Thursday Tidbits

Last Minute –  Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited Archives at Ingenium

If your ancestor travelled on one of the CP Ships, notably those named for Empresses of Dutchesses, don’t miss Adele Torrance, Archivist at Ingenium, speaking on the CP Ships archive at Ingenium (Museum of Science and Technology.) The presentation, hosted by OGS Ottawa Branch, is online this evening at 7 pm ET. Register in advance for this Zoom presentation: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrc-ChqD8tEtZdls2v07WoxPftW16pNyMU

MyHeritage adds United Kingdom, Names & Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com

Extracted from newspaper articles using advanced AI technology developed by MyHeritage, these 499,811,557
records typically include the name of the individuals mentioned, the relationships between the individuals, the newspaper name, the publication place and date, and a snippet of text from the newspaper containing the reference.  Every record includes a summary of the article, generated automatically by AI.

Obits on Ancestry

Ancestry has a regular schedule to update its obituary information. Here’s the latest, as of 24 March 2025.