Monday, December 12, 2011

New/Improved Canadian Websites and Blogs Week 15

Here are some of the websites and blogs that I have come across the week ending December 12, 2011

Leger Genealogy/Généalogie des Léger http://leger.genacadie.ca/index.htm (French/English) It includes an index of the names of the Leger family, and the index of where they were/are located.

Acadian and Maritimes Obituaries "The Acadian Genealogy Corner" http://obit.genacadie.ca/index.php?lang=EN As the website says, "This site is dedicated to collect, share and preserve obituaries from Maritime newspapers and others that contain Acadian obituaries".

OntarioGenealogist http://ontariogenealogist.blogspot.com The author of AlmostDunnGenealogy, she is updatimng the wiki of Halton County, Ontario https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Halton_County,_Ontario, and she is a volunteer with the Automated Geneaolgy website at http://www.automatedgenealogy.com

Ottawa Valley Irish: A family history weblog and genealogy database http://www.ottawavalleyirish.com Irish and French Canadian families in the Ottawa Valley area, including the Morans of Huntley township; the Laheys and Killeens of March township; the McGlades of Perth; the McCarthys of Kitley township; and the Derouins of Otter Lake.

Canada Germany Migration http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/migrations/english/index.html A very interesting webpage, beginning with the first wave of 1750 to 1752.

An American Adventure - Gray Family http://www.phillipsplace.net/genealogy/surnames/gray.html Family history of John Edward Gray and family, 1908 from England to Victoria.

Cornelius John Soule: Architect/Photographer http://souleweb.ca The site says that "This site is mainly about Cornelius .. his life, projects, travels and family".

Sessional Papers/Parliamentary Papers:Canadian Pacific Railway http://jubilation.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/Sessional/cpr1884.html From Government of Canada Sessional Papers 48 Victoria 1885 (25), p.11 which shows the employee's monthly pay, term of service, and the cause of removal.

Local History and Genealogy http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/local-history-genealogy This is a blog which is posted on a regular basis to by the staff of Toronto Public Library staff. The latest blog is on James Esson, Photographer – 1853 -1933.

The MIERAU Family Home Page http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/i/e/Alvin-H-Mierau The author says that their ancestry goes back to "My ancestry ties back to a Peter Mierau, born 1810. Some of his siblings moved to Nebraska. Some of those Nebraska descendants eventually landed up in Langham, Saskatchewan".

Next Monday: I will give my Book Picks for 2011!

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