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These are key articles or items that have been extracted from the journals available in the SGS library collection.  Members of Saskatchewan Genealogical Society (SGS) can borrow these periodicals.  Contact SGS.  September 23, 2025.

Canada
 
L’Ancêtre – Revue de la Société de généalogie de Québec, Vol.51, No.349, Hiver 2025.

Les Combats de Marguerite Bourgy – p.81

Destination Midwest Américain en partance de Saint-Laurent-de-L’Île-d’Orléans, au Milieu du XIXe  Siécle – p.87

 
L’Ancêtre, Revue de la Société de généalogie de Québec, Vol.51, No.350, Printemps 2025.

Famille francaise de Louis Delisle (1645-1693) aux XVII et XVIII siècles – p.159

Données inédites sur la famille d:Antoine Roy en France – p.173

Les Acadiens – Saint-Théophile, une paroisse acadienne 3e partie – p.189

 
L’Ancêtre – Société de Généalogie de Québec, Vol.51, No.351, été2025.

Données Inédites Sur La Famille D’Antoine Roy en France – p.215

Les Origines Mystérieuses des O’Bready – p.227

 
The British Columbia Genealogist, Vol.55, No.1, March 2025.

Holten Canadian War Cemetery – p. 9

Military Books in the BCGS Library – p.18

Genealogy on the Road to Scotland – p.21

 
The British Columbia Genealogist, Vol.55, No.2, June 2025.

A Nearly Fruitless but Ultimately Fortunate Research Trip to Carlisle – p.5

Genealogy on the Road – Salt Lake City – p.20

 
Bruce and Grey Branch – Ontario Genealogical Society, Vol.55, No.1, February 2025.

Archival Treasure: J.C. Forster, Architect Letter Book, 1888 – 1914 – p.7

Late Wm. Branstron Said to be Several Years Over the 100 – p.9

 
Bruce Bulletin – Bruce County Genealogical Society, Vol.36, No.1, February 2025.

Circle Bar Knitting Co.& Botany Dry Spinners – p.68

 
Cariboo Notes – Quesnel Branch, British Columbia Genealogical Society, Vol.42, No.1, Spring 2025.

Womens Division Royal Canadian Air Force – p.2

German Naming Patterns – p.15

 
Cariboo Notes – Quesnel Branch British Columbia Genealogical Society, Vol.42, No.2, Summer 2025.

The Australian Picnic – p.18

Tips for Digitizing Photos – p.24

 
Ancestor – Family History Society of Newfoundland & Labrador Inc., Vol.41, No.2, 2025.

Petite Forte History:  Mrs. Eliza’s Shop – p.64

A 1673 Discovery:  Edwards and Butler of Conception Bay and Bristol – p.69

William John Penny Eaton 1893-1949 – p.76

 
Chinook Arch – Alberta Family Histories Society, Vol.7, No.3, March 2025.

Alberta Research Portal – Newspapers – p.5

 
Chinook Arch – Alberta Family Histories Society, Vol.7, No.4, April 2025.

Alberta Pioneers, The George Canning Ives Family – p.3

The Canadian Encylopedia Online – p.5

Calgary Henderson’s Directories – p.6

 
Chinook Arch – Alberta Family Histories Society, Vol.7, Issue 5, May 2025.

The Wade Family of Hanna, Alberta – p.3

The Provincial Archives of Alberta – p.5

 
Folklore – Saskatchewan History & Folklore Society, Vol.46, No.2, Spring 2025.

Fabric Scrapbooks and Postcard Collecting – p.29

Seek and It Will Find You: The Sask. Residential School Memorial at Government House, Regina, SK -.39

 
Folklore – Saskatchewan History and Folklore, Vol.46, No.3, Summer 2025.

“Bright Leaves of Cottonwoods Whirling Away”: Plants, Place-Making, and Nostalgia in Folklore Magazine’s First Five Years – p.3

Unraveling My Heritage Tapestry – p.33

 
Generations – Manitoba Genealogical Society, Vol.50. No.1, March 2025.

Spring Cleaning Your Family Tree – How to Refresh & Revitalize Your Research – p.7

Resources for Researching Metis Ancestry – p.10

 
Generations – Manitoba Genealogical Society, Vol.50, Issue 2, June 2025.

