, PQ was the daughter of Thomas... 

Quebec Genealogy Resources on Worldcat.org

Worldcat.org is a free online service that connects you to the collections and services... 

Lamson Cash Carrier System Moose Jaw Saskatchewan

Unfortunately buildings burn down and treasures are lost. This is one such sad story. In... 

Canadian Census Indices

Volunteers have been transcribing census data from microfilm held at the Library... 

Quebec Family History Society on Facebook

My Quebec Family History Society newsletter Connections (Winter 2010)  arrived this... 

Map of Carleton County New Brunswick 1876 Map of Carleton County New Brunswick 1876

Map of Carleton County, New Brunswick, 1876. Photo credit: Joan Miller Royalton Wesleyan... 

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family history

Surname Saturday: WOODLAND Ireland to Ontario 1800s

Stewart William WOODLAND was born 19 August 1835 in Collooney, Sligo County, Ireland.   He married Eliza Victoria GODWIN on 02 June 1857 in Ontario, Canada.  They had one child Samuel Franklin WOODLAND. Connections?  Please comment below no matter how remote the connection might be.  Thanks! Did you like this? If so, please addthis_pub = '';bookmark... [Read more of this review]

Sarah “Maria” BALL 1850-1887

Sarah “Maria” BALL b. 1850 Compton Township, PQ was the daughter of Thomas BALL and Mary BRADY, both from Cavin County, Ireland.  (and my great, grandmother). According to a genealogy contact (Leslie Nutbrown)  in Quebec a check of the 1815-1879 birth records in Quebec do not list a Maria BALL.  There is a Sarah Ball born in 1850 in Compton,... [Read more of this review]

Surname Saturday: Wilson in Peterhead Scotland

#surname Saturday My grandmother, Elizabeth (WILSON) KERR on my father’s side of the family came from Peterhead Scotland. She was the daughter of Martin Watson WILSON, b. 1857 Scotland married to Margaret Metcalf ROBERTSON. Martin WILSON worked on the railroad and their first residence was at Boddam, Scotland. Martin and Margaret had four children: ... [Read more of this review]

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