Extra news items 19 July 2015

Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning

A newspaper article has has been written about Samuel Cunard of Halifax and what a giant he was among fellow ship builders in the world. He once owned the largest fleet of sailing ships on the Atlantic seaboard.

A son of an United Empire Loyalist, he was born in Halifax. He is best know for the ocean liners RMS Queen Mary and RMS Queen Elizabeth. 

If you want to read more, you can go to the article Cunard’s Nova Scotia history at http://thechronicleherald.ca/travel/1299877-cunard%E2%80%99s-nova-scotia-history

If you are searching Morman Pioneers ancestry, the LDS and FamiltSearch sent out a press release yesterday in which they said “In a collaboration between the Church History Library and FamilySearch, individuals can now discover and explore more of their pioneer heritage on the newly redesigned Mormon Pioneer overland Travel website that will also includes information about previously unknown pioneers”.

The Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel site is https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/

The Grand Manan Museum on Grand Manan Island has just receiveda copy of the journal of one of Grand Manan's prominent early residents - Captain William Frankland's journal - dating back to the late 1700s.

A copy was returned to the island, with help from the New Brunswick Museum, and is on display until the end of this summer, as part of a larger exhibit on the early residents of White Head Island.

The website is http://www.grandmananmuseum.ca/

Until next time, this is what crossed my desk this morning.

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Extra news items 18 July 2015

Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning -

 Word has been received that Stuart Ash, the Canadian designer of the last Centennial logo in 1967, is less than impressed with the newly chosen logo for the official celebration of Canada's 150th birthday. He says the choice of the logo was 'too complicated and confusing'.

To read the whole story and to see photos of other logos, go to http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-150-logo-called-confusing-by-centennial-logo-creator-1.3154959

It looks like the KICKSTARTER project that was underway for the Oak Island Project has been cancelled if you can believe the latest news on the website at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1730663204/expedition-to-oak-island-nova-scotia-canada-the-mo.

The message says “ Funding for this project was canceled by the project creator about 21 hours ago”, and although no reason was given, it looks like it is no-go for the expedition to Oak Island. 

And finally, the Ontario Heritage Trust is seeking nominations to the Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Awards and Young Heritage Leaders – its annual recognition programs celebrating contributions to heritage conservation. The nomination deadline is September 30, 2015, 

22 Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Awards – representing 335 individuals, one community and three projects – were presented for outstanding achievements to conserving Ontario's heritage in 2014, and 195 youth were recognized through Young Heritage Leaders for their volunteer contributions in 2014.

To read information on the awards, go to http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Programs/Recognition-programs.aspx

Until next time, this is what crossed my desk this morning.

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Extra news items 16 July 2015

Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning

Now they have put the Halifax area in Lego at the Halifax Central Library, and there are tons of photos of the display at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lego-versions-of-halifax-area-buildings-on-display-at-central-library-1.3152240

I looked at the photos, and I recognize everyone of the landmarks. Nice to see Gail Meagher, the local artist, included the Quinpool Road Theatre – it used to be my favorite movie theatres when I lived in the city.

The Toronto Public Library has put on a display of the 2015 PanAm Games being held in the city. They say it is “an exciting and colourful display showcasing Ontario’s fascinating summer sports and games history”.

There are also books on display, and you can click on the photos to access their catalogue records for these books on display.

To read more about the exhibit, go to http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/local-history-genealogy/2015/07/canadiana-display-celebrates-the-2015-pan-amparapan-am-games.html

We see that Olive Tree Genealogy has made the top ten list of Twitter influencers! That surely is a feat for a Canadian when Twitter is so popular with genealogists these days worldwide. So congrats, Lorine McGinnis Schulze!

To see the list, go to http://olivetreegenealogy.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-top-10-genealogy-influencers-you.html


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LAC Update: Digitization of First World War Service Files

Library and Archives Canada has busy digitizing the service files of the First World War veterans.

They have sent out this press release -

 As of today, 171,771 of 640,000 files are available online via our Soldiers of the First World War: 1914-1918 database at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/search.aspx.

