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Grace Adams - stray photo taken in Victoria, BC, Canada 22 Aug 2013 | 12:34 am
Since I'm heading off to Victoria for some research time and a family wedding, I thought I'd post a favourite stray photograph taken there. Grace Adams, Victoria, BC, Canada, street photo - Candid Ph...
Archive CD Books Canada partners with FindMyPast.com 17 Aug 2013 | 08:12 am
Over at the British Columbia Genealogical Society website, just posted is an announcement from Malcolm Moody of Archive CD Books Canada. The company is now in partnership with FindMyPast.com Consider...
1921 Canada Census - only at Ancestry, you say? And only in Canada? 13 Aug 2013 | 11:54 pm
Well, I've tried very hard to say little about this whole 1921 Canadian census disaster lately. (I'm sure my doctor is happy.) Instead I got myself pretty well prepared to search the unindexed pages f...
Recipes and Government...Helen Deachman's Pecan Pie, 1963 22 Jul 2013 | 12:21 pm
I've been busy lately, but I have been chipping away at a few projects, even some indexing. Several nights lately I found myself going through old recipes, some my own, some Mum's and Na's - mostly cu...
BC Genealogical Society Library Week - Geneabloggers visiting and volunteering in Surrey, BC 20 Jul 2013 | 12:20 am
In case anyone's wondering where I am, I've been busy volunteering for the British Columbia Genealogical Society's annual Library Week. Still two days left to visit ! BCGS Walter Draycott Library s...
Canada - for Canada Day 2013 1 Jul 2013 | 10:17 pm
One thing about genealogists - we mostly love lists. First of all, lists of people, of course, but for some of us, almost any list will do. I was therefore happy to pick up The Maclean's Book of Lists...
Where is the 1921 Canadian census today? 2 Jun 2013 | 07:53 am
My Grandma Sarah [Saggers] Rogers with my dad, George, and his little brother, David. Snapshot taken in South Vancouver, 1920s; private collection. Three of the reasons I'm anxious to see the 1921 C...
Whose Past? A Public Forum - Victoria, BC June 3, 2013 2 Jun 2013 | 07:42 am
This Monday night, June 3, 8 pm, at Legacy Gallery in Victoria, BC. Whose Past? A Public Forum on Harper’s Review of Canadian History: http://activehistory.ca/2013/06/whose-past-a-public-forum-on-har...
Family history Research in British Columbia, Canada? Free chat May 27, 2013 24 May 2013 | 09:59 pm
Black and white 'Greetings from British Columbia' postcard; unmailed, private collection. Monday night, May 27th, 2013 at 7 pm right at the British Columbia Genealogical Society's (BCGS) website, th...
New 1881 Canadian Census Database on-line at LAC 30 Apr 2013 | 11:23 pm
A new version of the 1881 Canadian Census Database at Library and Archives Canada has been released. This includes "suggestions for corrections that were received from users in recent months". This is...