The Library and Archives Canada has just issued this press release -
"Gatineau, October 6, 2011 — Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the release of a new version of the online database Home Children (1869-1930). More than 20,000 names of children, who came to Canada between 1925 and 1932, were added to the extended version. The names were extracted from passengers lists held at Library and Archives Canada.
The database is available at the following address:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html
Library and Archives Canada would like to thank the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa http://www.bifhsgo.ca, and its volunteers without whom this project would not have happened".
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Descendants of Foreign Protestants
On Tuesday 25 October 2011 at 7:30 p.m., there will be a meeting of the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia.
Iris Shea will talk on "Descendants of Foreign Protestants who settled at the Northwest Arm: Jollimores, Slaunwhites and Boutiliers".
The location is Akins Room, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, 6016 University Avenue, Halifax, NS
The website is http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/index.html
They also have Publicly Accessible Databases, which includes an Index to Vital Stats from "The Colonial Patriot" 1827-1834, the Published Genealogies of Nova Scotia Families, and the Nova Scotia Genealogist Subject Index.
The databases are at http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/databases.html#public
Iris Shea will talk on "Descendants of Foreign Protestants who settled at the Northwest Arm: Jollimores, Slaunwhites and Boutiliers".
The location is Akins Room, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, 6016 University Avenue, Halifax, NS
The website is http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/index.html
They also have Publicly Accessible Databases, which includes an Index to Vital Stats from "The Colonial Patriot" 1827-1834, the Published Genealogies of Nova Scotia Families, and the Nova Scotia Genealogist Subject Index.
The databases are at http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/databases.html#public
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