Library and Archives Canada is digitizing the service files systematically, from box 1 to box 10686, which roughly corresponds to alphabetical order. Please note that over the years, the content of some boxes has had to be moved and, you might find that the file you want, with a surname that is supposed to have been digitized, is now located in another box that has not yet been digitized. So far, we have digitized the following files:

A to Dagenais (boxes 1 to 2257)

Free to Gorman (boxes 3298 to 3658)

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, the following boxes were skipped in the digitization process, but will be done in the next few months.

Dagenais to Fredlund (boxes 2258 to 3297)

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

Extra news items 15 July 2015

Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning -

The news comes to us that the Samuel Holland map of Prince Edward Island which dates back to 1765 is on display at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown.

The exhibit is called Imperial Designs: Samuel Holland's 1765 Map and the Making of Prince Edward Island and will be at the Centre until January 2016.

The website is at http://www.confederationcentre.com/en/exhibitions-current-read-more.php?exhibition=102

The Holland 250 website is at http://www.samuelholland250pei.ca/book

A newspaper article by Joy Neighbours entitled THE JOY OF GENEALOGY: When you unearth a family secret, tells us to be careful what we do with the subject and explores the effects that family secret have on genealogy.

To read the article, go to http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5731234-the-joy-of-genealogy-when-you-unearth-a-family-secret-be-careful-what-you-do-with-it/

The Library and Archives Canada has posted a blog on the subject of do you want to know who your first French ancestor was and when he or she left France and arrived in Canada? Are you curious about your French origins?

If so, their website is a great place to begin your research. Here you will find a page dedicated to genealogical research on the French. This page provides you with historical information, archival documents and published material from the Library and Archives Canada collection, as well as links to other websites and institutions.

Library and Archives Canada holds a vast collection of census material at , from 1666 to 1916, in which you can find names of your French-Canadian ancestors http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/history-ethnic-cultural/Pages/french.aspx

Until next time, this is what crossed my desk this morning.

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Extra news items 14 July 2015

Here are some news items which have come across my desk this morning -

Just a reminder that the exhibit named Ordinary Lives Extraordinary Times at the Guelph Museum will be closing August 9th.

Columbus Centre explores the experiences of Italian Canadians following Italy’s entry into the Second World War. Through video, audio and text, the exhibition puts a human face to this little-known period in Canadian history.

To set the times that the museum is open, go to
http://guelphmuseums.ca/event/ordinary-lives-extraordinary-times-italian-canadian-experience-world-war-ii/

They have discovered an error in the written tribute to Tom Longboat, the Aborginal runner from the Six Nations and 1907 Boston Marathon Winner. The misspelled word - Persistence is spelled as Persistance.

The statue of the Onondaga long-distance runner is in Ontario’s Celebration Zone near Harbourfront Centre

To read more the story, go to http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2015/07/12/a-typo-for-tom-longboat-on-pan-am-games-sculpture.html

A blog posting called the Railway Sleeping Car Porters has been put on by Library and Archives Canada, which is good news for those who have Canadian ancestors.

It gives their stories, plus photos, and the Stanley G. Grizzle fonds at http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=3728356, and the Railway Employees (Employees Provident Fund) at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/railway-employees-provident-fund/Pages/railway-employees.aspx

Prince Edward Island Railway, 1899, cover and map

And finally, Dick Eastman has put on the Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots

I must admit, I haven't hears of this before, and I see where there are two people by the same surname as my husband's ancestors  – Audet dit Lapointe. I will have to take a look.

Debbie Duay of Fort Lauderdale, Florida has compiled an index to French Canadian Revolutionary War patriots from Quebec that appear in the Baby, Taschereau, and Williams journal and/or Virginia Easley DeMarce’s Canadian Participants in the American Revolution – An Index.

Her index appears at http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/frenchcanadianpatriots.htm.

Until next time, this is what crossed my desk this morning.

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Canadian Week in Review - 13 July 2015

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

Joseph 'Joe' Schuster (1914-1992), a cartoonist in Toronto, moved to Cleveland, Ohio at the age of nine. Later, he met Jerome Siegel, and together, they co-created Superman, which first appeared in the June 1938 edition of Action Comics.

