Here are some websites, blogs, and articles that I have come across the past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too –
Family History Facilitated http://familyhistoryfacilitated.ca Wayne Shepheard at Family History Facilitated can help you trace your family’s history. He has experience with records of England and Scotland, and Canada. This is a pay site.
Our Ontario www.ourontario.ca/demo/News.html There are over 200 historical newspapers online at this site!
Raised Icelandic www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/raised-icelandic-180668621.html The Winnipeg Free Press has an article on Icelanders and Canadians of Icelandic descent who want to know each other's genealogy and where they are from in Iceland.
Library and archives interlibrary loans soon eliminated www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/11/06/ottawa-library-and-archives-canada-interlibrary-loans-cancelled.html The CBC has another news report on the Library and Archives Canada stopping interlibrary loans on December 11th. Special Note: Read the first two comments at the end of the report.
Still seeking lost at sea names www.thevanguard.ca/Arts/Cultural-activities/2012-11-18/article-3122683/Still-seeking-lost-at-sea-names/1 The Yarmouth County Vanguard reports that the town is constructing a memorial wall to those people who have lost at sea.
Plotting history’s future www.nelsonstar.com/community/177975161.html Anne DeGrace has a column in The Nelson Star on the Library and Archive Canada where she writes about the 'not so accessible records', for example.
Family History Facilitated http://familyhistoryfacilitated.ca Wayne Shepheard at Family History Facilitated can help you trace your family’s history. He has experience with records of England and Scotland, and Canada. This is a pay site.
Our Ontario www.ourontario.ca/demo/News.html There are over 200 historical newspapers online at this site!
Raised Icelandic www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/raised-icelandic-180668621.html The Winnipeg Free Press has an article on Icelanders and Canadians of Icelandic descent who want to know each other's genealogy and where they are from in Iceland.
Library and archives interlibrary loans soon eliminated www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/11/06/ottawa-library-and-archives-canada-interlibrary-loans-cancelled.html The CBC has another news report on the Library and Archives Canada stopping interlibrary loans on December 11th. Special Note: Read the first two comments at the end of the report.
Still seeking lost at sea names www.thevanguard.ca/Arts/Cultural-activities/2012-11-18/article-3122683/Still-seeking-lost-at-sea-names/1 The Yarmouth County Vanguard reports that the town is constructing a memorial wall to those people who have lost at sea.
Plotting history’s future www.nelsonstar.com/community/177975161.html Anne DeGrace has a column in The Nelson Star on the Library and Archive Canada where she writes about the 'not so accessible records', for example.
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