Top 100 Genealogy Websites of 2015

Genealogy in Time Magazine’s latest post presents the top 100 genealogy websites from around the world for 2015. Since Genealogy in Time began this survey four years ago, this list has now become the gold standard for the genealogy industry. It profiles and ranks the best ancestral websites based on their internet traffic. It is a great resource for anyone wanting to take their genealogy research to the next level. To access the complete list of the top 100 genealogy websites for 2015 click on the link below.

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(Note: QBFHS is not affiliated with nor do we promote any websites mentioned in this article or any other articles on our website.)

Casualty Records Released by Canadian War Graves Commission

Original records for the full 1.7 million individuals commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission were revealed to the public for the first time in August 2015. Following the release of First World War Casualty Archive Documents in 2014, the CWGC has now released the Second World War records to coincide with the 70th anniversary of VJ Day.

The additional documents greatly enhance the collection of records and researchers can now discover more about their relatives who fought and died during the two world wars.

The records are available through the “Casualty Search” option on the CWGC website and they offer a unique insight into the process of commemoration undertaken by the CWGC after the wars. If you have previously downloaded documents from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website concerning a war casualty, be sure to go back and look again now that these additional records have been added.

Canada 150

Canada 150 is asking you the the celebration of our 150th birthday in 2017 by contributing your life story.

You enjoy reading the diaries and letters of your great great grandparents. Their day-to-day stories of life, love, hardship and accomplishments would give you a real sense of who they were and from where you came.

The same is true of your descendants. They would love to hear your stories of life in the 19th and 20th centuries – the dawn of space travel, computers, the Internet and telephone conversations where you can see the person across the ocean to whom you are talking. All of these ‘new’ things will seem so ‘old’ for your descendants and they will enjoy reading about them, but more importantly about you.

Story telling is cyclical. We grow up listening to stories and learning from them (whether we like what we learn or not!). As adults we move into the role of teller, teacher and guardian of our history.

Strong families are bound together by the glue of their stories. Family stories create and encourage a particular type of family relationship as defined by the storytellers. Even if we challenge the stories, we cannot ignore them or resist their influence over us since we heard them when we were young and impressionable.

You will find more information on the Canada 150 Story Project on their website.