Aboriginal Peoples: Fact and Fiction, a new, unique and user-friendly website, was launched last night by Institut Tshakapesh and the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse. The organizations joined forces for this major project to strengthen ties between Indigenous Peoples and all Quebecers. The new mythesetrealites.ca/en website, available in French and …
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Obituaries From the 1600s to the 1800s Are Now Searchable Online on TheGenealogist
The following announcement was written by the folks at TheGenealogist: Find the vital details of your ancestors from the Stuart Era to the Victorian Era, recorded at the time of their deaths TheGenealogist has added obituary records from the Index Society, Musgrave’s Obituaries and the Society of Friends to its record collection, with obituaries dating back to …
New Database Boasts More Than 200 Years of Data on Crime and Punishment in the Nordic Nations
The Nordic countries have kept crime and punishment records for almost 200 years. Accessing early records has been difficult, requiring year-by-year searches of handwritten documents. An internet database provides historical criminal statistics to everyone. University Lecturer Miikka Vuorela of the University of Eastern Finland Law School has produced a database of crime and punishment information …