Monday, October 24, 2016

Canadian Week in Review 24 October 2016



I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History 

22 October 1844


Louis Riel, Manotiba politician and Métis leader, was born. He led two popular Métis governments in the West, and was executed for high treason for his role in the 1885 resistance to Canadian encroachment on Métis lands. 

He was hung in 1885. 

If you want to read more, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel

Social Media 

(Photo) Colours of Nova Scotia's First World War fighting units repatriated 


A wish of veterans of the 25th and 85th battalions that the colours be prominently displayed has been fulfilled, said Lt.-Gov. J.J. Grant, at a ceremony on Oct. 15 in Halifax. 

Newspaper Articles 

Newfoundland 

A Haunted Hike in St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada 


Newfoundland has a long and rich supernatural history. This island, suspended in the North Atlantic, is said to be home to ghosts, fairies, and the occasional witch. 

Road Trip: One Week in Newfoundland  


Day 1: St. John’s
Start the morning by exploring Cape Spear, the place where North America receives its first ray of sunlight, and feel the unforgiving weather coming off the Atlantic.  

Nova Scotia 

Philip Pacey, Halifax heritage advocate, dies at 75 


A well-known advocate who campaigned for the preservation of many heritage buildings in Halifax has died. 

Philip Pacey, the former president of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia, died Thursday in hospital.  

Saint Mary's University home to 50 years of newspaper clippings 


Nova Scotia activist Lynn Jones has collected newspaper clippings for 50 years. 

Those now have a home at Saint Mary's University's archive library, as the Lynn Jones African-Canadian and Diaspora Heritage Collection 

Prince Edward Island 

Summerside Ghost Walk reveals darker aspects of city history 


Culture Summerside is lifting the veil between the living and the dead this Thursday for its 16th annual Ghost Walk.  

The Ghost Walk will guide people to places of historic murders and tragedies in the P.E.I. city. 

Islanders invited to help shape future of national park 


Parks Canada is asking for public input on how to maintain and improve Prince Edward Island National Park — which it calls one of the finest and most extensive systems of protected natural and cultural heritage areas in the world.  

Ontario 

Canadian War Museum acquires ship’s wheel from HMCS Niobe 

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canqbogs/index.htm  

The Canadian War Museum has acquired one of the few surviving artifacts from one of Canada’s first two warships, HMCS Niobe — the historic ship’s wheel. HMCS Niobe saw active service in the First World War, and its crew members played a significant role in responding to the 1917 Halifax Explosion. 

Chinese Canadian National Council sees road closure signs near Algonquin as 'thinly-veiled racism' 

http://www.muskokaregion.com/opinion-story/6924987-chinese-canadian-national-council-sees-road-closure-signs-near-algonquin-as-thinly-veiled-racism-/

The Chinese Canadian National Council - Toronto Chapter has been serving and supporting the Chinese-Canadian community for over 35 years promoting equity, social justice & diversity through community & civic engagement, and public education initiatives. 

View the homestead of former soldier and historian 


The community is invited to explore the childhood home of Brigadier-General Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, a First World War soldier who was born in Bertie Township and died in 1939. 

LIBRARY LINE: Tracing family history 


October is Family History Month, a month dedicated to genealogists and family historians around the globe. Genealogy is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the world. Researching your family history and discovering where your ancestors came from can be fun and rewarding. 

After years of austerity, Library and Archives Canada is ready to (re)meet its public 


Now, following six years of austerity measures that saw massive budget cuts and a hold on new acquisitions, LAC is once again becoming an animated place and a force in the arts community. 

REMEMBERING OUR YESTERDAYS: Reclaim the Records victory helps genealogists preserve family history 


This fall, a U.S.-based grassroots organization called Reclaim the Records (RTR) celebrated its first major victory by opening a website (www.nycmarriageindex.com) to allow the public to search the indexes of New York City marriage records from 1950 to 1995 for free.

Famed Dionne quintuplets’ original home could be on the move

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/10/18/famed-dionne-quintuplets-original-home-could-be-on-the-move.html

More than 80 years after the Dionne quintuplets were whisked away from their family and transformed into human tourist attractions that drew millions, the home where they were born could be on the move. 

Saskatchewan 

Saskatoon seminar showcases forgotten steamboat history


In 1877, a steamboat cruised Saskatchewan waters for the first time. 

