Anglo-Celtic Connections

31 additional titles listed below were added to Canadiana serials at the end of October. As usual, many are niche. Of note are Cotton’s Weekly from Dec. 3, 1908-Dec. 10, 1914 which has the logo “We Fight the Battle of the Plain People,” and The Dominion of Canada with the content of particular interest to the Dominion government.

Title	Publication Date	URL (if online)
Alliance year book / the Dominion Alliance for the Total Suppression of the Liquor Traffic	1883-1886	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01778
Announcement of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, for the academic year …	1875/6; 1882/83; 1890/1	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01775
Annuaire de l’École normale Jacques-Cartier	1882/83; 1885/86 – 1886/87; 1888/89-1889/90; 1891/92	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01795
Annuaire de l’École normale Laval pour l’année académique …	1895/96	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01773
Annuaire de l’École normale Laval pour l’année académique …	1896/97	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01773
Annuaire du Collège de Lévis	1883/84-1899/1900	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01797
Annual report of the Intercolonial Railway Commissioners	1872/73	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01788
Annual report of the Toronto Female Benevolent Society for …	1840	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01790
Canadian forward	October 28, 1916-September 24, 1918	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00567
Canadian labor press (Ottawa, Ont.)	[February 15, 1919-December 24, 1925]	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00571
Circulaire / École de médecine et de chirurgie de Montréal	1860/61 – 1861/62; 1864/65 – 1866/67; 1875/76	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01785
Collège Joliette, sous la direction des Clercs de St-Viateur : année scolaire …	1876/1877 – 1899/1900	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01793
Collège Ste. Marie, Montréal : année académique …	1867/68; 1869/70 – 1896/97; 1898/99 – 1899/1900	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01792
Cotton’s weekly	[Dec. 3, 1908-Dec. 10, 1914]	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00566
Dominion swine breeders record	Volume I-Volume X	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01774
Elite directory and club list of Toronto : containing names and addresses of prominent residents on the most fashionable streets of the city	1894/95	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01777
Journal of proceedings of the Synod of the Church of England in Canada for the Ecclesiastical Province of “Canada”	1895-1898	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01772
Journal of the proceedings of the … Provincial Synod of the United Church of England and Ireland in Canada	1861-1868	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01855
Minutes of proceedings, with addresses, papers and discussions, of the … convention of the Association / the Dominion Educational Association	1892	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01779
Minutes of proceedings, with addresses, papers and discussions, of the … convention of the Association / the Dominion Educational Association	1898	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01779
Observer (Cowansville, Quebec. : 1896)	Sept. 17, 1908-Nov. 26, 1908	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00565
Palmarès de l’École modèle Jacques-Cartier	1896/97-1897/98; 1900/01	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01796
Quebec Harbour Commissioners’ reports for the year …	1878-1879; 1883-1899	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01791
Rapport annuel de la prison de réforme, Bas-Canada, pour l’année …	1860	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01783
Rapport annuel de la Société de Québec pour la protection des animaux	1874	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01789
Rapport de la … convention annuelle de l’Association d’ensilage et d’alimentation économique des bestiaux du Canada central	1892	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01786
Rapports du président et du trésorier de la Chambre des notaires = Reports of the president and treasurer of the Board of Notaries	1879	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01784
Report of the … annual convention of the Ensilage and Economic Stock Feeding Association of Central Canada	1892	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01787
Social-democrat (Toronto, Ont.)	No. 108 (December 31, 1918)	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00568
The Dominion manufacturers’ directory	[1880?]	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01781
The Dominion of Canada	1879; 1885; 1894; 1896; 1900	https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_01780

New on Ancestry, 164,858 items — records in RG27 at TNA, Kew, from local authorities and Church Commissioners concerning the removal of burial sites. They include those from church, private, and public cemeteries.  None are for Scotland nor Northern Ireland.

Many entries are linked to a register of the removals, some to transcriptions of the tombstone which may be from family plots.

 

New on Ancestry, this is a 38,417 item collection from WO 156: War Office: UK and overseas garrisons: Registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths/Burials, and Marriage. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives. The original records were recorded by military chaplains. 

Events included are 9,051 baptisms, 7,538 burials, 1.198 bann(s) and 884 marriages. I did not find any confirmations.

 

Earlier I listed some new military records on Ancestry. Below is a press release with more detail than I had time to include, and information about free access.

Before that, don’t forget Ken McKinlay’s presentation for OGS today, Thursday 4 Nov., 7 pm: Second World War- Researching the Canadian Fallen https://ogs.on.ca/zoom-meetings/november-webinar-ken-mckinlay/.He will surely cover Ancestry’s records.

