Discovering My Roots

21 November 2008 - More on 2009 Tour
The purpose of this guide is to suggest what record sources to search to answer specific research questions. Some research goals might have a number of record types to answer the same question. For example if you were looking for someone’s maiden name you might consult Vital Records, [...]

18 November 2008 - More on 2009 Tour
By Jim Onyschuk
Dealing with discrepancies and inconsistencies are a matter of course when doing genealogical research. Discrepancy Charts are logs which record the existence of contradictory information about [...]

17 November 2008 - More on 2009 Tour

By Jim Onyschuk
It is acceptable to address your mail in Latin alphabet, similar to the way you would in Canada, for most large Ukrainian cities. Before 1991 (Soviet times) we wrote [...]

17 November 2008
Ancestry.ca and Familysearch Announce Agreement To Digitize and Index Existing Canadian Censuses

The following announcement was written by FamilySearch and by The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.ca:
Joint initiative provides online access to a comprehensive collection of Canadian censuses
(Toronto, ON – November 11, 2008)  Ancestry.ca, Canada’s leading online family history website, is pleased to [...]

12 November 2008
By Jim Onyschuk
Online Storage Prevents Data Loss
We have all heard the horror stories about losing important data, due to a computer crash. If you have a CD burner, you have probably saved your important files by storing them on CDs. Some may also save data onto a portable hard [...]

11 November 2008

The following announcement was written by The Generations Network, the parent company of Ancestry.ca:
600,000 records of our World War One heroes, including famous Canadians - John McCrae, Tommy Douglas and Frederick Banting
(Toronto, ON – November 5, 2008)  Between 1914-1918, more than 600,000 Canadian men, most untrained civilians, braved foreign soil to join the [...]

11 November 2008

The following announcement was written by Library And Archives Canada:
Partnership allows unprecedented online access to Canadian historical records
Ottawa, November 10, 2008 – Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce a collaborative partnership with Canada’s leading online family history website, Ancestry.ca, which will allow the two organizations to provide unprecedented online access [...]

8 November 2008
By Jim Onyschuk
Have you ever had your computer crash? Not yet—you’re lucky! When do you anticipate your computer crashing? It will, at some point, when it gets older or perhaps during an electrical storm.
Two years ago, I had purchased a new surge-protection electrical bar and felt secure that my computer was protected [...]

7 November 2008
According to the National Archival Law adopted in December 2001, foreigners have the same rights to access and use of the national archival records and the same obligations as Ukrainian citizens.
The archival records are available to the public from the time of their acquisition; however, if the documents contain personal information, then access [...]

5 November 2008
The year 1891 saw the beginning of a new era in Canadian history. It was an era which was to be very important in the building of a nation, and yet, would create much controversy for years to come. This was the begin­ning of the coming of Ukrainians who, at the time were [...]