It was called the Lily — the namesake of today’s Prairie Lily that is a familiar sight on the river in Saskatoon 

Alberta 

The history of the smallpox cemetery 


Halloween is rapidly approaching. It is a time of year when attention turns to the supernatural as well as old tragedies and unsolved mysteries. There is also a lot of attention given to cemeteries, particularly ones that have been largely forgotten.  

British Columbia 

Pieces of naval history emerge during Esquimalt Harbour clean up 


The Royal Canadian Navy expected to find contamination at the bottom of Esquimalt Harbour after more than 150 years of shipbuilding and naval activity. 

Restoration work on Centennial pole eyed 


Coquitlam to consider the project for Canada's 150th, retired civil servant says First Nations people should be involved and pole possibly moved to a better location 

Canadian Stories this Week 

Do you use this database? 

As of today (14 October 2016), 347,005 of 640,000 files are available online in our Soldiers of the First World War: 1914-1919 database. 

To date, they have digitized the box 5848 and Mahony. 

Please check the database regularly for new additions and if you still have questions after checking the database, you may contact us directly at 1-866-578-7777 for more assistance. 


And that was the week in Canadian news! 

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Be sure to tell your friends about us. 

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Canadian Week in Review 17 October 2016



I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History 

12 October 1957 Canadian awarded for creation of U.N Peacekeepers

On this date, Canadian external affairs minister, Lester B Pearson , received a telegram from Sweden telling him that he had was being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was due because of the way that he had handled the Suez Crisis. 

He had proposed a neutral UN military force and they would be occupy to occupy the middle ground between the two sides became the standard concept of the the blue berets - UN Peacekeeping Force. Lester Pearson was thereafter known as the Father of International Peacekeeping.

For more information, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping

Social Media 

(Video) Mother of fallen Canadian soldier: New Afghanistan war monument a 'godsend' 


A demilitarized version of the same vehicle that Bev McCraw's son Shawn was in when he was killed by an IED in Afghanistan in 2008 will be installed permanently as a new war monument at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum., 

Newspaper Articles 

Nova Scotia 

Bluenose II preps for summer tour with travelling exhibit 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bluenose-ii-summer-tour-travelling-exhibit-1.3795438

For the first time in nearly a decade, Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador will live up to its name. 

The Bluenose II will leave the province next summer and travel to ports along the Eastern Seaboard to "demonstrate Nova Scotia's rich Maritime heritage and expertise," according to government documents published Friday morning. 

The tour will conclude in Quebec City where the ship will be part of the celebrations for Canada's 150th anniversary. 

Mi'kmaq History Month 


Membertou Heritage Park is where people can learn about Mi’kmaq culture through year Each year at this time, Jeff Ward notices a surge of interest in aboriginal culture. 

Hand-written recipes featured in Nova Scotia Archives online exhibit 


From generation to generation, some recipes and cookbooks have become treasured family heirlooms. 

The Nova Scotia Archives has scores of them in its personal collections, and has created a digital exhibit featuring hand-written and early printed recipes, some dating as far back at the 1700s. 

New Brunswick 

Tales from the crypt: 6 tips for exploring N.B. graveyards 


Graveyard exploring sounds macabre to some; however, according to one local historian, the sites are a gold mine of information on local history. 

This is Main Street: Rise and fall of a once thriving commercial district 


When Saint John was a smoky 18th century seaside colony, Main Street was a trade road, used to cart goods from the First Nations settlement at Indiantown up to Fort Howe.  

From the 1700s until the mid-1960s, it evolved into a thriving commercial district in Saint John rivalled only by Prince William Street. 

Man jailed 2 years for possessing stolen N.B. Museum plaques
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sentencing-stolen-plaques-museum-1.3803563

A man who pleaded guilty to possessing stolen bronze plaques from the New Brunswick Museum was sentenced Thursady to two years minus one day in provincial jail.

Prince Edward Island
P.E.I. Scottish history part of huge tapestry on display

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/scottish-diaspora-tapestry-p-e-i-history-1.3804077

A gigantic tapestry which celebrates Scottish heritage and the influence its people have had around the world has arrived in P.E.I., and is on display at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. 

Ontario 

Exhibit tells the story of Jewish farming in Ontario 


A small photographic exhibit in the main-floor gallery of the Miles Nadal JCC at Bloor and Spadina tells the small but interesting story of Jewish farming in Ontario, past and present. 

