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Scottish Prison Record Indexes

Scottish Prison Record Indexes

Scottish Prison Record Indexes In a continuation of their Scotland’s Criminal Database project, Glasgow based genealogists Emma and Graham Maxwell have released an index to a further 43,000 historical Scottish […]

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Prairie Sky Cemetery

Prairie Sky Cemetery

Prairie Sky is Calgary’s Newest Cemetery. The first cemetery to be opened in Calgary was Queen’s Park Cemetery, in the Mount Pleasant and Confederation Park area.  The Prairie Sky Cemetery, […]

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Nova Scotia Vital Statistics

Nova Scotia Vital Statistics

Nova Scotia Vital Statistics Archives now has a fully searchable database containing one million names. Every name is linked to the original record in digitized form, and you can search, […]

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Civil War Soldier Found

Civil War Soldier Found

Black Civil War Soldier Found A former Virginia slave who was laid to rest in the Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard is believed to be the first Black man in Canada to have […]

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Starting a one-name study

Starting a one-name study

Starting a one-name study What is a one-name study, how do you start one and what resources are out there to help? Genetic genealogy expert Debbie Kennett answers your questions.  […]

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