I thought you might enjoy the fantastic tips and advice on prairie local history I have received since posting Genealogy gold part 1. On prairie local histories From Beverley: ...they are a great resource and those of us who live on the Prairies have long used them. One caution, if your relatives did not submit… Continue reading Genealogy gold part 3: More tips on prairie local histories
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Genealogy gold part 2: finding local histories using Family Search & Facebook
How to use FamilySearch, WorldCat and Facebook to find a local history book, with a guest post from Jan Pennington
Genealogy gold, part 1: the who, what, why, where and how of local history books in the Canadian prairies
I share with you my techniques for finding digitized local history books, using 3 randomly chosen pioneers found in the 1916, 1921, and 1926 censuses
Top 12 tips on getting the most out of Newspapers.com (for Canada, for free)
I review Newspapers.com and offer tips and a list of how to make the most of your research time on the site
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.
My 5 favourite sites for SK genealogy
SK has tight privacy laws re Vital Stats. Where else can you go after Ancestry?
The child of my cousin is my…what?
1st cousins, 2nd cousins, and 1st cousins once removed, explained with a graphic