Italians collect London stories 


A two-day conference dedicated to preserving Italian-Canadian history is coming to London. 

The Italian-Canadian Archives Project (ICAP) links communities across the country with history experts, public archivists and community organizers. The goal is to train Italian-Canadian communities to gather, organize and share their history 

The website is at https://icap.ca/about-us/ 

Collection of military history essays captures the importance of the battle at Hill 70 


The True Story of the Real-Life Winnie-the-Pooh 


When a soldier shipping off to World War I stepped onto a train platform during a brief stopover in a small Canadian town, little did he know his footsteps would lead a dozen years later to the October 14, 1926, publication of “Winnie-the-Pooh.” Find out how a real-life black bear inspired A.A. Milne to write one of the classics of children’s literature. 

Chief Shingwauk and SRSC Included in Special 150th Anniversary Exhibition at Archives of Ontario 


As Canada gets ready to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation and the creation of the Province of Ontario, the Archives of Ontario has unveiled a special exhibition titled “Family Ties: Ontario Turns 150” in Toronto, Ontario. One of the families highlighted in the exhibition is the family of Chief Shingwauk. 

FEATURE: Archives house valuable artifacts of Canada’s Jewish left 


One of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish left in Canada occurred some 57 years ago, in 1959, when a huge and irreparable split developed within the ranks of the United Jewish People's Order (UJPO) and a significant number of members left to form a new organization, the New Fraternal Jewish Association (NFJA). 

Saskatchewan 

Historic Gull Lake, Sask., hotel 'a shadow of what it once was' after destructive fire 


A piece of history is gone from Gull Lake, Sask., after a fire broke out at the Clarendon Hotel Sunday morning. 

Emergency crews were called to the hotel and bar around 8 a.m. CST 

Alberta 

Bones, tools unearthed by Alberta flood could fill gaps in First Nations history 


Archeologists are hoping bones and tools unearthed after the 2013 southern Alberta floods will help paint a better picture of a little understood period in the region's indigenous history. 

Students get heartfelt history lesson with Field of Crosses 

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/students-get-heartfelt-history-lesson-with-field-of-crosses

What began with a few hundred white crosses in 2009 has grown to more than 3,200, all paying tribute to those who died serving their country. 

The North 

Arctic Bay Thule man to form part of Inuit exhibit at history museum 


A Thule man who lived near Arctic Bay hundreds of years ago will soon be part of an exhibit on Canada’s Indigenous peoples to be unveiled at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau in July 017 to coincide with Canada’s 150th birthday. 

Epic voyage planned for Canada's 150th anniversary 


Canada's three oceans will be the centrepiece of an epic 150-day voyage to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. 

The Students on Ice Foundation is planning to take an icebreaker on trip that will begin in Toronto and end up in Victoria next summer, transiting the Northwest Passage on the way. 

Canadian Stories this Week 

Find My Past 


I was surprised to see the fandmypast has put on some Canadian databases, and they are Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 and New Brunswick Birth and Baptism Index 1769-1899. 

Since the Archives of Ontario are the official keeper of the births, marriages, and deaths after they are released from Office of Registrar General Service Ontario, it surprises me that they include records up to 1920, whereas the archives on this website say that they only includes records up to 1917. 

The AO Site says that "Due to changes in regulations, 1918 and newer birth registrations and indexes will not be transferred to the Archives of Ontario until 104 years after the year of registration. The 1918 birth registrations and indexes will be transferred to the Archives in 2023". 

Since the explanation on their website doesn't provide a good explanation, I will write to findmypast to see if I can get a clearer definition of the collection. 

The second collection is the New Brunswick Birth and Baptisms Index 1769-1899 and it contains over 25,000 transcripts of civil registration records. Each record will include your ancestor's birth year, birth place and parent's names. The records will also provide you with the information you need to order a copy of an official birth certificate through Service New Brunswick at www.snb.ca.

I have checked the New Brunswick Archives at http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Databases.aspx?culture=en-CA and the date do not seem to coincided with the date of the births that the archives have, so I am wondering were they got these records from because the collection does not say.

Drop Me a Card 

Take a minute to go to this page of my friend, Daniel B. Parkinson, to look at the postcards he has put on the webpage http://uptorawdon.com/supplementary-card.html 

These postcards are beautiful, and the ones which show Ottawa as it use to be in the olden days. There are nice ones , including ones about Easter, for example, (and they are in perfect condition), so they are worth your time. 

