How to get the most out of city directories, featuring Henderson's Directories and Evernote.
Category: Genealogy How Tos
A trip to the archives #3 – the SK edition
This is #3 in my Archives series. If you'd like to start at the beginning, see British Columbia here and Alberta here. Update - 28 Mar 2019 The Saskatchewan government moved to consolidate its 4 locations into one location in Regina. The Saskatoon archives are now closed. In addition, the online database is also offline. I will… Continue reading A trip to the archives #3 – the SK edition
A trip to the Archives #2 – the Alberta edition
Need to knows when visiting the archives of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta
A trip to the archives #1 – the BC edition
If you are planning a trip to the BC Archives, here are my top need-to-knows.
The Chinese Detention Shed, Vancouver
What if you were Chinese and coming home to Canada in 1921? You got a free stay in the Chinese Detention Shed, no exceptions.
My 5 favourite sites for SK genealogy
SK has tight privacy laws re Vital Stats. Where else can you go after Ancestry?
10 hints to improve your chances of finding a grave marker
Cemeteries are big places. Improve your chances of finding your people with these 10 tips.
What’s Evernote for genealogy?
My 6 blog posts about the whys and hows of organizing docs for genealogy, featuring Evernote
Using Evernote for genealogy: F-A-N research
It's hard enough to organize your ACTUAL family documents - how do you make sense of the docs that MIGHT be your family?
Evernote for genealogy – Saving Ancestry docs in Evernote
Make sense of the 1000 docs on your desktop with Evernote.