Here are some of the websites and blogs that I have come across the week ending December 4, 2011
Cemetery Photo Album of St. Peter's Cemetery London, Ontario http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bertrandtree/Cemetery-Photo-Gallery.html This has taken up the time of a newly-retired person, and they hope that it can be of help to others. There are photos of the tombstones in this cemetery in London, Ontario. You can contact them at cancamrand@execulink.com.
Acadian Descendants: Surviving Damnation http://www.benoitbooks.com. This is a website devoted to the history of the 1755 Deportation from Acadia. The book tells the true story of the BENOIT family, descendants of Martin, to illustrate the trials and tribulations experienced by the Acadians.
War Diaries: Discover what individuals or military units during the war http://thediscoverblog.com/2011/11/30/war-diaries-discover-what-individuals-or-military-units-did-during-the-war Library and Archives Canada has just posted a new blog at their site about war diaries.
Our Ontario www.ourontario.ca/demo/News.html Although Our Ontario was covered in my blog post of Historical Online Newspapers in Canada www.genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2011/11/historical-online-newspapers-in-canada.html, they also have this demo site which has newspapers around the province which may have not been covered in the previous posts.
Maple Leaf Legacy Project http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/wp As the website says, "The Maple Leaf Legacy Project is an enormous volunteer endeavour to procure a photograph of each and every Canadian War Grave from the South African War (1899-1902), World War 1 (1914-18), World War II (1939-45), Korean War (1950-52) and all United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to the present day conflict in Afghanistan."
The Udell Family www.udellfamily.ca/Udall_%26_Udell_Family_Site/Welcome.html The Udell family came to Canada in 1787. Trace their history through this site, and in the article in the York Ancestors Newsletter of the York Region of the OGS at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onyrbogs.
My Journey Back http://jacqueline-journeyback.blogspot.com NEW! Jacqueline Foster writes about her family in Nova Scotia. She just celebrated her 1st blogiversary in November – Congratulations!
Norma-Jean's Genealogy Blog http://njbgenealogy.blogspot.com She says, "This blog will be used to announce changes to my Benoy Family web site and to keep the family informed of my genealogical research activities.". She also has a webpage on the Benoy Family at www.benoy.ca/TNG/index.php
1894 - 1895 Town of Ingersoll Directory www.ocl.net/genealogy/directory This directory gives the name, their occupation, and their address.
Prince of Wales Immigration list 1813 http://tmsnyder.tripod.com/PW_LIST.htm The Prince of Wales left June 28 1813 from Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, and arrived two months later at York Factory on the western shore of Hudson's Bay.
Cemetery Photo Album of St. Peter's Cemetery London, Ontario http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bertrandtree/Cemetery-Photo-Gallery.html This has taken up the time of a newly-retired person, and they hope that it can be of help to others. There are photos of the tombstones in this cemetery in London, Ontario. You can contact them at cancamrand@execulink.com.
Acadian Descendants: Surviving Damnation http://www.benoitbooks.com. This is a website devoted to the history of the 1755 Deportation from Acadia. The book tells the true story of the BENOIT family, descendants of Martin, to illustrate the trials and tribulations experienced by the Acadians.
War Diaries: Discover what individuals or military units during the war http://thediscoverblog.com/2011/11/30/war-diaries-discover-what-individuals-or-military-units-did-during-the-war Library and Archives Canada has just posted a new blog at their site about war diaries.
Our Ontario www.ourontario.ca/demo/News.html Although Our Ontario was covered in my blog post of Historical Online Newspapers in Canada www.genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2011/11/historical-online-newspapers-in-canada.html, they also have this demo site which has newspapers around the province which may have not been covered in the previous posts.
Maple Leaf Legacy Project http://www.mapleleaflegacy.ca/wp As the website says, "The Maple Leaf Legacy Project is an enormous volunteer endeavour to procure a photograph of each and every Canadian War Grave from the South African War (1899-1902), World War 1 (1914-18), World War II (1939-45), Korean War (1950-52) and all United Nations Peacekeeping Missions to the present day conflict in Afghanistan."
The Udell Family www.udellfamily.ca/Udall_%26_Udell_Family_Site/Welcome.html The Udell family came to Canada in 1787. Trace their history through this site, and in the article in the York Ancestors Newsletter of the York Region of the OGS at www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onyrbogs.
My Journey Back http://jacqueline-journeyback.blogspot.com NEW! Jacqueline Foster writes about her family in Nova Scotia. She just celebrated her 1st blogiversary in November – Congratulations!
Norma-Jean's Genealogy Blog http://njbgenealogy.blogspot.com She says, "This blog will be used to announce changes to my Benoy Family web site and to keep the family informed of my genealogical research activities.". She also has a webpage on the Benoy Family at www.benoy.ca/TNG/index.php
1894 - 1895 Town of Ingersoll Directory www.ocl.net/genealogy/directory This directory gives the name, their occupation, and their address.
Prince of Wales Immigration list 1813 http://tmsnyder.tripod.com/PW_LIST.htm The Prince of Wales left June 28 1813 from Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, and arrived two months later at York Factory on the western shore of Hudson's Bay.
