Topics in this Global Genealogy eNewsletter include:
1) NEW BOOKS this week
2) NEW ARTICLES - The Global Gazette, Canada's Online Family History Magazine
3) FEATURED WEBSITE - This Week's Featured Website - searchable
4) BREAKING NEWS of the Week
5) UPCOMING EVENTS - News about Upcoming Events
Scroll down this page for more information...
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NEW BOOKS this week
For a complete list of new publications and resources please see:
http://globalgenealogy.com/new
This week's new titles are all from our publishing arm, Global Heritage Press:
BOOK - Starting Out in Genealogy
By Ruth Burkholder.
Building a family tree looks like a daunting taste to the unititiated, however it's
easier than you think! Family history research is not complicated as long as you know
which records are available, where to find those records, and how to organize the
information that you gather. This guide is designed for the beginner. However, it will
also be of considerable help to those who have already started researching and recording
family history, but want to improve their skills and results. More information:
http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/general/resources/101309.htm
BOOK - Guide to United States Census, 1790-1930
By Shirley Gage Hodges.
This new book explains what the United States census records are, what information they
contain and how to use each census. Each individual year of the Federal Census between
1790 and 1930 (census were compiled every 10 years) is explained in detail. This guide is
designed to help the census novice and intermediate researcher come to grips with this
valuable genealogical research tool. Experts may also find this guide useful.
More information:
http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/usa/resources/101308.htm
BOOK - Authentic Letters From Upper Canada (Ontario, Canada).
(Originally published in 1833).
Including an account of Canadian Field Sports by T W Magrath. Etchings by Samuel Lover.
Edited by Rev. Thomas Radcliff. Historical reprint by Global Heritage Press Inc. This book
contains clear accounts of setting up a homestead in the woods, complete with lists of
necessary supplies and expenses to be encountered by the new settler. Topics covered in
the letters include descriptions of the hardships of crossing the Atlantic, the roughness
of the settlement, and other experiences of settling in the "new country". Of
interest to everyone who studies early Ontario settlement, are candid descriptions of
Upper Canada (Ontario) as the settlers found it in 1831-1833, the people, and its
institutions. This book is at the bindery and will be ready to ship on June 5. Pre-order
today - your credit card will not be charged until the book is shipped. More Information:
http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/general/resources/101...
BOOK - The Settlement of the United Empire Loyalists on the Upper St. Lawrence and Bay of
Quinte In 1784, A Documentary Record.
By Brig. General E. A. Cruikshank
(originally published 1934). The book contains a collection of of letters and journal
entries of the people who were most closely involved with planning and accomplishing
Loyalist settlement along the St. Lawrence River and the Bay of Quinte area between May
1783 and November of 1784. This book is at the bindery and will be ready to ship on June
5. Pre-order today - your credit card will not be charged until the book is shipped. More
Information:
http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/loyalist/resources/101127.htm
Books can be ordered online anytime, or by telephone at 1-800-361-5168 Mon to Sat 9-5 ET
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NEW ARTICLES- The Global Gazette
Historic Birthplace of Sir Frederick Banting Threatened
By Dr. Peter Banting.
About an hour's drive north of Toronto is the small rural town of Alliston, Ontario.
On November 14, 1891, on a nearby 100-acre farm a baby boy named Fred was born. In 1921
Fred made a wonderful discovery -- He discovered, isolated and purified a hormone which he
first named Isletin, then renamed Insulin. Today, the home where he was born is jeopardy
of being destroyed. Read all about it:
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazrr/gazrr120.htm
Research Facilities in the Great Lakes States
By: Shirley Gage Hodges.
With summer approaching I would like to encourage our Canadian friends to come to the
Great Lakes states to research some of their ancestors from the United States. We are
truly blessed in the Great Lakes States with some wonderful research facilities. However,
before you make your trip to one of these there are some things that we need to do first.
Read all about it:
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazsh/gazsh-0025.htm
Scottish Newspapers, Historic & Contemporary
By: Rick Roberts.
This is a list of Scotland's newspapers, historic and contemporary. Links have been
provided to those newspapers that have internet versions or digitized historic papers
online. Newspapers without an online presence are also listed. Read all about it:
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazed/gazed137.htm
To read new or archived Global Gazette articles:
http://globalgazette.net
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FEATURED WEBSITE of the Week
Be sure to check out this week's "Featured Website" that appears on the
front page of The Global Gazette.
http://globalgazette.net
** Hudson's Bay Company Employee Records, Surnames A - M (free) **
The searchable online collection provides access to Biographical sheets that have been
created by Hudson's Bay Company Archives staff to provide employment information on
individuals who were employed by the Hudson's Bay Company and/or the North West
Company. Biographical sheets outline the person's employment history and may also
include the parish of origin or place of birth; positions, posts and districts in which
the person served; family information, if available; and references to related documents,
including photographs or drawings. Please note that biographical sheets have not been
created for every employee and that the conversion of existing biographical sheets to the
website is ongoing.
See front page of The Global Gazette to access the link (right-hand side) to this
week's Featured Website:
http://globalgazette.net
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BREAKING NEWS of the Week
Be sure to check out this week's "Breaking News" that appears on the front
page of The Global Gazette (right-hand column, below Featured Website).
http://globalgazette.net
1) British Columbia [Canada] Wills Index Online
2) "Sir John A. McDonald" - Canada Day Celebration July 1, 2007 -
Campbellville, ON
See Breaking News details at:
http://globalgazette.net
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UPCOMING EVENTS - News about Upcoming Events
For a list of events and workshops to be held at our Campbellville, Ontario location,
offsite events where Global Genealogy is exhibiting, or where Rick Roberts will be
speaking please see:
http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops
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