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The schedule this week was interrupted by the Rogers failure.

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

Irish GenPod
Irish genealogist Paul Gorry chats with people who are involved, in various ways, in Irish Genealogy.

Ancestry updates Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968 to contain 29,376,363 records.

WDYTYA US returns to NBC

The World’s Crookedest Street

OGS Kingston Branch Summer Sale of Publications

Six strange statues
The charity ArtUK has created a photographic database of 13,500 works of public art.

Dark matter: our review suggests it’s time to ditch it in favour of a new theory of gravity
While the furthest thing from a cosmologist I’ve been skeptical about the idea of dark matter since I first heard of it. Ezekiel Stone Wiggins, genealogist among other talents, proposed that the failure of the positions of the moon and planets to predict the weather was because there was a dark moon, without any other evidence for its existance.

Thanks to this week’s contributors. Anonymous, Gail, Glenn W., Romaine Honey, Teresa, Unknown.

Canada, Obituary Collection, 1898-Current, now has 10,989,643 records, up from 10,878,408 items in April (+111,235) and 9,387,518 in June last year.

U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current, now has 200,519,892 records, up from 198,633,254 items in April (+1,886,636) and 191,120,426 in June last year.

UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-Current,  now has 6,730,647 records, up from 6,700,836 records in April (+29,809) and 6,470,815 in June last year.

Australia and New Zealand, Obituary Index, 2004-Current, now has 2,118,339 records, up from 2,093,598 records, in April (+24,781) and 1,982,265 in June last year.

Caribbean, Obituary Index, 2003-Current, now has 97,400 records, up from 97,330 records in April (+70) .

There was probably a technical glitch in the recording of Paul Barber’s presentation Understanding the Past – To Improve Our Future at the OGS conference. Pity.
The link to all the other OGS/Ontario Ancestors presentations is https://conference2022.ogs.on.ca/conference/. You do need to be registered to view them.

There’s a handy list compiled by Jeanette R Rosenberg detailing the resources recommended in a talk “Researching Jewish Genealogy Sources for Your One-Name Study” given online on Wednesday afternoon. Find that links list on her Round2It Genealogy blog.

If you’d like a more British-oriented Jewish list try this.

At the OGS Conference opening session the addition of further genealogical resources from the Ottawa Public Library was hinted at.

MyHeritage Library Edition is now available —and there is remote access! Here’s the announcement from OPL.

(Genealogy Research – In the library, at home, or on the go)

MyHeritage Library Edition is one of the largest, most internationally diverse genealogy databases of its kind. It contains billions of historical records from all over the world to support family history research. The search engine’s automatic handling of translations, synonyms, and spelling variations of millions of names in multiple languages is unparalleled.

Remote access and a mobile-friendly interface make it the most convenient genealogy product for our customers.

Many OPL customers have enjoyed the temporary at-home access to Ancestry Library that was provided during the pandemic—by adding the MyHeritage Library Edition, OPL will again be able to provide a convenient remote access service, so that you can enjoy genealogy research from the comfort of your home.  In addition, My Heritage Library Edition also provides additional information not available in Ancestry.

The MyHeritage Library Edition includes an ever-growing archive of international records and documents, including those from Filae, a leading genealogy service in France that specializes in French family history. These additional database records, provide valuable support to the diversity of our Ottawa area residents and communities.

Please note that Ancestry Library is still available for in-library use. We hope those two leading English genealogy resources plus other free resources such as FamilySearch.org will meet the needs of our genealogy users and take your genealogy research to the next level!

Please note:

MyHeritage Library Edition differs from the consumer version of My Heritage

Personal authentication and all personalization features, such as tree creation, have been expressly disabled in the Library Edition by design to protect the privacy of users.

Comment: This announcement refers to the Ottawa Public Library, As yet MyHeriatge is not online for Toronto Public Librray cardholders, althoughTPL does offer remote access to HeritageQuest and Fold3.

At the UK National Archives, a search of the online catalogue for Canada finds 45,576 results and for Ottawa 3,133 results. You can filter the results by time period and various archives beyond TNA.

If you can localize your interest visit the county record office online where you’ll find material in addition to that in the catalogue. Here’s a tiny sample.

The Derbyshire Record Office has an active blog. Searching in the updated online catalogue shows 259 entries for Canada and 12 for Ottawa.

The Norfolk Record Office is active on Twitter. The online catalogue shows 437 results for Canada, 8 for Ottawa.

The Lancashire Archives and Record Office offers “Thoughts from Lancashire Archives podcast”. There are 308 hits for Canada in the online catalogue and 16 for Ottawa.

The Dorset History Centre has an active blog. Find 130 items for Canada in the online catalogue and 2 for Ottawa.

There’s a list of county record offices here, and a longer list from TNA with other archives here.