Using Canadian Heritage to Research Indigenous Ancestry  – p.5

Forging Pathways: Trade & Travel to Manitoba Before Confederation –  p.10

 
Generations – New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Vol.46, No.4, Winter 2024.

Where There’s A Will: Daniel Holmes – p.3

Descendants of Samuel Hartt Northrup – p.31

The Descendants of Cornelius Thompson UEL and William Garden UEL – p.43

 
Generations – New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Vol.47, No.5, Spring 2025.

Nine Blacks in the 104th Regiment of Foot – p.3

The Kai Jensen Story, part 1 – p.9

The Descendants of Cornelius Thompson UEL and William Garden UEL, part 2 – p.27

An Almost Forgotten Burial Site at Undine, Victoria County – p.53

 
Generations – New Brunswick Gen. Soc., Vol.47, No.2, Summer 2025.

I’ve Been Working on the Railroad – p.12

The Descendants of Cornelius Thompson UEL and William Garden UEL, part 3 – p.51

 
Halton-Peel KINnections – Halton-Peel Branch Ontario Ancestors, Vol.50, Issue 2, Spring 2025.

St. Peter’s Anglican Church Erindale 200th Anniversary – p.1

Diaries Uncover the Daily Life of Rural Families -p.4

Newspapers as a Research Source – p.8

Creating an Ancestor Sketch – p12

Nach Kanada! Immigration of Germans to Canada – p.13

 
Kindred Spirits – Durham Region Branch OGS, Vol.XLIV, No.1, Winter 2025.

Common School Reports – Upper Canada 1829 – p.5

More Returns of Convictions Before Justices of the Peace for the County of Ontario – p.6

 
Kindred Spirits – Durham Region Branch Ontario Ancestors, Vol.XLIV, Issue 2, Spring 2025.

Durham Region Extracts from Smith’s Canadian Gazetteer of Canada West 1846 – p.3

Scugog Place Names – p.5

 
The Living Connection -, Genealogical Society of Nova Scotia, Vol.11, No.1&2, Jan/Feb 2025.

Society Spotlight – South Shore Genealogical Society Lunenburg, Nova Scotia – p.14

 
The Living Connection – Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Vol.11, No.7/8, July/August 2025.

The Fundy Family Researchers Collection – p.13

Using University Archives to Find your Nova Scotian Ancestors – p.23

 
The London Leaf – London & Middlesex Branch, OGS, Vol. 51, No. 1, February 2025.

The Dash – Capturing Your Ancestor Stories – p.5

London St. Andrew’s Cemetery – Uncovering the Burial Location of William Walker – p.12

When Documents Lie – p.14

 
London Leaf – London & Middlesex Branch  Ontario Genealogical Society, Vol.52-2, May 2025.

Ask Your Ancestors: Interview Questions – p.5

At the Far Side of Colonialism 125 Years Ago: The First Canadian Contingent to South Africa – p.6

London Fire Department: Deaths in the Line of Duty – Remembering the Fallen (1855-1908). Part 1 of 2 – p.9

 
Mennonite Historian – Mennonite Heritage Archives, Vol.51, No.1, March 2025.

The Last Appeals by Mennonite Conferences to Soviet Governments (1923 to 1927) – p.2

Mennonite – Hutterite Genealogical Connections Through the Centuries Part 2: Russia (1790 – 1875) – p.3

MHA Launches Tales from the Mennonite Heritage Archives Show Feb. 20, 2025 – p.6

 
Mennonite Historian – Mennonite Heritage Centre, Vol.51, No.2, June 2025.

Letters from America 1875 – p.3

Interview of Gerhard Rempel by Victor Peters ca August 1958 – p.7

 
The Nova Scotia Genealogist, Vol. XLII/3, Fall/Winter 2024.

Bray School Students Lists of African – Nova Scotian Children, Part 2: Halifax, 1784-1836 – p.124

Cape Breton Squatters Surveys, 1861 – p.140

 
The Okanagan Researcher – Kelowna and District Genealogical Society, Vol.41, No.3, March 2025.

Heritage Week in Kelowna 2025 ( Five S.S. Sicamous captains) – p.6

A Stroll Through the Complex Family Relationships of Katherina Penner – p.13

Ancestral Photo Collages – p.14

 
The Okanagan Researcher – Kelowna & District Genealogical Society, Vol.41, No.4, June 2025.

