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April-May 2019.Pdf your guide to online research Researching Continental Cooperation RESEARCH ACROSS Hard-to-Find GREAT DISTANCES Ancestors! Missing Archival Documents & Artifacts Finding Ancestors in MARITIME Online PROFESSIONS War of 1812 SCOTTISH Pensions Update! REVIEW: • Photopea RECORDS • Heredis 2019 Researching Your Canadian Where to Find More! Great War Ancestors $6.95 April/May 2019 Hobbies: Genealogy In This Issue... For many researchers, including those with Scottish roots, once you’ve ex- April/May 2019 hausted the primary BMD, census, Volume 14, Number 1 wills and testaments, etc. at Scotlands- PUBLISHER & EDITOR Ed Zapletal People, you will want to add some [email protected] much needed context to your ances- ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER tors’ lives. Christine Woodcock’s cover Rick Cree feature on Online Scottish Records: [email protected] Where to Find More! provides insight EDITORIAL SUPPORT on resources where you are likely to Lianna LaLiberte find that contextual information for PRODUCTION & DESIGN locations, occupations, miscellaneous J-Mac Images Marianne Reitsma/ information, emigration/ immigration John MacLeod and newspaper sources. In a separate ADVERTISING SERVICES piece, University of Glasgow’s Digital Archive of Scottish Gaelic, Jeannette Cox Christine looks at an initiative to transform living memories into a [email protected] recorded audio archive. In an update on War of 1812 Pension Records, OFFICE MANAGER David A. Norris looks at the remarkable collection of records from War Jennifer Cree [email protected] of 1812 Pensions Project at Fold3.com that might help to bring life to family military experiences in the period between the Revolutionary Published by Moorshead Magazines Ltd. 33 Angus Dr. War and the Civil War. In Missing Archival Documents and Artifacts, Ajax, ON, L1S 5C4 Canada Diane L. Richard looks at the problem of locating and retrieving lost (905) 239-0113 documents. In Net Notes EXTRA, Diane rounds up a large number of Moorshead Magazines Ltd. also publishes Your Genealogy Today and History Magazine. websites that you should know about. Sue Lisk’s first article, Discoveries Postal Information — Canada Between the Cracks, suggests strategies for locating ancestors who Publications Mail Agreement No. 40062922 appear to have dropped off the genealogy radar. In her second piece, Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Ancestral Ferry Tales, Sue looks at online resources where you might Internet Genealogy, Circulation Dept., 33 Angus Dr. discover your ancestors who worked in maritime transportation. In Ajax, ON, L1S 5C4 Canada. Continental Cooperation, Ed Storey and Elsie Ritchie collaborate E-mail: [email protected] across a great distance to further their shared British Indian ancestry. Postal Information — United States Tony Bandy has prepared two reviews: Photopea, a quick photo editor, Postmaster send address corrections to: Internet Genealogy, PO Box 194, and the second, Heredis 2019, the latest release of a long-time player Niagara Falls, NY 14304. in the genealogy software sphere. Tony also looks at records available E-mail: [email protected] from the Library and Archives Canada Personnel Records Database in ISSN 1718-0414 Your Canadian Ancestors and the Great War. On his Back Page, Dave © 2019 Moorshead Magazines Ltd. Obee says, “We’ll never reach the end of online information.” Enjoy! Published six times per year: Feb/Mar, Apr/May, June/July, Aug/Sept, Oct/Nov, & Dec/Jan Correction Subscription rate for USA & Canada In Dating Old Photographs, by David A. Norris, page 36, 1 year print edition (six issues) $32.95 February/March 2019, Idaho was incorrectly listed as one of the 2 year print edition (twelve issues) $55.95 1 Year PDF Edition $24.95 US States admitted into the Union after 1889. The Enabling Act of (US orders in US funds; Cdn orders in Cdn funds) 1889 lists Montana, Washington, and the split of the Dakota Please add GST/HST as applicable. Territory into North Dakota and South Dakota. We apologize for Quebec residents add 8.5% QST the error. GST # 139340186 RT We welcome the submission of articles for publication. Please address e-mail proposals Coming May 2019 to [email protected]. We will always Our next special issue in our Tracing Your Ancestors series, African- contact people who submit articles, but the review process may take several weeks. American Research: A Practical Guide, will be available in May Authors’ notes are available at 2019. Professional genealogist and long-time author Diane L. Richard www.internet-genealogy.com/author_notes.htm is compiling a comprehensive issue to assist you in your search. Toll-Free Subscription Line: Here’s a sample of what will be included: Freedman’s Bank records; 1-888-326-2476 the Green Book; funeral programs; newspapers; photographs; slave Printed in Canada narratives; mapping; bills of sale; and much more! IG79 – Ed Zapletal www.internet-genealogy.com www.internet-genealogy.com ~ April/May 2019 ~ Internet GENEALOGY 3 table of contents Contents Update: War of 1812 Pensions Project 7 David A. Norris gives an update on available files relating to War of 1812 Pensions Online Scottish Records: 12 Where to Find More! Christine Woodcock reveals a number of resources you should include in your online toolkit for Scottish research page 7 University of Glasgow’s Digital 15 Archive of Scottish Gaelic Christine Woodcock looks at an initiative to transform living memories into a recorded audio archive Discoveries Between 16 the Cracks Sue Lisk suggests strategies for locating ancestors who appear to have dropped off the genealogy radar REVIEW: Photopea Tony Bandy looks at quick online image editing 21 page 12 for your family research Missing Archival Documents 25 and Artifacts Diane L. Richard looks at the problem of locating and retrieving lost documents Ancestral Ferry Tales Sue Lisk looks at online resources to assist in 31 learning more about ferries and their importance to your ancestors page 21 Cover: Stunning sunset at the Neist point lighthouse, Scotland. Credit: Shaiith, iStock 4 Internet GENEALOGY ~ April/May 2019 ~ www.internet-genealogy.com April/May 2019 Continental Cooperation Elsie Ritchie and Ed Storey collaborate over a 36 great distance to further their shared British Indian ancestry REVIEW: Heredis 2019 Tony Bandy looks at the latest version of a long- 40 standing player in the genealogy software arena Your Canadian Ancestors 45 and the Great War Tony Bandy looks at resources available from the Library and Archives Canada Personnel Records Database page 31 NET NOTES EXTRA Diane L. Richard offers an expanded collection 50 of websites that you want to know about Back Page Dave Obee asks: "We'll never reach the end 54 of online information" What's Coming in IG? 23 page 40 Subscriber Information 35 Genealogical Society Events 52 Is Your Subscription Marketplace 53 About to Expire? Check the back of this magazine to see the expiry date. Questions or comments? 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Norris gives an update on available files relating to War of 1812 Pensions OR GENEALOGISTS, MILITARY PENSION RECORDS CAN BATTER The pension record project down “brick walls” and shed light into hidden pathways of dates back to 2008, when the family history. The War of 1812 Pensions Project offers a new National Archives and the Feder- window into family military experiences in what was once a ation of Genealogical Societies shadowy period between the eras of the Revolutionary War and first discussed digitizing the War Fthe Civil War. of 1812 pension files in Washing- ton, DC. At the time, the 1812 pensions were the most often-
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