A few years ago I discovered a very interesting set of immigration records. While searching New York records on microfilm, I stumbled on a set of Almshouse Records which had the names of ships the Almshouse inmaates sailed on to America (which included USA and Canada). Often the year of arrival was also given. Many of these records are now transcribed and online on Olive Tree Genealogy and

For those seeking their Canadian roots - what sites have Canadian census records? There is an updated Comparison Chart on "All Census Records which lists available projects for the Canadian census records (with clickable links) It has been Updated with Ancestry"s and FamilySearch new holdingsYou may want to take a look at Quick Start Canada (a Census Comparison Chart)

If you have Limerick Ireland ancestors the following will be of great interest to you! Limerick Ireland Private Papers and Business Collections can be searched online. The following genealogy databases are available to genealogists:* Limerick Chamber of Commerce 1807-1946* Maurice Lenihan Papers, 1759-1875* Bedford Row Lying-In Hospital, 1868-1971* Rentals and Particulars of Sale, 1808-1923* P18

Limerick City Council has become the first local authority in the country toput its burial registers on-line.Burial records for the city’s largest cemetery, Mount Saint Lawrence,dating back more than 150 years will now be easily available to the public over the internetIt is now possible to access a copy of the original handwritten entries of burials in Mount St Lawrence cemetery, from 1855

This is very interesting - another freebie from NewspaperARCHIVE.com They"ve unlocked every front page of their newspapers, which means you can look through millions of unique newspaper front pages.Just tick off the box labeled "Front Pages Only", type your word or phrase into the Keyword spot and your search will return results from newspapers from 1759 to 2008. You can read about the very first

A source in the UK who has been doing her own transcription of the 1861 Toronto census, wrote to me to share a very interesting (but disturbing) problem with the new 1861 Canada census on Ancestry.comMy correspondent states:For the past few years I have been working on my own transcription of the Toronto Ontario census for 1861. When the Ancestry.com index and film came online last night I was

Did you know that unregistered cemeteries in Ontario exist only at the whim of the local land owner?From the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) website The Ontario Genealogical Society is aware of about 1 200 unregistered cemeteries in this province. "Unregistered" means that the provincial government does not recognize it as a cemetery and so it has no legal protection. It can be removed at whim

Great news! You can now search for ancestors in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 Canada census, plus view the actual census images.The 1861 census of Canada is now online, searchable and indexes linked to images of the actual census pages. Since Canada didn’t officially become a country until 1867, the first national census wasn’t held until 1871. The 1861 Census of Canada is a collection of five

Bob Moyer brings us this new and rather exciting database which he gathered from many different sources. The Disastrous American Expedition of 1878 that included the contractors P. & T. Collins (Col. George Earl Church) and the laborers who went to Brazil to build a railroad was also called the "The Railroad of Death" and a "railroad from no-place to no-where". It was estimated that a worker

The Archives of Ontario has moved to a wonderful new state of the art archives building. We now have the proper facilities to access and research our history but many people are unaware that with the move we now have restrictedhours of operation.We need your help* At the present time the hours of operation of the Archives of Ontario are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday only*

WASHINGTON - The federal government is opening the immigration files of millions of refugees, war brides, "enemy aliens" and other foreign nationals in the USA in thefirst half of the 20th century.A gold mine for historians, genealogists, scholars and descendants, the files include private details on such public figures as Spanish artist Salvador Dali as well as family heirlooms confiscated from

The following genealogy records for St. Mary"s Church, Philadelphia Pennsylvania are being transcribed by Olive Tree Genealogy volunteers. St. Mary"s, built in 1763, was the second Roman Catholic institution in Philadelphia. It was the site of the first public religious commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. Members of the Continental Congress attended services four times from 1777 to

I was antique hunting last month and spotted a beautful ornate framed marriage certificate hanging on the wall. Closer inspection showed it to be dated 1858, New York, and apparently a Quaker (Society of Friends) Certificate. With the permission of the store owner, I am posting the details and names here. Wouldn"t it be great if when we find something of genealogical merit in an antique store, we

Apr 4 through Sep 27Amsterdam/New Amsterdam: The Worlds of Henry Hudson, presented in collaboration with the New Netherland Project, Albany, and the National Maritime Museum Amsterdam/Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam, will employ rare 16th– and 17th–century objects, images, and documents from major American and Dutch collections to bring the transatlantic world to life and reveal how Henry

A treasure trove of First World War photographs was discovered recently in France. Published here for the first time, they show British soldiers on their way to the Somme. But who took them? And who were these Tommies marching off to die? At least 400 glass photographic plates preserving the images were found in the loft of a barn at Warloy-Baillon and cast out as rubbish. In recent months, the