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Smarter Search Strategies For Genealogy
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…
Digging Deeper with City Directories
City Directories have been published in both the United States and Canada for more than two centuries. An often overlooked resource and neglected source of genealogy information about our ancestors many types of directories can provide details that might otherwise remain hidden. https://vimeo.com/384395025/0ac12861af?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking on the expand…
Upper Canada Sundries – An under-used genealogical gold mine | Janice Nickerson
Where can you find whole communities begging for mercy for convicted horse thieves, neighbours informing on one another’s treasonous activities during the Rebellion of 1837, people applying for civil service jobs, widows asking for militia pensions, and huge lists of aliens resident in Upper Canada? In the Upper Canada Sundries. Come learn about this recently…
Ontario Land Records Demystified
Land records are arguably the most important records for family historians researching their 19th-century ancestors because ownership of land was our ancestors’ most important achievement. The majority of immigrants to Upper Canada and Canada West did not have the opportunity to own land in their home country. This was one of the most important reasons…
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Exploring Un-indexed Records with FamilySearch Labs: Unlocking Hidden Gems in Genealogical Research – Linda Debe
In this one-hour presentation, participants will explore the powerful tools available through FamilySearch Labs, with a special focus on utilizing full-text search features to uncover hidden records. Attendees will learn how to access and navigate FamilySearch Labs, an experimental platform offering advanced tools to enhance genealogical research. The presentation will cover best practices for using…
Five Simple Steps to Creating a Family History Book – Christine Woodcock
We have years of research sitting in files, boxes, envelopes. Accumulating this information has helped us to better understand the lives of our ancestors but it won’t make much sense to the next generation. It is important to get the information we know into a book so that our legacy can be preserved, our ancestors can…