To read more, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Shuster




On July 8, 1917, three Canadian pilots in Britain’s Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) were awarded military decorations. The pilots – Raymond Collishaw, John Sharman, and Ellis Reid – were members of the Black Flight, whose successes in the First World War were legendary.

To read more, you can go to http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/cseh-twih/index_e.asp

Social Media

Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2015 – Barrie Ontario
http://blog.familyhistorysearches.com/2015/07/ontario-genealogical-society-conference-2015-barrie-ontario/
Ruth Blair has written a summary of the recent OGS Conference.


Newspaper Articles

Newfoundland

Caribou badge: St. John's street signs changed to honour WW I history
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/caribou-badge-st-john-s-street-signs-changed-to-honour-ww-i-history-1.3135524
In a project to honour the soldiers and wartime service of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, the image of the caribou on the regimental badge — is now affixed to the signs of more than three dozen of the city's streets.

Nova Scotia

READER’S CORNER: Nova Scotia must mark Black Battalion centenary
http://thechronicleherald.ca/letters/1297855-reader%E2%80%99s-corner-nova-scotia-must-mark-black-battalion-centenary
In a little less than a year, one of the most significant dates in Nova Scotia black history will be upon us: the centennial of the commissioning of Canada’s first and only black battalion, the No. 2 Black Construction Battalion of the First World War.

New Brunswick

Heritage wharves along St. John River running out of cash
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/heritage-wharves-along-st-john-river-running-out-of-cash-1.3144645
More than 60 people turned out to a public meeting in Long Reach on Wednesday evening to discuss the future of two heritage steamboat wharves in the area.

Quebec

Quebec City nuns find business solutions
 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/07/02/quebec-city-nuns-find-business-solutions.html
Compared to founding the province’s health system, the current project of the Order of the Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus of Quebec — setting up a boutique hotel on the grounds of their monastery — shouldn’t be a problem.

St Sixte Catholic Church destroyed in Monday evening fire near Thurso, Quebec
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/st-sixte-catholic-church-destroyed-in-monday-evening-fire-near-thurso-que-1.3140925
A 130-year-old church was destroyed by fire north of Thurso, Quebec, on Monday evening.

The St. Sixte Catholic Church, established in 1885, was in the village of Saint Sixtus, north of Thurso, in the Outaouais.

Montreal Jazz Fest entrusts private archives to BAnQ
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-jazz-fest-entrusts-private-archives-to-banq-1.3132031
Montreal's Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec announced on Monday that it has acquired the archives of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
   It is one of the library's largest private collections, with 2,660 videos and upwards of 1,800 hours of listening material.

Ontario

Renovation of Senate's temporary home $29M over budget
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/renovation-of-senate-s-temporary-home-29m-over-budget-1.3135855
Fixing up a temporary home for the Senate has gone over budget by at least $29 million, and Public Works wants to squeeze office-relocation costs for senators to make up the difference.

Oliver Anderson: Canoeing into Ottawa history
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/oliver-anderson-canoeing-into-ottawa-history
Spring log drives were once the defining activity on rivers in the Ottawa watershed, because the city we think of as a government town was the logging centre of the world in the 19th and into the 20th century. Canoe trippers have a unique opportunity to see this history first-hand on the landscapes of Ottawa’s tributary rivers.

126-year-old Brantford-built bike salvaged by collector
http://www.brantnews.com/news-story/5709516-126-year-old-brantford-built-bike-salvaged-by-collector/
At the 14th annual Canadian Vintage Bicycle Show – hosted at a farm on Tutela Heights Road on Sunday – Rick Wolfe proudly displayed an 1889 Goold Bicycle Company bike that he saved from the landfill in Ottawa this past December.

GENEALOGY WITH JANICE: Discover the scoundrels, criminals and black sheep in your family tree
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5702358-genealogy-with-janice-discover-the-scoundrels-criminals-and-black-sheep-in-your-family-tree/
No one wants a criminal at the dinner table, but finding one in your family tree can add pizzazz to an otherwise boring list of names and dates.