Now for the First Time! Search for Central Okanagan Obituaries – p.3

 

L’Outaouais Généalogique – Société of Généalogie de L’Outaouais, Vol.XLVII, No.1, Hiver 2025.

Quelques Nuances De Daoust – p.13

À L’Origine D’Une Passion – p. 25

Paul Côté, Aubergiste, De Montmagny Au Bic – p. 28

 
L’Outaouais Genealogique – Société de Généalogie de L’Outaouais, Vol.XLVII, No.2, Printemps 2025.

Les Roy de Maniwaki – p.49

Mes Ancêtres Irlandais De County Cork – p.55

Un Aïeul Irlandais Du Nom De John Bradley – p.62

 
Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol.50, No.1, February 2025.

Founder of Island’s Largest Retail Store Had Varied Interests Was Born in Saint John NB. Built Business from Small Store to One of the Largest in Eastern Canada – p.5

 
Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol.50, No.2, April 2025.

Ellis’ Family Book Recalls Early Shipbuilding in P.E.I. – p.4

The PEI Regiment’s History – p.16

Publications for Sale (includes a list of cemetery transcripts) – p.18

 
Quinte Kin – 7th Town Historical Society, Spring 2025.

The Death of a Salesman, The story of George Newman Wesley Bennett – p.6

 
Relatively Speaking – Alberta Genealogical Society, Vol.52, No.4, November 2024.

Letters from An RCAF Airman During WWII – p.139

What Better A Time to Write His Story? -p.157

 
Relatively Speaking – Alberta Genealogical Society, Vol.53, No.1, February 2025.

Your Bread Is So Good It Tastes Like Angel Food Cake! – p.3

A Feast of Food, Glorious Food and Family History – p.12

 
Relatively Speaking – Alberta Genealogical Society, Vol.53, No.2, May 2025.

I Can Still Hear the Music – p.50

Moose Hunting in Early Alberta: Bragging Rights, Photographs and Clippings – p.56

The Bow Island Mystery! The Inexplicable Disappearance of Reverend Robert Earl Ross and the Story of His Wife and Her Young Family – p.78

 
Roots Around the World – Abbotsford Genealogical Society Newsletter – Vol.29, No.4, July 2025.

Golden Rules of Genealogy – p.1

 
The Tracer – Oxford County Branch Ontario Ancestors, Vol.47,Issue 2, May 2025.

Exodus from Oxford – p.6

Oxford Branch Library Update – p.14

 

 
United States
 
American Ancestors – New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol.25, No.3, Fall 2024.

Finding Revolutionary War Patriots in Your Family Tree – p. 22

Revolutionary War Lineage Societies – p.27

Northern Liberty – How Four Enslaved Women Found a Haven in New Bedford, Massachusetts -p.34

 
American Ancestors, Vol.26, No.1, Spring 2025.

Family Heritage Experience – p19

Rebuilding the Past in the Family Memoir, An Academic Recreates 1920s Miami – p.32

Massachusetts Research in Boston – p.48

 
American Ancestors – New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol.25, No.4, Winter 2025.

Heraldry in America – p.20

Some Heraldic Tombstones in Boston, Massachusetts – p.33

Scots Heraldry A Global Phenomenon – p.36

 
American-Canadian Genealogist, Vol.51, No.1, 2025.

Who Is Delia (Bone) Phillips? – p.5

Beaubassin: A Regional History, 1640-1698 – p.21

A Seventeenth Century Acadian DNA Discovery: The Story of Edmée and Cécile Joseph, Daughter of Amerindian François Joseph – Part 1 of III – p.25

 
American-Canadian Genealogist – American-Canadian Genealogical Society, Vol.51, No.2, 2025.

A Possible French-Canadian Origin for Eli Gaddor of Crown Point, New York – p.5

Is James K. Thompson My Great-Great Grandfather? – p.27

 
Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, Vol.39, No.4, December 2024.

Diversify Your Income: A Genealogist’s Guide – p.8

A Vision Realized: How I Became A Publish Author – p.18

Tech Tips for Crafting Quality Documents p -27

 
Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, Vol.XL, No.1, March 2025.

