Canada, Hudson Bay Company Corporate and Employment Records, 1766-1926
New on Ancestry, 124,430 records in a unique early collection. “This collection includes records of employees, investors, stakeholders, and associates, and other assorted records of the Hudson’s Bay Company that were produced between 1790 and 1910. Employee records may include: ledgers with lists of employees and corresponding information, individual employee contracts with typed text and handwritten biographical information, and handwritten wills of employees. Records that use the word “servant” refer to an employee of the company. The documents are written in English and French.”
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WDYTYA Magazine: February 2025
The feature articles in this issue are:
Sort Your Research with Timelines
A look at the benefits of constructing a timeline in exploring an ancestor’s life, or part of it, and helpful facilities from Ancestry, FamilySearch, FindmyPast and elsewhere.
Irish Migration in 5 Records
Tips on finding ancestors that moved from Ireland to America.
The Birth of the British Chippy
The story of the contested origin of this British “delicacy.”
Also in the column Family Hero, is a “celebration of ancestors who embarked on a terrifying journey to start a new life in Canada.” The journey, for the family with English roots, was from Nebraska to Alberta.
FamilySearch Full Text Search
A search for records between 1525 and 2024 now yields 955,002,536 results. Here’s the content by region.
It’s Cold in Ontario
Chances are last night was one of the, if not the coldest of the year, whether you’re reading from Almonte, Byng Inlet, Cochrane, Colpoy’s Bay, Dryden, Fort Severn, Georgian Bay, Goderich, Guelph, Haileybury, Kenora, Kingston, London, Matheson, Merritton, Moosonee, Muskoka, North Bay, Ottawa, Paris, Parry Sound, Prescott, South Porcupine, Thunder Bay, Toronto, or Windsor,
Those are among the places to be mentioned in my presentation, “Connecting Weather and Personal Histories,” hosted by the Ontario Genealogical Society, next Thursday, 6 February, at 7 pm.
For more information and to register, go to https://ogs.on.ca/february-webinar-connecting-weather-and-personal-histories-john-reid/