And that was the week in Canadian news! 

This e-newspaper has been published since April 2012! 

Be sure to tell your friends about us. 

If you would like to subscribe, please send your email to genealogycanada@aol.com 

Publishers Elizabeth and Mario Lapointe 

Sponsored by Elizabeth Lapointe Research Services. To learn more about the research services offered by ELRS, go to www.elrs.biz 

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Monday, October 17, 2016

Canadian Week in Review 17 October 2016



I have come across the following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.

This Week in Canadian History 

12 October 1957 Canadian awarded for creation of U.N Peacekeepers

On this date, Canadian external affairs minister, Lester B Pearson, received a telegram from Sweden telling him that he had was being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. It was due because of the way that he had handled the Suez Crisis. 

He had proposed a neutral UN military force that would occupy the middle ground between the two sides, and it became the standard concept of the the blue berets - UN Peacekeeping Force. Lester Pearson was thereafter known as the Father of International Peacekeeping.

For more information, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacekeeping

Social Media 

(Video) Mother of fallen Canadian soldier: New Afghanistan war monument a 'godsend' 


A demilitarized version of the same vehicle that Bev McCraw's son, Shawn, was in when he was killed by an IED in Afghanistan in 2008 will be installed permanently as a new war monument at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum., 

Newspaper Articles 

Nova Scotia 

Bluenose II preps for summer tour with travelling exhibit 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/bluenose-ii-summer-tour-travelling-exhibit-1.3795438

For the first time in nearly a decade, Nova Scotia's sailing ambassador will live up to its name. 

The Bluenose II will leave the province next summer and travel to ports along the Eastern Seaboard to "demonstrate Nova Scotia's rich Maritime heritage and expertise," according to government documents published Friday morning. 

The tour will conclude in Quebec City where the ship will be part of the celebrations for Canada's 150th anniversary. 

Mi'kmaq History Month 


Membertou Heritage Park is where people can learn about Mi’kmaq culture throughout the year. Each year at this time, Jeff Ward notices a surge of interest in aboriginal culture. 

Hand-written recipes featured in Nova Scotia Archives online exhibit 


From generation to generation, some recipes and cookbooks have become treasured family heirlooms. 

The Nova Scotia Archives has scores of them in its personal collections, and has created a digital exhibit featuring hand-written and early printed recipes, some dating as far back at the 1700s. 

New Brunswick 

Tales from the crypt: 6 tips for exploring N.B. graveyards 


Graveyard exploring sounds macabre to some; however, according to one local historian, the sites are a gold mine of information on local history. 

This is Main Street: Rise and fall of a once thriving commercial district 


When Saint John was a smoky 18th century seaside colony, Main Street was a trade road, used to cart goods from the First Nations settlement at Indiantown up to Fort Howe.  

From the 1700s until the mid-1960s, it evolved into a thriving commercial district in Saint John, rivalled only by Prince William Street. 

Man jailed 2 years for possessing stolen N.B. Museum plaques
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/sentencing-stolen-plaques-museum-1.3803563

A man who pleaded guilty to possessing stolen bronze plaques from the New Brunswick Museum was sentenced Thursday to two years minus one day in provincial jail.

Prince Edward Island

P.E.I. Scottish history part of huge tapestry on display

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/scottish-diaspora-tapestry-p-e-i-history-1.3804077

A gigantic tapestry which celebrates Scottish heritage and the influence its people have had around the world has arrived in P.E.I., and is on display at the Confederation Centre of the Arts. 

Ontario 

Exhibit tells the story of Jewish farming in Ontario 


A small photographic exhibit in the main-floor gallery of the Miles Nadal JCC at Bloor and Spadina tells the small but interesting story of Jewish farming in Ontario, past and present. 

Italians collect London stories 


A two-day conference dedicated to preserving Italian-Canadian history is coming to London. 

The Italian-Canadian Archives Project (ICAP) links communities across the country with history experts, public archivists and community organizers. The goal is to train Italian-Canadian communities to gather, organize and share their history 

The website is at https://icap.ca/about-us/ 

Collection of military history essays captures the importance of the battle at Hill 70 


The True Story of the Real-Life Winnie-the-Pooh 


When a soldier shipping off to World War I stepped onto a train platform during a brief stopover in a small Canadian town, little did he know his footsteps would lead a dozen years later to the October 14, 1926, publication of “Winnie-the-Pooh.” Find out how a real-life black bear inspired A.A. Milne to write one of the classics of children’s literature. 