As of 8 pm on Tuesday evening, the recordings available are:

OnLand and FamilySearch: Best Friends for Land Registry Records, by Jane E. MacNamara

Obituaries as Priceless Genealogy Resources, by Daniel Horowitz

Loyalist History through Early Ontario Cemeteries, by
Stuart Lyall Manson

Using Oral Histories in Your Genealogical Research, by
David Ryan

Why Did Our Ancestors move between Canada and USA?, by Gordon L. McBean

Telling the Stories that Matter, by Rick Voight, Vivid-Pix

Second World War British Migrants to Canada, by John D. Reid

Wanted Dead or Alive:  Peter Loucks UE (?), by Chuck Buckley

Researching the Bluebirds: On the Trail of the Canadian Nursing Sisters, by Melanie Morin-Pelletier

Prison and Court Records, by Andrea Lister

Researching Canadian Farmers: Your Ancestor was not Just a Farmer, by Jean Hibben

What You Don’t Know about the Canadian Census (Ontario Focus), by Janice Nickerson

Photo Album Mysteries Unveiled, by Debra Honor UE

If I Only Knew Then What I know Now! Doing Genealogy the Right Way, by Daniel Horowitz

Understanding the Past – To Improve Our Future, by Paul Barber

Jewish Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, by Michael Petrou

Let Your Fingers Do the Walking – Favourite Online Resources, by Diane Richard

Natural Phenomena and Their Effects on the Lives of Our Ancestors, by Wayne Shepheard

Mohawk Participant in the War of 1812, by Eric Pouliot-Thisdale

Genetic Genealogy: DNA Testing, Tools & Tips, by Ben Dawson

The Art of Slow Genealogy, by Tara Shymanski

Researching a Soldier of the Great War, by Ken McKinlay.

Just seven more to come!

A reminder that FamilySearch continues to add to its collections.

Updated indexed collections in the past month, with links to images of the original record, are:

Collection	Records	Last Update
England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996	1,455,613	4 July 2022
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988	5,824,861	4 July 2022
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996	155,132	4 July 2022
England and Wales Census, 1871	12,983,349	29 June 2022
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900	919,370	27 June 2022
England, Isle of Wight Parish Registers, 1538-1983	170,353	23 June 2022
Wales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	507,624	9 June 2022

 

Choose from free online events in the next five days. All times are ET except as noted. Those in red are Canadian, bolded if local to Ottawa or recommended. Assume registration in advance is required; check so you’re not disappointed.

Tuesday 5 July 9 am: Top Level Tips: Using Discovery, by Sarah Castagnetti for The National Archives (UK)/
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/top-level-tips-using-discovery-tickets-350445280267

Tuesday 5 July 10 pm: The Madness of ‘Mc’ Surnames, by Carol Baxter for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/the-madness-of-mc-surnames/

Wednesday 6 July 2 pm: What’s New at DNA Painter, by Jonny Perl for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/whats-new-at-dnapainter/

Wednesday 6 July 2:30 pm: Researching Jewish Genealogy Sources for Your One Name Study, by Jeanette Rosenberg for the Guild of One-Name Studies.
https://one-name.org/jewishons/

Wednesday 6 July 7:30 pm. Indigenous Peoples, Primary Sources, and Huron County, by Michelle A. Hamilton for OGS Huron Branch.
https://huron.ogs.on.ca/events/huron-branch-michelle-a-hamilton-indigenous-peoples-primary-sources-and-huron-county/

Thursday 7 July 6:30 pm: One Man’s Y-DNA Results for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/6870425

Thursday 7 July 7:00 pm: Diaspora and Homelands, by Penny Walters for OGS/Ontario Ancestors.
https://ogs.on.ca/zoom-meetings/penny-walters-diaspora-and-homelands/

Thanks to VividPix, as you’ll see by the logo and short intro ad, some of the OGS Conference 2022 sessions have been uploaded for viewing. As of Monday morning, those available to conference registrants are:
Using Oral Histories in Your Genealogical Research, by David Ryan.
Why Did Our Ancestors move between Canada and USA? by Gordon L. McBean.
Telling the Stories that Matter, Lunch and Learn by Rick Voight.
Second World War British Migrants to Canada, by John D. Reid.
Wanted Dead or Alive: Peter Loucks UE (?), by Chuck Buckley.
What You Don’t Know About the Canadian Census (Ontario Focus), by Janice Nickerson.
Understanding the Past – To Improve Our Future, by Paul Barber.
The Art of Slow Genealogy, by Tara Shymanski.

To access these recordings, please proceed as you did to join your session. The videos will remain available until 31 July 2022.

I’ll post on others daily as they become available.

In June Canadiana Heritage added three digital microfilms Nominal rolls and paylists for the Volunteer Militia 1855-1914. They are T16554 for 1862-1914 ; T-16555  for 1883-1908; and T-16670 for 1906-1914.

Such lists are useful as many young, and not-so-young men were in the militia. Along with the church, it played an important social role.

If you have an Ancestry subscription with Canadian records, or Ancestry access through your public library, the collection Canada, Nominal Rolls and Paylists for the Volunteer Militia, 1857-1922 already provides those records, and more, searchable by name, and, as name indexing is always problematic,  browsable by military unit.

 

 

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

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How conspiracy theories spread

UK Inflation
A couple of weeks ago I posted Canadian inflation stats back to 1900, There’s a longer series for the UK, back to 1751 here.

PastPresentFuture
A blog by best-selling author Dan Gardner exploring history to understand today and shape a better tomorrow.
The Psychology of Uncertainty
Racism in the Early 20th Century

Railway Work, Life & Death
A project about railway worker accidents in Britain and Ireland from the late 1880s to 1939. It includes a database documenting 3,914 deaths,

Thanks to this week’s contributors. Ann Burns, Anonymous,  Unknown.