MyHeritage has traditionally been the go-to website for genealogists with European ancestors whereas Ancestry is more North America and the United Kingdom—although there is more and more crossover as time moves forward. MyHeritage just announced their new, free service called PhotoDater™ . Their website states: …
James Gardiner FAIRBAIRN (1845-1912) James was born in Brockville, Ontario on 30 November 1845, the son of David Fairbairn (1798-1871) and Catherine Fulford (c1822-1908). On 01 January 1872, he married Margaret Frame of Bruce County, Ontario and they had eight children: Margaret Fairbairn (1872-1941, wife …
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is Canada’s designated national memory institution, with a legislated mandate to acquire, describe, preserve and provide long-term access to Canada’s documentary heritage. This includes web resources as well as old documents. If you remember, in 2004, under the Library and Archives …
Leonard Francis EARL (1882-1969) Leonard was born in Lansdowne, Ontario on 06 September 1882, son of Edward William Earl (1855-1947) and Agnes Anne McNeil (1853-1932). He came to Manitoba at an early age. He and his wife, Eva Susan Brown (1888-1974), had three children: Charles …
Check out the upcoming events both here in Winnipeg as well as online. This listing includes both paid and free events: FEEFS Conference Gaboury Reunion public lectures SGGEE Convention Ontario Ancestors Virtual Conference Ships to Shore Genealogy Conference (Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia) Alberta Genealogy …
James DOBSON (1847-1919) Born at Hallerton, Cheshire, England in November 1874. James retired from the CPR in 1913 as the oldest locomotive engineer in the Company. He was employed with the company since 1881. He had driven his engine over every Company section and, as …
Tracking the Relatives of WWII Covert Operations Veterans By Kathleen Kristjansson, MGS #5193 MGS Research Team Are you aware of the Winnipeg connection to James Bond? Perhaps you have heard of the man, code named ‘Intrepid’, born William Samuel Clouston Stanger in this city …
Cemetery Corner by Shaun Hobson #5336 Cemetery Committee Chair Cemetery Committee The next committee meeting is scheduled for 13 September 2023 at 7:00 pm by GoogleMeet and we welcome new members. Please email cemetery@mbgenealogy.com if you would like to join the committee. Digital Cemetery …
In order to continue our participation at Folklorama we need volunteers to man our booth. Are you interested in assisting as a representative of the Manitoba Genealogical Society this year? We need two people for each shift. See the shift schedule for times. Send me …
New Periodicals Kerri James, MGS #5962, Library Volunteer Member of the Southeast and Winnipeg Branch We have a number of periodicals available for use in our library. Some periodicals are digital and others are printed. The digital copies are available for viewing on the Resource …