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An overview of the women’s history collections at the University of Waterloo’s Special Collections & Archives. Particular emphasis will be placed on collections of Ontarian women and on those that relate to our core collecting areas such as reproductive rights. https://vimeo.com/1071695576/e25330bc5b?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking on the expand icon (four…
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…
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…
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…
There is one large collection at the Archives of Ontario for which, as yet, no digitized inventory listing exists in their database. That is the Miscellaneous Collection, which is described as an accumulation of documents assembled over a period of many years, containing such items as letters, deeds, bonds, lists, warrants, invitations, etc. This lecture…
This webinar helps you locate genealogy records held in libraries and archives worldwide, using online archival portals and digital finding aids. Learn how archivists make collections accessible; specific URLs for institutional, regional, and worldwide archival portals; and effective search terms and strategies for finding genealogy records in archives. https://vimeo.com/705365914?share=copy The video can be viewed in…
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