Archive for February, 2009
Online Launch of 1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta
27 February 2009 - More on 2009 Tour
The following announcement was written by The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.ca:
(Toronto, ON – Feb. 26 2009) In a world first, Ancestry.ca, Canada’s leading family history website, today launched online the 1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, which contains 1.7 million names and more than [...]
Posted: February 27th, 2009 under census.
Tags: 1916, Alberta, census, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
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The Importance of Using Gazetteers - Part Two
12 February 2009 - More on 2009 Tour
For Part One, go to: http://torugg.org/tugg/?p=80
How I Describe My Father’s and Grandfather’s Village, as Gleaned from the Gazetteers
My Grandfather, Stepan Ihnatovich Onyschuk , was born in the village of Szydlowce (today called Shydlivtsi), on December 9, 1869. My Grandmother, Teklia Petrivna Szklar was born in the nearby village [...]
Posted: February 12th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Different Kinds, Gazetteers, Shydlivtsi
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