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Genealogists today have a wonderful problem – access to more information than they will ever have time to investigate. If you have Ontario ancestors, you may have heard of Township Papers, and have them on your mental list of “records I should look at someday”. Learn how the Township Papers are organized, so you can…
Parish and civil registration records are the workhorse of German genealogy. Many researchers are unaware that there are manifold resources ranging from probate and court records to mortgage registers, tax lists, registers of settlers, and more, held by local and regional German archives. In addition, Polish archives are of great importance when researching Germans in…
DNA databases, what are they? How do they work? Who runs them? What’s in the TOS/Privacy (Terms of Service/Privacy)? How to you use DNA Databases in your research? Answering these questions for every level of genealogist. https://vimeo.com/397781181/91d436904d?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking on the expand icon (four diagonal arrows) in the…
The majority of genealogists begin their research online and often become frustrated with the lack of results. The cause might not be a lack of records at the specific site but the manner in which you’re performing the search! While basic search techniques work on all the major genealogy sites, you need to power up…
Scrapbooks are one of my favorite record sources that I love to access and do research in and also to process as an archivist. Scrapbooks are like time capsules, they contain just about anything and until you “open them up”, you don’t know what is in them. This presentation is going to talk about the…
This talk is targeted towards those researching those that made the ultimate sacrifice in their service to Canada in the Second World War. The primary focus will be on the online records and where to find them. However, I will also be touching upon records that may help out in learning more about those that…
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