Chief Shingwauk and SRSC Included in Special 150th Anniversary Exhibition at Archives of Ontario 


As Canada gets ready to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation and the creation of the Province of Ontario, the Archives of Ontario has unveiled a special exhibition titled “Family Ties: Ontario Turns 150” in Toronto, Ontario. One of the families highlighted in the exhibition is the family of Chief Shingwauk. 

FEATURE: Archives house valuable artifacts of Canada’s Jewish left 


One of the most dramatic moments in the history of the Jewish left in Canada occurred some 57 years ago, in 1959, when a huge and irreparable split developed within the ranks of the United Jewish People's Order (UJPO) and a significant number of members left to form a new organization, the New Fraternal Jewish Association (NFJA). 

Saskatchewan 

Historic Gull Lake, Sask., hotel 'a shadow of what it once was' after destructive fire 


A piece of history is gone from Gull Lake, Sask., after a fire broke out at the Clarendon Hotel Sunday morning. 

Emergency crews were called to the hotel and bar around 8 a.m. CST 

Alberta 

Bones, tools unearthed by Alberta flood could fill gaps in First Nations history 


Archaeologists are hoping bones and tools unearthed after the 2013 southern Alberta floods will help paint a better picture of a little understood period in the region's indigenous history. 

Students get heartfelt history lesson with Field of Crosses 

http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/students-get-heartfelt-history-lesson-with-field-of-crosses

What began with a few hundred white crosses in 2009 has grown to more than 3,200, all paying tribute to those who died serving their country. 

The North 

Arctic Bay Thule man to form part of Inuit exhibit at history museum 


A Thule man who lived near Arctic Bay hundreds of years ago will soon be part of an exhibit on Canada’s Indigenous peoples to be unveiled at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau in July 2017 to coincide with Canada’s 150th birthday. 

Epic voyage planned for Canada's 150th anniversary 


Canada's three oceans will be the centrepiece of an epic 150-day voyage to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. 

The Students on Ice Foundation is planning to take an icebreaker on trip that will begin in Toronto and end up in Victoria next summer, transiting the Northwest Passage on the way. 

Canadian Stories this Week 

Find My Past 


I was surprised to see that findmypast.com has put on some Canadian databases, and they are Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 and New Brunswick Birth and Baptism Index 1769-1899. 

Since the Archives of Ontario are the official keeper of the births, marriages, and deaths after they are released from Office of Registrar General Service Ontario, it surprises me that they include records up to 1920, whereas the archives on this website say that they only includes records up to 1917. 

The AO Site says that "Due to changes in regulations, 1918 and newer birth registrations and indexes will not be transferred to the Archives of Ontario until 104 years after the year of registration. The 1918 birth registrations and indexes will be transferred to the Archives in 2023". 

Since the explanation on their website doesn't provide a good explanation, I will write to findmypast to see if I can get a clearer definition of the collection. 

The second collection is the New Brunswick Birth and Baptisms Index 1769-1899 and it contains over 25,000 transcripts of civil registration records. Each record will include your ancestor's birth year, birth place and parent's names. The records will also provide you with the information you need to order a copy of an official birth certificate through Service New Brunswick at www.snb.ca.

I have checked the New Brunswick Archives at http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/FEDS/Databases.aspx?culture=en-CA and the date do not seem to coincided with the date of the births that the archives have, so I am wondering were they got these records from because the collection does not say.

Drop Me a Card 

Take a minute to go to this page of my friend, Daniel B. Parkinson, to look at the postcards he has put on the webpage http://uptorawdon.com/supplementary-card.html 

These postcards are beautiful, and the ones which show Ottawa as it use to be in the olden days. There are nice ones , including ones about Easter, for example, (and they are in perfect condition), so they are worth your time. 

And that was the week in Canadian news! 

This e-newspaper has been published since April 2012! 

Be sure to tell your friends about us. 

If you would like to subscribe, please send your email to genealogycanada@aol.com 

Publishers Elizabeth and Mario Lapointe 

Sponsored by Elizabeth Lapointe Research Services. To learn more about the research services offered by ELRS, go to www.elrs.biz 

(c)2016 All rights reserved.
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