For those researching Quebec Ancestors this publication may be helpful. It was put out by the  Société des Etudes Historiques , (or  Liter...

.. . or  Northern  Notes & Queries (and Replies) The Scottish Antiquary was a magazine that began in 1886, and was modeled a...

The Annuaire de Ville Marie is a set of books that tell the history of Montreal, named Ville Marie at the time. You can go to the Index ...

Two of my daughters in Montreal recently, raved about their tour of the Chateau Ramezay and it reminded me of how much I enjoyed the exhib...

My readers must know by now that I love just googling around to see what pops up. Truth be told, that is how I get some of my inspiration f...

Yesterday was the 148th birthday of Canada. Most city celebrations were yesterday, but some were postponed to today because of bad weather...

Have you tried the History Lines app from Family Search? I was nosing about today, reading some blogs from my lineup, clicking on this an...

Books and pamphlets don't need to mention your ancestor to be of value to family historians (although a treasure if they do!) I have a...

Original post date: 6 Jun 2014 Military Week - 5 Barely out of his teens at age of 20, my father Thomas Ray Edward “B...

    As I was researching my Ancestors place in the 1700’s I happened upon this British Library website that has the coolest ti...