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The church played an enormous role in the lives of our ancestors, but we rarely give much thought to how we can learn about this aspect of their life histories, beyond locating their baptism, marriage, and burial entries in church records. Religious newspapers to the rescue.Did you know that religious newspapers published different versions of…
Canada would go on to play a prominent role in the First World War. Then a part of the British Empire in 1914. When Great Britain declared war on Germany on August 4, 1914, the war would automatically involve Canada. Records of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF); including personnel files, Commonwealth war graves, nominal rolls,…
Are your research methods unfocused? Do you find yourself jumping around with no clear strategy? This is a real sign that you’re not working with a research plan. In this presentation, Lynn will help you to reign in your scattered approach to your research and stop the aimless and unorganized researching. Get more precise in…
1. Can’t find the Scottish records you need in Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch etc? That’s because they don’t have the records. And they won’t be getting them.2. Frankly, why should they, when they are perfectly available at ScotlandsPeople – Parish BMD from the 1500s to 1854 (including Catholic and Secession Churches as well as Church of…
Many of us are faced with genealogical brick walls involving ancestors who lived in the 1700s or early 1800s. Autosomal DNA testing is increasingly becoming an integral part of modern genealogical research used to help solve these types of problems. You can increase the power of using autosomal DNA test results to predict correct genealogical…
This presentation will cover aspects of researching Indigenous people in Northern Ontario, as it presents unique challenges. I will cover researching online using Ancestry and FamilySearch, using Library and Archives Canada to access Government records, and taking advantage of local archives and local historians. Some challenges include the lack of indexing in the censuses for…
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