DIGITISED PHOTOS AND NEWSREELS OFFER GLIMPSE INTO LIVES OF CANADIANS DURING WWII

For the first time, 2,500 images and more than 100 newsreels depicting scenes from combat and routine life during WWII are available on Ancestry.ca
These photo and video collections provide a window into the lives of those on the front line and Homefront, allowing Canadians the chance to create deeper connections to their families’ WWII experiences
Ancestry is offering free access to these new collections and all global military records from November 1 to November 12

TORONTO, ON – November 3, 2021 – This Remembrance Day, Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, is encouraging Canadians to build deeper personal connections with their families’ lives during the world wars, by providing free access to two Canadian World War II record collections that are new to the site, including video newsreels and photographs featuring photographs of men and women who served in the Canadian Forces during the conflict.

The World War II Newsreels, 1942-1945 and Faces of the Second World War, 1941-1945 collections feature 2,500 photographic images and 106 video newsreels that bring to life many aspects of Canada’s contributions to World War II, from combat and routine life on the front lines of France, Holland and beyond, to military training, war materials production, city building projects, and Armistice celebrations on home soil.

At the onset of World War II, the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau recommended the Army form a special film and photographic unit, to distribute material worldwide to boost morale and further the war effort. As a result, the Army created a public relations unit in 1940 that would become the basis for photographic units formed by all three military branches (The Army, Air Force and Navy). The resulting material created by these units – available in these collections on Ancestry – was circulated by a variety of local and international newspapers and newsreels.

Some highlights from the newsreel collection include:

A 1945 newsreel from Vancouver, BC, showing how “wartime speed” was employed to build a new home in a mere eight hours, creating new housing developments for the many shipyard and airfield workers who contributed to World War II from the Canadian Homefront
A 1944 newsreel from Simcoe, ON, introducing local identical twins and flight lieutenants Alan and Eric Sherlock at RCAF Bomber Command after completing their second bombing operation overseas
A 1945 newsreel from Montreal, QC, where the famous Royal Highland Regiment, or Blackwatch of Canada, were given a hero’s welcome with a full parade on St. James Street.

While digitised paper documents such as military service and casualty records provide important facts and information about our family connections to World War II, photo or video content adds further context to life at the time and may be able to offer people insight into their ancestors’ experiences. Whether it’s the muddy boots of a tired soldier serving in Europe, footage showing the scale of the war production in Canadian factories on the Homefront or an image of a loving embrace as service men and women arrive back home on Canadian soil for this first time in years, these collections can help spark emotional connections to this period in time.

Additionally, for the first time, information from these photographs and newsreels are indexed on Ancestry, making it easier for Canadians to directly search for their ancestors and connect these visual records to their family trees online.

Simon Pearce, military family history expert from Ancestry says, “Canada’s military and civilians played a key role during WWII. Learning about the experiences of our ancestors during the conflict through amazing resources such as these photos and newsreels can help provide a personal connection to Remembrance Day and an understanding of how the conflict may have shaped our family histories. Now is the perfect time to explore collections such as these on Ancestry, so we can honour the memory of our ancestors and feel a deeper bond to the past.”

To commemorate Remembrance Day, Ancestry is providing free access to all global military records on the site, including World War II Newsreels, 1942-1945 and Faces of the Second World War, 1941-1945, from November 1st to the 12th*, allowing Canadians to search through records, videos and images to discover the untold stories of how their ancestors may have supported the country’s World War II effort.

Click on the media assets folder to access select images and newsreel footage from Ancestry’s World War II Newsreels, 1942-1945 and Faces of the Second World War, 1941-1945 collections.

Visit www.ancestry.ca/remembrance to access Canadian Remembrance Day collections and explore your own family tree.

*Free access to global Ancestry® military records from 1 Nov – 11 2021 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Registration required. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view the records in the featured collections using a paid Ancestry.ca membership. Terms apply.

 

Once again this year the Ontario Genealogical Society, known to some of its friends as Ontario Ancestors, is offering a half-off matching program for membership. Once again I’m looking for someone new who would like to join the OGS to match with me. And, I’m offering to match others. If you’re not an OGS member and would like to be, send me your name and email address. If you’re an OGS member and would like to match with a newbie, send me your name and email address.  The chances of finding a match if you’re a potential new member are excellent.

Send your information to john dot d dot reid at gmail dot com.

Find information about the Grow Our Family program at https://ogs.on.ca/grow-family-campaign/

UPDATE
The list of members wanting to pair is now quite long. Newbies will have no problems finding a match.

