Monday, December 19, 2011

New/Improved Canadian Websites and Blogs Week 16


Here are some of the websites and blogs that I have come across the week ending December 18, 2011.

This week is about blogs only -

Robineau Family Genealogy www.robineau.ca/page/4 The website says that most of the blogger's family is from Eastern Ontario, Quebec, and France. The surnames are Sauve, Cartie, Lavimodiere, Powell, and White.

After They Left Antrim: A Peacock Family History http://ulsterpeacocks.blogspot.com Hugh Peacock (Ellen Waggot) and Thomas Peacock (Sarah Smith) left Ulster and immigrated to King Township, York County, Ontario in the mid-nineteenth century.

Etobicoke Cemeteries http://torontocemeteries.blogspot.com There are some cemeteries of Etobicoke, Toronto onsite here, with tombstone data online.

Forsyth Family History http://eastlothianforsyth.blogspot.com This blog covers the "ancestors and descendants of John Forsyth who was born in Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland in 1835. He came to Canada about 1855 (perhaps with his brother, Charles) and appears in the 1861 Census in King Township, York County".

The Kelowna & District Genealogical Society www.kdgs.ca There is some information on this blog about the society.

Loom to Lumber: Family History of Robert Gavin and Sarah Miller http://lanarkgavins.blogspot.com This blogs covers the family of "Robert Gavin and Sarah Miller and their descendants. The 1841 Scottish census records that Robert was a hand loom weaver born in Ireland. The couple and their young family emigrated from Lanarkshire after 1841, taking up land in Poland, Dalhousie Twp in Lanark County, Ontario".

Missisquoi County Canada Genealogy Research http://missisquoicanadagenealogyresearch.blogspot.com  Started in 2008, the blog is the "Roll Call of familes being researched in the Missisquoi area", which is in Quebec.

Prairie History Blog www.reginalibrary.ca/blogs/index.php?blog=7&tempskin=_rss2 New editions of magazines are discussed. The blog is part of the Regina Public Library.

The Hillmans Of Elgin County www.hillmansofelgin.blogspot.com A look at the Hillman family who immigrated from Wiltshire to Ontario, and then spread throughout North America.

Ukrainian Genealogy Group - Prince Edward Island, Canada http://uggpei.blogspot.com Started in 2004, this blog interests people who have a Ukrainian ancestry.

Next Week's Blog (Dec 26th) – Canadian Genealogy Books for the Holidays

1 comment:

Walterkeley said...

Looks like the best improved Canadian week this blog time.Seems to be the improved one details scripts and looks is well.