Category: 2020
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Indexing Manitoba Church Records at Family Search
I was browsing through the Family Search genealogy site tonight and I see they have posted an indexing project for Manitoba. It is an indexing of Manitoba church records and appears to be new, when I looked at it there was 0% indexed. Under the description it states “This project includes birth or baptism, marriage,…
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Colour Your Black & White Pictures for Free
To offer some relief to people who are following the rules and staying at home, My Heritage has offered free use to their colourization tool for a month. Here is what the tool can do So stay home, stay healthy and enjoy this offer!
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How Has Past Pandemics Affected People in Your Family Tree?
The spread of illnesses is not a new thing for Canada or the world for that matter. When I think of it in reference to my own genealogy there are two instances that I recall reading about an ancestor experiencing an pandemic. John Tipper who was living in Montreal in 1832 was killed by Cholera.…
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Protestant Schools in Quebec City
The question started with “Did my grandmother attend school while she was living in Quebec City?” And it snowballed as it usually does when doing genealogy. I found a book on the BAnQ (National Library and Archives of Quebec) website about Protestant Schools in Quebec. The book is called “Molding our tomorrows: a survey of…
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