Wilfrid Laurier to house 22 life-size statues of Canadian PMs
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/wilfrid-laurier-to-house-22-life-size-statues-of-canadian-pms-1.3132952
A controversial proposal to erect 22 life-size statues of Canada's prime ministers has found a home on Wilfrid Laurier University's Waterloo campus after being rejected for Kitchener's Victoria Park over a year ago.

British Columbia

Canadian Mosaic Project: Picture this
http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/news/310799891.html
Forty-six-year-old Tim Van Horn visited Vancouver Island in June for the second time in the past seven years, adding more touches to his Canadian Mosaic Project, which will be unveiled during Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations, in 2017.

The Stories This Week

This week's news came to us that the St Sixte Catholic Church and all of its archives had burnt to the ground. (see Quebec - St Sixte Catholic Church destroyed in Monday evening fire near Thurso, Quebec.

I have seen that church a number of times that I have driven the Quebec countryside, and now it and it's archives are all gone. Just think of the memories that went up in smoke.

And how many genealogies have been lost in the fires that have ripped through the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia? We dare not think.

There are lots of commercial companies that can help you to keep your genealogy safe once it is finished, but don't forget to put it in the cloud while you are working on it at home.

That way it stays safe and secure while you are working on it. If your hard drive should fail, it will be held for you.

I work mostly in Goggle now. It took awhile to adopt it, but I have accepted it now, and anytime you visit me, you will see that I am using Google to do almost everything.

So give it a try.

Go to http://google.com to see how you can use it. The service is free to everyone who uses it.

And that was the Canadian genealogy, history, and heritage news in Canada this past week!


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Muskoka Heritage Place, Huntsville, Ontario

There are many genealogy, history and heritage things to do at the Muskoka Heritage Place since it was first envisioned in 1958. It comprises of a museum, a village and a train which can take you around the village. 

There is an exhibit on site "War: What is it Good For?" It is an exhibit of locally-pertinent First World War artifacts, featuring several items specific to Muskoka's own 122nd Battalion, information panels and historic images, to honour the 100th anniversary of "The Great War".

The temporary exhibit will be on display until 2018.

The homepage is at http://www.muskokaheritageplace.org/en/index.asp

Their Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/MuskokaHeritagePlace?ref=hl

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Extra news items 11 July 2015

Here are some news items which have come across the desk this morning -

Isn't this a neat idea from Canada's heritage!

Cheryl Horgan, a local St. John's artist, is making jewellery from a church's copper roofing. And she is using the copper roofing as it is stripped off the 160-year-old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, so that the copper roofing can be replaced.

Cheryl is donating two third of the sales to the restoration effort of the roof of the church.

To read the rest of the story, go to http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/cheryl-horgan-is-making-jewellery-from-church-s-copper-roofing-1.3147264

And her come another neat idea.

To the Revitalizing Indigenous Agriculture Project, methods of indigenous culture will be used to plant the seeds and help the garden grow at the Wanuskewin Heritage Park in Saskatoon.

And they are using Mohawk traditions using the idea of growing for sustenance.

To see the pictures of the garden, go to http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-community-garden-grows-thanks-to-aboriginal-culture-1.3147407

And finally, there is the project called A Flanders Field in London, Ontario, a remembrance project that about a dozen local volunteers has been busy planing a garden of poppies.

The garden will be on the city-owned park on the southwest corner of Veterans Memorial Parkway and River Road. Over the past two years, they’ve been developing a large poppy garden to honour veterans, remember soldiers who have fallen and provide information about Canada’s military history.

Here is the story in the paper http://www.thelondoner.ca/2015/07/10/remembrance-gardens-nearly-ready-for-dedication

Here is their website at http://remembernovember11.com/

Until next time, this is what crossed my desk this morning.

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151th PEI Highland Games and Scottish Festival 2015

It's time to start posting the highland games events that will take place around the country each summer.

