Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Use your society's blog as an advertisement


The Elgin County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society has put on it’s blog at  http://elgincountyogs.blogspot.com/ , two excerpts from the Talbot Times, its society's newsletter.

The first article is "Scots coming to Canada", and it can be found at http://www.elginogs.ca/Home/talbot-times-newsletters/talbot-times-1987-september

The second one is also from the newsletter, the December 1987 Talbot Times, and it look like the society page of the local newspaper St Thomas Daily Time.

This is an excellent idea to get people interested in your society. Treat the blog articles as if it a “lost leader’, like milk in a grocery store. Think of your webpage as a store, and put these articles on your blog, so that people can see what you can offer them. And don’t leave the same articles there, change them around to make it interesting to people.

To see how the Elgin County Branch has made their page an interesting ‘go to’ page, go to http://www.elginogs.ca/Home



Check the Canadian Week in Review 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/2015/03/canadian-week-in-review-16-march-2015.html
 
It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in Canada!

It has been a regular post every Monday morning since April 23, 2012.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Immigrants from Ireland to Canada - FREE lists


Here are some more Irish sources that are online, and are FREE

Canadian Deaths 1878-1886 
These records are abstracted from The Dominion Annual Register and Review

Irish Diaspora - North America
There are many e-books here that describes the immigrants from Ireland to Canada.

Peter Robinson Settlers from Cork to Canada 1823 & 1825 http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/regulus1825.shtml 
The passengers are listed by name, with the ships, when they sailed from and when they landed at Quebec.

Immigrants to Canada
It has quite a few Irish immigrants to Canada listed in the various sources, including accounts of the voyage, and immigration handbooks.
 


Check the Canadian Week in Review 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/2015/03/canadian-week-in-review-16-march-2015.html
 
It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in Canada!

It has been a regular post every Monday morning since April 23, 2012.