Almanach de la Langue Française

I came across these the other day...

Besides noting all the religious holidays and celebrations, there may be recipes, biographies and photos, and some tidbits you may enjoy reading about...

"Wedding celebrations are forbidden from the first Sunday of Advent to the epiphany inclusive, and from Ash Wednesday to Sunday of Quasimodo, also inclusive."

There is music and words to Oh Canada in French, advice for cleaning furs to gloves, and some history, photos and caricatures. 



Relevant Links

Almanach de la Langue Française

Canada 150 - New Brunswick and PEI Almanac

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a publication or website I find that may help you tell the story of your Canadian ancestors.
Click on the Canada 150 label on the right or at the bottom to see all the posts.

Today I have for you...

McMillan's Agricultural and Nautical Almanac for NB and PEI

Includes schools, societies, churches, militia etc, plus who's who in each county.

Victoria County NB 1888, pg 135, mark 155

Relevant Links

McMillan's Agricultural and Nautical Almanac for NB and PEI, 1881-1893

Canada 150 - New Brunswick

During our country's 150th anniversary celebration of confederation I will write posts titled Canada 150 with a link to a publication or website I find that may help you tell the story of your Canadian ancestors.
Click on the Canada 150 label on the right or at the bottom to see all the posts.

Today I have for you...

Province of New Brunswick 

New Brunswick was established as a separate province August 16, 1784. It was one of the four original provinces to join to form the Dominion of Canada in 1867.



Relevant links

History of New Brunswick 1825

History of New Brunswick since it's Settlement 1846

McMillan's Almanac for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick illustrated 1897

Westmoreland County census for New Brunswick

Serendipity Sunday - The Royals

I came across this book the while researching Royal genealogy...

The Royal Kalendar and Court and City Register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies 1790

 

 

 

Contains:  

     ~names of Royal families of England, France, Portugal, Denmark and other countries

     ~the Kalendar for the year 1790, with holidays and special days

     ~complete Register; nobles, peers, bishops, house of commons, etc

 

 



 

Serendipity Sunday - The Year Book

While looking for information on a friend's ancestor, I found this book. 
The title says it all...

"The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information; concerning remarkable men and manners, times and seasons, solemnities and merry-makings, antiquities and novelties, on the plan of the Everyday Book and Table Book, OR Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Customs and Events, incident to each of the three hundred sixty-five days in Past and Present Times; forming a Complete History of the Year; and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac".  -by William Hone - Published in London, 1838

 

 

 

 

You can find it here.

 

There are other years here.

 

Almanacs

 You can add life to the story of your ancestors by doing some research on their surroundings. We can take a look at things like what was available at the place and time your ancestor lived. Who were the rulers? What was the ship/train schedule? You will recall in the last article about disasters, I talked about it getting dark about 5 pm at the time of the Earthquake of 1663.  There are sites and books that tell at what time the sun rose and set on any given day.

Almanacs are a good resource for this and other information for the year you want. Some of them include names of government people, heads of agencies, lawyers and judges, clergy, bankers, Royals, etc. Check out some of the ads in these books too.

I came across this written in 1882 on how to raise your children to be conscientious people.  Do you think it is or should be the same today?                                             

You can also ask yourself these questions: How far was it to the nearest city and how long did it take to get there? How did people travel? What were the holidays, rites, customs?                               

Relevant Links

Canadian Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge 1859

American Almanacs – various years from 1733

British Almanac 1828

The Quebec Almanack for the year 1795

The Quebec Almanack and British American royal kalendar for the year 1823

The general almanac of Scotland, and British register for 1809

The Newfoundland Almanacs

Years of Inventions

Perpetual Calendar