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, 2 Nov,  1 pm: Portraits, Biographies and Public History, by Ludmilla Jordanova for Gresham College.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/portraits-biographies

Tuesday 2 Nov. 2 pm: Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, from Ottawa Branch of OGS and The Ottawa Public Library.
https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/.

Tuesday 2 Nov, 7:30 pm: Proudly They Served: Researching Canadian Men and Women in the Second World War, 1939-1945 by Glenn Wright for Durham Branch OGS.
https://durham.ogs.on.ca/

Tuesday 2 Nov. 9 pm: Uncovering the lives of your London (England) ancestors, by Cathie Sherwood for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/uncovering-the-lives-of-your-london-england-ancestors/

Wednesday 3 Nov, 2 pm: Investigative Genetic Genealogy – the Use of DNA for Law Enforcement, by Diahan Southard for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/investigative-genetic-genealogy-the-use-of-dna-for-law-enforcement/

Thursday 4 Nov., 7 pm: Second World War- Researching the Canadian Fallen, by Ken McKinlay for OGS.
https://ogs.on.ca/zoom-meetings/november-webinar-ken-mckinlay/

Friday 5 Nov, 2 pm: Say Amen: Going to Church with the Master –Finding the Mother Church, by Char McCargo Bah for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/say-amen-going-to-church-with-the-master-finding-the-mother-church/

Saturday 6 Nov, 2 pm: The Spanish Flu, by Mike Clare for Simcoe County Branch OGS.
https://simcoe.ogs.on.ca/branch-meetings/

 

	Title	Category	Records
	Canada, World War II, Faces of the Second World War, 1941-1945	Military	3,929
	Canada, World War II Newsreels, 1942-1945	Military	106
	UK, World War II Index to Allied Airmen Roll of Honour, 1939-1945	Military	129,017
	Canada, Canadian Airmen of WWI, 1914-1918	Military	13,410

 

The British Newspaper Archive now has a total of 45,747,098 pages online (45,139,078 last month).

This month 88 papers had pages added (118 in the previous month). There were 45 (67) new titles. Dates range from 1726 to 1997

Those with more than 10,000 pages added are:

TITLE	YEARS
Bury Free Press	1995-1997
Edinburgh Evening Dispatch	1886-1892, 1894-1895, 1897
Flintshire Observer	1857-1895, 1897, 1904-1911, 1913-1914
Grantham Journal	1960-1967, 1981-1983, 1994-1996
Illustrated Times	1853-1854
Kentish Weekly Post or Canterbury Journal	1726-1733, 1735-1741, 1743-1764, 1767-1768
Lynn Advertiser	1989, 1991-1992, 1994
Newark Advertiser	1931-1957, 1991-1992
Newmarket Journal	1976-1977, 1994-1997
Scottish Leader	1888, 1890-1893
Spalding Guardian	1881-1884, 1887, 1890, 1892, 1903-1911, 1913-1918, 1920-1930, 1932-1934, 1944-1946, 1948-1952, 1957-1964, 1976, 1978-1979, 1982, 1985, 1995-1997
Stamford Mercury	1916, 1954-1985, 1987
Warminster Herald	1857-1893
Westerham Herald	1883-1889, 1893-1896, 1898-1935
Wolverton Express	1901-1954

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week

Sophisticated English humour

At the Main Branch of the Greater Victoria Public Library in the curved part of the ceiling above the entrance.

It reads, “You see, I don’t believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that’s been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians.”

It’s from episode 10 of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Your Town’s Future Climate

Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi
A new podcast from the TED Audio Collective

Thanks to this week’s contributors. Anonymous, Dalcy, Dianne, Gail, Glenn W, Judith, Karen, Norm, Sheila, Susan, Unknown.

via Persephone.

The latest release from TheGenealogist is 49,552 owner and occupier records from the Lloyd George Domesday Survey — the 1910 Land Survey records for the areas of Barnes, Hampton, Richmond upon Thames, Teddington and Twickenham.

These occupier and ownership records can be searched for using the Master Search at TheGenealogist or by clicking on the pins displayed on TheGenealogist’s MapExplorer™.  Only available online from TheGenealogist, these records enable thoroughly investigating a place in which an ancestor lived even if the streets have undergone massive change in the intervening years.

Scotland, Names of Witches 1658
In this small but spooky collection, you’ll find details on some of those accused of witchcraft in early modern Scotland. 117 results.

Scotland, Court & Criminal Database
Unlock criminals and victims in your Scottish family tree with this detail-rich collection. The records include names, occupations, addresses and information about the crimes. Most results are from the latter part of the 18th century and later. 473,288 results.