The Importance of Genealogy: Preserving the Past Through Access to Records – p.5

Build a Path to Enhance the Client Experience – p.8

Coordinate an Institute Course Conception to Completion – p.13

Long Term Storage Considerations – p.26

Full Text Search at FamilySearch Labs – p.41

 
Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, Vol.XL, No.2, June 2025.

Deconstructing a Client Research Report:  The Essential Elements – p.26

The Ant and the Grasshopper:  Understanding and Overcoming Procrastination – p.35

 
The Colorado Genealogist – Colorado Genealogical Society, Vol. 85, No.4, November 2024.

Fulfilling Our Objectives for 100 Years – p.90

 
The Colorado Genealogist – Colorado Genealogical Society, Vol.86, No.1, February 2025.

A Story About A Story: Examining a Family Rumor – p.4

In Search of the Past – p.13

 
Colorado Genealogist – Colorado Genealogical Society, Vol.86, No.2, May 2025.

The Thornburg Massacre Major – M.C. Harrington’s Perspective – p.29

Visiting the Battlefield (Site of Thornburgh Battle Ground) – p.37

Pursuing a DNA Match and Finding an NPE – p.40

GRHS News – Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Vol.2024, No.2, December 2024.

Research/Clearing House Committee Report 2024 – p.1

Raising the Flag on Iwa Jima – p.7

 
Heritage Review -, Germans from Russia Heritage Society, Vol.54, No.4, December 2024.

The 53r Germans from Russia Heritage Society Annual Convention – p.15

Railroad Land Grants in the Dakotas: Was One Fourth of North Dakota Really Given to Railroads? – p.23

Hamburg Passenger List – July 16, 1873 – p.28

 
Je Me Souviens – American-French Genealogical Society, Vol.47, No.1, Jan/Mar 2024.    

The History of The Catholic Church in New England – p.9

New France – A Timeline, Part 1 – p.22

Identifying the First French-Canadian Catholic Churches in New England – p.25

 
Je Me Souviens – American-French Genealogical Society, Vol.47, No.2, Apr/Jun 2024.

Creating Your Personal Genealogy Library – p.5

Funeral Cards – p.21

New France – A Timeline , Part 2: Exploration and Navigation 1524-1562 – p.46

 
Je Me Souviens – American-French Genealogical Society, Vol. 47, No. 3, Jul/Sep 2024.

The Seigneurial System in New France – p.5

The Seigneuries of New Brunswick – p. 20

New France – A Timeline, Part 3: The Founding of Settlements 1598-1610 – p.30

 
The Journal – Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe, Vol.26, No.4, December 2024.

Christmas in Volhynia – p.4

Deportations – 1915 and 1939 – p.6

The German Settlements in Central Poland, 1935 – p.10

 
The NEHG Register – Journal of American Genealogy, Vol.179, No.1, Winter 2025.

English Origins of William Clarke of Hartford and Haddam, Connecticut – p.5

New Records of James Chilton, Mayflower Passenger from Canterbury and Sandwich, Kent – p.22

Ancestors of James Beard, Husband of Widow Martha Beard of Milford, Connecticut – p.47

 
The NEHG Register – Journal of American Genealogy, Vol.179, No.2, Spring 2025.

The Identity and Ancestry of Anne (____) (Hutchinson) Hawkes of Charlestown and Lynn, Massachusetts – p.130

The Sons-in-Law of James White of Dorchester, Massachusetts – p.147

 
Oregon Genealogical Society Journal – Lane County, Vol.63, No.1, Spring 2025.

Resolving the Number, Identity and Ancestry of the Wives of Reverend William Herrington (1764-1830) of Rhode Island, Vermont and New York – p.5

Notes of the Beales of Oregon – p.14

Early Oregon Research: Judgment and Execution Records Before 1900 – p.39

 
Overseas
 
Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society Journal, No.173, February 2025.

Ecclesiastical Account of Lonmay – p.25

Walking in the Footsteps of Helmrich and Skene Ancestors – p.39

 
Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society Journal, No.174, May 2025.

Travelling on the SS Norwood – p.21

Searching for the family of Barbara Watt, around 1795 – p.32

Finding and Using Records of Inheritance – p.40

 
Ancestor – Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc, Vol.37, Issue 4, December 2024.

Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace – p.4

Patrick McAlister Wheat Farmer to Fruit Grower – p. 10

Getting Started Researching Canadian Ancestors – p.30

Getting It Write Choosing the Right Format or Genre – p.38

 
Ancestor – Genealogical Society of Victoria Inc., Vol.37, No.5, March 2025.

