***This newsletter is posted with permission from the LIST administrator*** Topics in this Global Genealogy Newsletter include: 1 ) NEW ARTICLES - The Global Gazette, Canada's Online Family History Magazine 2 ) FEATURED WEBSITE - This Week's Featured Website - searchable 3 ) NEW ONLINE RESOURCES - New links to searchable content added this week. 4 ) NEW BOOKS this week 5 ) WORKSHOPS - at Global Genealogy 6) UPCOMING EVENTS. Browse through lists of upcoming family history, genealogy and heritage events in Canada, USA, UK and Ireland or list your event or meeting. Scroll down this page for more information... ********************************** NEW ARTICLES- The Global Gazette ARTICLE: Celebrating Black History Month in Canada A Message from Ian E. Wilson Librarian and Archivist of Canada: "Library and Archives Canada, in co-operation with the Black community in Canada, has much to do to ensure that the record we pass on is truly representative of the Canadian experience, the full, diverse Canadian experience in all of its guises--the good, the difficult, the inherently honest.... Read the complete article: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazed/gazed131.htm ARTICLE: Gordon Watts Reports, 01 February 2007 - topics in this week's issue include: - Back in the Sadddle - 1911 Census of England and Wales - New Provincial Archives for Ontario - GENCLASS update - 2006 Census statistics re: 'informed consent' Read the complete article: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0096.htm ARTICLE: USA Social Security Death Index By: Shirley Gage Hodges. The Social Security Death Index (SSDI) can be a great tool for those who are researching ancestors from the United States. This on-line database provides information on people who had social security numbers and have died. Read the complete article: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazsh/gazsh-0021.htm ARTICLE: Africa's Children, History of Blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia By: Rick Roberts Global Heritage Press Inc. is pleased to announce that a new book titled "Africa's Children, History of Blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia" is scheduled for release in April 2007. There is a link in this article where you can request to be notified when more information is available. Read the complete article: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazed/gazed132.htm To read new or archived Global Gazette articles: http://globalgazette.net ********************************** FEATURED WEBSITE of the Week Be sure to check out this week's "Featured Website" that appears on the front page of The Global Gazette. http://globalgazette.net ** Alaska-Yukon Goldrush Participants (free) ** Can you find an ancestor in this list of over 24,200 goldrush participants? Use the list to find a specific name. Beside each name is a name or code representing the area wherein the person resided. You will see: Skagway, Nome, Council City, Juneau, Whitehorse, Teller City, and others. Also included beside each name is the individual's listed occupation at the time the information was compiled. Most, as you will note, are miners. See front page of The Global Gazette: http://globalgazette.net ********************************** NEW ONLINE RESOURCES - New links to searchable content added this week. Many new links to searchable online resources have been added to our site this week.The vast majority of the databases are free, however there are a few that are commercial. Links are clearly marked (free) or ($) The three areas that have received the most attention this week are: Saskatchewan Searchable Online Data: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/saskatchewan/searchable-sk.htm Quebec Searchable Online Data: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/quebec/searchable-pq.htm Yukon Searchable Online Data: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/yukon/searchable-yk.htm Have fun :) ********************************** NEW BOOKS this week Book - Essays in Scotch-Irish History Edited by E.R.R. Green. This is a reprint of the second volume in the Ulster Historical Foundation's Historical Series, which was first published in 1969. These five essays were delivered as lectures at a conference on the Scotch-Irish held in Belfast in 1965. This edition contains a new introduction by Steve Ickringill of the University of Ulster re-viewing recent research. More information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/ireland/resources/080640.htm BOOK - Biographical Index to Victor Luriston's Romantic Kent (Kent County, Ontario, Canada) This booklet is an index to the highly acclaimed history titled Romantic Kent. The index was created in 1967 by Mabel Barnwell and Bernice Peacock, and printed by The Mercury Press in Chatham, Ontario. This edition is a reprint published in 1992. This little book is an essential aid for those using Romantic Kent, as a research resource. More Information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/kent/resources/309003.htm BOOK - Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812 By Donald R. Hickey. Foreword by Donald E. Graves. This path-breaking book by America's leading authority on the War of 1812 seeks to separate fact from fiction and myth from