Sunday Sundries

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

The Deportation Comedy Hour

Library and Archives Canada has introduced a new set of research basics pages. There’s a focus on visiting LAC.
If a collection search at the LAC website is returning a “403 – Forbidden: Access is denied” message, try turning off any VPN you have running. LAC informs that the cause is ” technical difficulties due to additional pressure on LAC’s servers that power Collection and Census search. This is due to AI bots crawling our site.”

Where Were They Buried?
The London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society has posted a series of short YouTube videos, the most recent and most viewed is for Edmonton. https://www.youtube.com/@LWMFHS/videos

Error Establishing a Database Connection
The management of the Ontario Genealogical Society is surely as tired of seeing this message when they click on www.ogs.on.ca as the rest of us. Please be patient. Remember, The British Library has been operating on a temporary website for almost two years since a major outage due to a hacker attack. UPDATE – as of 9 am on Sunday the service is restored.

Home Guard Nominal Rolls
The East Sussex Record Office announces that registers showing name, date of enrolment, date of birth, address, previous service for WW2 Home Guard battalions from Brighton, Hove, Haywards Heath (then in East Sussex), Lewes, Crowborough, Hailsham, Eastbourne, Hastings and Hartfield are now being digitised and will become available to view on computers at The Keep.

Looking for Something Different?
The 28th Ottawa Fringe Festival is on: 12-22 June 2025