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Solving Your Picture Problems | Allyson Maughan
Pictures tell a brilliant story about our ancestors. But what do we do when pictures have problems! No writing on the back? Too many conflicting names and dates? Unfamiliar faces? Come learn the antidote to these dilemmas and finally use those pictures in your research. Key Learning Objectives: 1. Why would you use pictures in…
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Canadian genealogy often focuses on farms and homesteads, but millions of ancestors lived in Canada’s industrial centres. From pulp and paper towns to coal mines, railways, steel plants, and hydro projects, industries left behind unique records of workers and their families. Explore labour archives, union records, accident claims, government reports, company magazines, and community voices preserved in newspapers. Learn how…
Tracing 20th Century Ontarians
When tracing Ontario families we usually start with census records and civil registration. But these records are closed for most of the 20th century. So where do you start if your earliest known ancestor was born after 1921? Or maybe you’ve traced your ancestors, but now you want to find out what happened to their…
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Exploring Library and Archives Canada Online – Ken McKinlay
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FamilySearch’s Ontario Land Records
FamilySearch has several collections concerning Ontario land records. However, these collections are not name-indexed for easy use by genealogists. In this talk, we learn how to use and navigate through the various FamilySearch collections such as Abstract Indexes, Land Record copy books, and Township Papers. https://vimeo.com/872254293/303927ec46?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking…
Session 3 – Finding Your Scottish Ancestors in Irish Records – Fintan Mullan
Sometimes our Scottish ancestors spent time in Ireland. This may be for seasonal work, a move for a generation or two or even a steppingstone to emigration beyond the Atlantic. In this presentation, Fintan Mullan will help us to discover some of the records where we might be able to find our Scottish ancestors who…