Trades of the past – p.20

An Introduction to Researching Ancestors from Scandinavia – p.30

 
The Ancestral Searcher – The Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc, Vol.48, No.1, March 2025.

Miss Eleanora Lord Triumphs – p.5

New Evidence about the identity of William Johnstone VC – p.20

Tracing an Adopted Relative Born in Queensland in 1922 – p.65

 
The Ancestral Searcher – Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc., Vol.48, No.2, June 2025.

My Family’s Connections Through Music – p.92

Boer War Memorial Truro Cathedral – p.124

 
Donauschwäbische Familienkundliche Forschungsblätter, No.189, March 2025.

Hommage an Johann Jauß – Die Volkszählung in Sekitesch 1891 – p. 2

Baja und die Pfarrei Baja-Belváros – p. 14

Biographie des Familien – und Heimatforshers Paul Scherer – p. 20

 
Family Tree, Vol.41, No.3, January 2025.

Discover the science behind Your DNA Test – p.16

Spotlight on The Channel Islands Family History Society – p.26

 
Family Tree, Vol.41, No.4, February 2025.

Finding Your Way with Historical Maps – p.20

Beyond Irish Birth Records – p.28

The Search for George Evidence In The Parish Registers – p.40

Where Was My Ancestor Finally Laid to Rest? – p.46

 
Family Tree, Vol.41, No.5, March 2025.

All Things Welsh for The Family Historian – p.10

Making the Most of the GRO Indexes – p.20

Researching Your Ancestors Who Were Overseas – p.26

 
Family Tree, Vol.41, No.6, April 2025.

Illegitimacy on The Record – stigma, concealment and the law – p.18

How to Guide: Perfect Pictures for Your Family History – p.32

Making a Start with Autosomal DNA Testing – p.48

The Genetic Genealogy of the Irish Terry Lineages – p.54

 
Family Tree, Vol.41, No.7, May 2025.

Finding Your Ancestors Death Records – p.10

Victory in Europe (VE) – p.16

Tracing School Children What the records can reveal – p.34

Unhappy Beginnings Illegitimate Children in the Parish Records – p.40

VE Day 80 Special: Planning a WW2 Battleford Research Trip – p.48

 
Family  Tree, Vol.41, No.8, June 2025.

Wiltshire FHS Baptisms & Burials Project Complete! – p.7

Tracing Ancestors in the British Armed Forces – p.24

Tracing Ancestors in the Royal Navy – p.26

Bigamy Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better – p.34

 
Family Tree, Vol.41, No.9, July 2025.

Making the Most of Ships’ Passenger Lists – p.10

Marriage Records in Ireland – p.18

The Paths to The Blended Family – p.24

Family Historian 7 Take the Tour – p.33

 
Family History Handbook 2025 (Brought to you by Family Tree).

Society of Genealogists Unique Pedigree Collection – p.8

Tracing Your Roots: A Guide to Starting Family Tree Research Abroad – p.15

Trace Your Military Ancestor Using The Gazette – p.25

12 Step Family History Plan – p.28

 
Genealogists Magazine – Society of Genealogists, London, Vol.35, No.1, March 2025.

The Bank of England Archive: An Introduction for Family Historians – p.4

Freedom Admissions in the Chamberlains’ Court of London – p.24

 
Queensland Family Historian – Queensland Family History Society Inc., Vol.46, No.1, February 2025.

The Band of Brothers, The men of No 15 Section – p.4

 
The Scottish Genealogist, Vol.LXXII, No.4, December 2024.

Ernie Greenough – A Man with A “Strange Outlook” – p.78

Who Knows What Lies on The Other Side – p.92

 
The Scottish Genealogist, Vol.LXXIII, No.1, March 2025.

Thomas Smith Arnott – p.11

The Scottish Voyager (Archibald Fletcher) – p.14

Anne Elphinstone, ‘Heiress of Restairig’ – p.18

 
The Scottish Genealogist, Vol.LXXIII, No.2, June 2025.

Alexander Hart – p.45

Born in A Malt Kiln at Glencoe – p.49

My Irish Forsyth(e) Ancestors and The Ulster Plantation 1610-1630 – p.52