The following is a press release created by the (U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration: July 4th Recap Did you celebrate Independence Day with the National Archives in Washington, DC? What was your favorite part? The National Anthem? The Fife and Drum Corps? The reading of the Declaration of Independence? The festivities had so much to …
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Researchers Note ‘Substantial Recovery’ of Lost Donegal Census Records from 1800s
Hundreds of Donegal census records, thought to have been destroyed in the Public Records Office fires in Dublin in 1922, have been recovered. They are among 60,000 ‘new’ accounts which were released this week by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland (VRTI). The documents are now freely available online to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Four …
Ontario Grant Helps Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group Go Digital
On Friday, June 20, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke MPP Billy Denault met with the Upper Ottawa Valley Genealogical Group (UOVGG) to hear more about the $13,700 grant from the provincial government’s Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) that was used to update the group’s equipment and services. These funds will assist the group’s board in strengthening the offerings to members, …