Thursday, November 12, 2015

Canadian Genealogy

New from the archives of Canada: a database of individuals who immigrated to Canada as porters or domestics between 1899 and 1949....This just in: the Naturalization Records database, covering 1915-1944, has been updated with an addition of 68,000 names. Volunteers are needed to extend it to 1951. Source: ResearchBuzz

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Slave surnames

This article  from the theroot.com  explains why determining the surname of an enslaved person can be difficult. 

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