reality. Misconceptions of America's second war with Great Britain abound, and Don Hickey spares no effort to set the record straight. Few issues escape his reach. He examines the role of Britons, Canadians and Americans; Indians, blacks and women; soldiers, sailors and marines. His work embraces military and naval history, political and diplomatic history, and economic and financial history. More Information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/military/307019.htm BOOK - Fix Bayonets! A Royal Welch Fusilier at War, 1796-1815 By Donald E. Graves. This long-anticipated major new book from Donald E. Graves describes the military exploits of Thomas Pearson. We follow his remarkable career through wars and battles major and minor, including Egypt, Holland, Copenhagen, the Peninsular War and the War of 1812. Graves, "master of the battlefield narrative,"includes the most detailed account of the Battle of Albuera yet published. Fix Bayonets! will be of interest to Canadian and American readers because it contains detailed accounts of Chrysler's Farm, Chippawa, Lundy's Lane and Fort Erie, as well as other engagements that Thomas Pearson fought in. More Information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/military/307020.htm BOOK - Sons of the Mountains: The Highland Regiments in the French and Indian War, 1756-1767, Vol. 1 and 2 By Ian Macpherson McCulloch. Detailed essays on 18th-century uniforms, Highland weapons, specialist officers, and men (including pipers), as well as a comprehensive biographical index of all regimental officers (over 350 entries), who served in the three regiments--the 42nd (Black Watch), 77th (Montgomery's) and 78th (Fraser's) Highlanders--make this book the most complete and informative work on the history of the early Highland regiments of the British Army in North America during the French and Indian War to date. More Information: http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/military/307021.htm For a complete list of new publications and resources please see: http://globalgenealogy.com/new Books can be ordered online anytime, or by telephone at 1-800-361-5168 Mon to Sat 9-5 ET ********************************** GENEALOGY WORKSHOPS at Global Genealogy, Campbellville, ON Check out the genealogy workshops that are scheduled over the next few weeks at our Campbellville, ON location. A list follows, however for more details about the workshops and the workshop leaders see: http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops February 10, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) Introduction to SCOTTISH Family History Research Workshop Leader: Jane MacNamara February 24, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) IRISH Genealogy and Family History Research Workshop Leader: J. Brian Gilchrist March 03, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) Who Are the United Empire LOYALISTS and how do I document my ancestry? Workshop Leader: Kathie Orr U.E. The workshop will cover the historical background of the formation of the provinces, who were the Loyalists, who can receive a certificate, what is The United Empire Loyalists� Association of Canada, the difference between primary and secondary sources and what are the acceptable proofs. These documents and their sources are many and varied and include such resources as loyalists lists, vital records, church records, court records, land records (pre and post patent), militia records, municipal records, and newspapers. Locating and accessing the acceptable proofs in various archives and local repositories will be described generation by generation starting from the applicant. This is an interactive workshop for anyone wanting to document their Loyalist ancestry. March 10, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) Family Tree Maker Workshop (software) Beginner to Advanced Workshop Leader: Rick Roberts March 24, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) Legacy Family Tree Workshop (software) Beginner to Intermediate Workshop Leader: Rick Roberts June 09, 2007 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM (Saturday) RootsMagic Family Tree Workshop (software) Beginner to Advanced Workshop Leader: Bill Bienia. For more details about the workshops and the workshop leaders please see: http://globalgenealogy.com/workshops ********************************** UPCOMING EVENTS CALENDAR, Find or Advertise an Event near you... Our Upcoming Events web page helps you find heritage & genealogy events in your area (Canada, USA, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales). To find events in your area, please see: http://www.globalgenealogy.com/events Or ...use this free tool to advertise your event to an audience of more than 1.5 million unique visitors each year. The Upcoming Events site provides no-cost advertising of genealogical & historical events and meetings being held in Canada, USA, England, Ireland, Wales & Scotland. Postings can be made up to one year in advance of the event. You control the content of your advertisement, and you have password protected access to edit the posting as information changes. Your updates are done in real-time... you don't have to rely on someone to do your updates for you. 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