I have come across the following Canadian websites, social media websites, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.
In 1930, Canadian runner Percy Williams established a then-world
record of 10:03 seconds for the 100 metres. Two years earlier, Williams won the
100 and 200 metres at the Amsterdam Olympics.
In 1941, Britain's Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived aboard
a British battleship in Argentia, Nfld., for a meeting with U.S. President
Franklin Roosevelt. The meeting resulted in the signing on August 14 of the
Atlantic Charter for the “final destruction of Nazi tyranny.”
Scotch Rood
Janet McLeod is a Canadian blogger who want to begin an
“historical journey” through the pages of Scottish history. She wants to do it
with “crowd sourcing, together (so) we can get access to original documents,
academic research, life stories, and oral histories that bring these stories
together”.
Eighteen alumni names complete U of S commemoration from WWI
(Video)
Seven years after the war begun, the University of Saskatchewan
had 75% of the faculty, staff and students who left to serve in the First World
War.
Elgin County Ontario Canada and Talbot Times Genealogy Blog
On the anniversary of the 100th year of the declaration of World
War One, the Hamilton Ontario Lancaster had flown to England to join up with
the only other flying Lancaster on tour in Britain.
WW I-era newsboys mark Great War anniversary in downtown Toronto
(Video)
Did anyone see this? A group of men dressed in turn-of-the-century
newsboy costumes drew curious glances in downtown Toronto Monday as they handed
out a fictitious historical newspaper to mark the 100th anniversary of Canada's
entry in the First World War.
Canada’s Parliament Turns Into Massive Light and Sound Show
(Video)
Newfoundland
Touring First World War battlefields teaches students more than
any history book
Seeing their own family names written among the list of the dead
on a war memorial in France brought home the reality of the First World War to
Newfoundland high-school students.
They have also added the Virtual Gramophone on the Postmedia site
where they put on sound recordings about First World War recollections.
Nova
Scotia
Racist graffiti on Cape Breton's Fort Petrie 'an insult'`: Vandals
have targeted Fort Petrie three times in a week
Fort Petrie is situated along the Sydney Harbour. It was used
during both world wars as an observation post to spot U-boats, complete with
gun placements and searchlights, but now it has been targeted by graffiti three
times during the past week.
New Brunswick
2014 World Acadian Congress is being held in New Brunswick, Quebec
and Maine
Acadian congress celebrates history across 3 borders.
Ontario
The Franklin Expedition is still our coldest case
The story of the missing Arctic explorers is as much about
politics as about archaeology
They are still searching – 170 years later. Marc-André Bernier and
six other Parks Canada underwater archaeologists will search the cold waters of
Victoria Strait in Canada’s High Arctic for the lost Franklin Expedition.
Canada’s involvement in WWI began with a telegram from Great
Britain
Read how Canada really got involved in the First World War.
Internment camps a dark chapter in Canadian history
In 1914, more than 8,000 immigrants from Austria-Hungary, Germany,
and the other Central Powers were rounded up and locked away in internment
camps in Canada. They were imprisoned for being “enemy aliens”.
Make August Canada's Black History Month
On the 01 August 1834,Black people across the British world, and
that included Canada, were set free from centuries of enslavement.
4RCR has a proud London history
The building, known as Wolseley Hall, is a Canadian National
Historic Site. It was erected 1886-1888 as the first-purpose built infantry
training school in Canada, designed to house and train recruits for Canada’s
first permanent military force.
Manitoba
Valour Road Victoria Crosses united in Winnipeg for 1st time
All three soldiers lived on the same block of Pine Street in
Winnipeg's West End. In 1925, the street was renamed Valour Road in their
honour.
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon lawyer recalls Great War Tour
Anne Wallace travelled to France, Belgium to see WWI battlefields.
Alberta
Homesteading exhibit comes to Nose Creek Museum
The Nose Creek Valley Museum is hosting the Homesteading Alberta
art exhibit from July 30 to Aug. 25, 2014.
New Heritage Marker Unveiled In Big Valley
On Friday, August 1, 2014 a heritage marker was placed St.
Edmund’s Anglican Church at Big Valley.
Museum Open House
Canada's important military moments remembered
Anyone wanting to know which battle and war were the most formative
for Canada found no shortage of competing interpretations from re-enactors and
serving soldiers participating in the annual Canadian Military Heritage Museum
open house.
Story of the Week
Are there really Top 10 Genealogical Websites in Canada?
Family Tree Magazine recently published their "Best Canadian Genealogy Websites" by David A. Fryxell.
The four sites were -
Canadiana
It noted that is a pay site, and only mentioned the division which is getting all the press lately —Héritage — in passing. Héritage is where all the good genealogical stuff is. That is where the Library and Archives Canada has chosen to park its microfilm, and the site bears watching.
It is true that researchers will be charged a yearly fee to see the index in the future, but the microfilm, as it now, will always be free.
But they do say in the last paragraph that “A new Héritage project, including 60 million pages of microfilm images, is free, with a premium plan in the works’’.
The LAC has much more than was listed. It didn’t even mention the military service records that are going to be put on.
Yes, the Nova Scotia Archives has vital records, but this only one part of the site. It also has land records, early newspapers, census, assessment rolls. No where does it mention that this is a part of the Nova Scotia Archives, and people will think that this is all there is.
This is the last site of the four Canadian websites listed, and although it does summaries it, I think they fail to mention that the years from 1621 to about 1700 is the foundation for French-Canadians. Most French-Canadian can trace their family back to this time.
So there you have it. What do you think? I think that Family Tree Magazine missed the mark on this one.
In an attempt to create our own list, a number of Canadian bloggers have put on lists, such as -
and
So there you have the reaction from some Canadian genealogists. Somewhere there has been a disconnect between us and the people at Family Tree Magazine.
Hopefully, it will be fixed for next year, and we can look forward to reading about our best websites … and more than four, please!
Reminder: Check the Canadian Week in Review next Monday for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada. It’s the ONLY news blog of its kind in country!
The next post will be on August 18, 2014.
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