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The Northwest Mounted Police (NWMP) was established in 1873 to ensure law, order, and Canadian sovereignty in the recently acquired western prairies and to prepare the way for large-scale land settlement. As agents of the federal government, the men of the Mounted played a significant role in the history of this vast region consisting of…
Family history researchers gain much satisfaction from discovering and recordingย information about their relatives and ancestors but sharing that information in a spatially relevant visual form can be even more rewarding.ย Google Earth Proย is a free downloadable application with many useful features for genealogists. This webinar will demonstrate how diary details chronicling an immigrant familyโs six-week journey…
We love to explore the lives of our ancestors. Documenting our female ancestors can often prove more challenging. They are less likely to appear in many of the public records created at the time โ land, estate, court, tax records, and more. One great resource to learn more about our overshadowed female ancestors is via…
ย Genealogical DNA tests are bringing thousands of new cousins to our attention, but many of themย donโtย have trees yet, or the treesย arenโtย attached to their test. Learn some new techniques for figuringย outย whereย how these individuals connect with you. (Focus is on Ancestry.com results system).ย https://vimeo.com/796506580/f48cda462a?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking on the expand…
It is aย given that the history of Canada is closely tied to that of the United States.ย ย And so, itย follows that sometimes it is possible to learn more details about an ancestor through records from the other side of the border.ย ย Over the years, there has been a constant flow of ordinary people and fugitives from justice,…
Once you finish the big commercial websites for researching your family history, itโs time to dig into the Canadiana and Hรฉritage websites. These free websites contain a wealth of information, books, newspapers, government records, and more for researching your Canadian ancestors. ย What is Canadiana? Over 41 million pages of primary source documents, including Serials (Periodicals,…
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