Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning -
On Saturday Aug 29, members of the DeForest family and others gathered at the DeForest Pioneer Cemetery in Milton, Ontario to witness the unveiling of a United Empire Loyalist Burial Site plaque to recognize Abraham DeForest.
See the photos on the Halton-Peel Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/774317655963454/permalink/920942034634348/
Abraham DeForest is listed at the United Empire Loyalist Directory at http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/loyalist_list.php?letter=d
Happy researching!
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1921 census for Pictou County, Nova Scotia has been posted
The 1921 census for Pictou County, Nova Scotia is now fully transcribed
and available to view at the link below.
As usual, if you are not already a member of his site, you will have to complete a free registration form.
The site for the 1921 census is at http://www.dwaynemeisner.com/census/novascotia/pictou1921/index.php
Canada and U.S., Dutch Emigrants, 1946-1963
Very seldom does Ancestry put on new Canadian records, but this week there is a new one - Canada and U.S., Dutch Emigrants, 1946-1963.
You may find the following on the databse -
name
birth date
place of origin
arrival year
destination
sponsor year
religion
relation to head
family size
This database was Dutch Emigrant Families Assisted by the Immigration Committee of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, 1946–1963. Archives at Calvin College in Heritage Hall, Christian Reformed Church of North America, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
You may find the following on the databse -
name
birth date
place of origin
arrival year
destination
sponsor year
religion
relation to head
family size
This database was Dutch Emigrant Families Assisted by the Immigration Committee of the Christian Reformed Church in North America, 1946–1963. Archives at Calvin College in Heritage Hall, Christian Reformed Church of North America, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The database is at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60926
Family members and others
gathered at the DeForest Pioneer Cemetery in Milton, Ontario
See the photos on the Halton-Peel Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/774317655963454/permalink/920942034634348/
Abraham DeForest is listed at the United Empire Loyalist Directory at http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/loyalist_list.php?letter=d
Happy researching!
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Check the Canadian Week in Review (CWR) every Monday morning for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada.
If you missed last week’s edition, it is at
http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/08/canadian-week-in-review-cwr-23-august.html
It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in Canada!
