Monthly Archives: February 2017

Family History Guide – a new FamilySearch Partner

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Peter

This resource has been around for awhile but has recently been updated and enhanced – and is now a FamilySearch partner – and best of all the use of the site is free! What do you find in the Family … Continue reading →

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Ye Olde Genealogy Faire

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Peter

Thats the name of the 2017 Alberta Genealogical Society Annual Conference being held at the Radisson Hotel, 4520 – 76 Ave NW, Edmonton, on the 22 and 23 April 2017.  Presentations include “Canadian, Quebec, British, Irish, Scottish, East European, Czech … Continue reading →

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Civil Registration Across Canada

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Peter

This started out as a simple little project, I thought.  I envisioned one piece of paper with a table.   Provinces and territories across the top and 4 questions down the side.  Then I would paste the information in each … Continue reading →

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Heritage Canadiana – a site worth watching

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Peter

heritage.canadiana.ca is worth a visit. What is the purpose of the site?  “The Héritage project is a 10-year initiative to digitize and make accessible online some of Canada’s most popular archival collections encompassing roughly 40 million pages of primary-source documents. Chronicling … Continue reading →

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Roots tech 2017

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Peter

Feb 8 to 11 2017 in Salt Lake City Can’t go?  You do not have to miss everything – although nothing equals the experience of actually being there!   Rootstech have published a schedule of sessions that will be live … Continue reading →

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