The Caledonian Club of P.E.I.’s annual 151th PEI Highland Games and Scottish Festival 2015 at the Lord Selkirk Provincial Park, Eldon, PE from August 1 – 2, 2015.

Schedule of Events 2015 are posted on the main page page of the society at http://caledonianclubofpei.ca/?page_id=16

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Summer Series of Talks at Keir Museum, Malpeque, PEI

 The Keir Memorial Museum is housed in the former Keir Memorial Presbyterian Church (1925-1983) 

 

This is the roster of speakers for the summer series of “Talks” at Keir Museum, Malpeque Route 20 for the summer of 2015. The Malpeque Historical Society has been presenting these talks relating to the history and people of Malpeque and Area for the past 16 years.

 

The talks are held each Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. beginning on July 15th and ending on August the 12th. Go and join them and bring a friend!

 

July 15 - Stories and Songs of the Sea by Leon Gallant.

 

July 22 - Birds of P.E.I. by Gerald MacDougall

 

July 29 - Island Heroine: Great War Nurse Lillian Pidgeon of Kensington by Katherine Dewar

 

August 5 - Maps and the Army:The Military Career of Samuel Holland by Earle Lockerby

 

August 12 - Over and Under the Darnley Bridge: songs and stories of the Island by Cindy C. Stone

 

If you happen to be in PEI this summer, why don't you take in one of these talks, especially if you have ancestors that came from the island.

 

You can go to the website at http://www.malpequebay.ca/keirmuseum.htm 

 

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Lancaster Day will be celebrated in Ontario on July 11th

The Museum is keen to have as many Lancaster airplane crew Veterans present as will as well.

Lancaster veterans will receive FREE admission for themselves and two guests.

Contact Erin Napier at 905-6794183 ext. 245 or erin@warplane.com to receive VIP parking.

The Bomber command Museum of Canada also has a Canadian-built Lancaster B.X in their collection, FM159, which they have lovingly restored to ground-running condition.

To go to the website, go to http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/lancaster-day-july-11th-2015-hamilton-ontario.html
 

N.L. residents feel strongest sense of belonging, survey finds

More people in Newfoundland and Labrador feel a strong sense of belonging to their province than anywhere else in Canada, according to a recent report.

A Statistics Canada survey found that 65 per cent of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians feel a "very strong sense of belonging" to their province.

To read the article, go to http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/n-l-residents-feel-strongest-sense-of-belonging-survey-finds-1.3137979

No Plaisance for town of Placentia logo

Placentia's controversial new town logo will remain the same — disappointing news to some 500 residents who signed a petition, appealing the town to incorporate its French name, Plaisance, into the design.

To read the article, go to http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/no-plaisance-for-town-of-placentia-logo-mayor-says-1.3131228


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How about changing the term “Meetings”?

What I mean by this is “Meetings” is getting to be an old term. Something out of the 20th century. How about calling them something different, like the Toronto Family History Branch has done. They now call their meetings and special events Learn with Toronto Branch.

And isn't that why we hold meetings – to learn?

September will be a busy month with them, with a three-session course taught by Carol Nichols on how to make the most of Ancestry.ca Library Edition running on Wednesday afternoons. Carol’s course, titled Hands-On Ancestry.ca Library Edition, will be followed by three drop-in sessions at the Toronto Reference Library, again on Wednesday afternoons, where you can practice your Ancestry.ca skills with the help of volunteers from the Toronto Branch Members Network.

On Friday 18 September, they present a special two-hour afternoon lecture by professional genealogist Chris Paton on his research into the hardships endured by our Scottish ancestors.

And on Saturday 19 September, Chris will be back with us together with historian Dr. William Roulston for a full-day workshop on Irish Genealogy—Focus on Ulster. This workshop is aimed at family historians researching ancestors in the nine counties in the historic province of Ulster, but many of the topics discussed will be of relevance to Irish research generally.

They are now accepting registrations for all of the above courses and events.

Visit their Learn with Toronto Branch pages at http://torontofamilyhistory.org/learn/ to read about the program and details and to sign up online. We expect to open registration for October and November courses in late July.

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