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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.   4 April 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


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


Chinook Arch – Alberta Family Histories Society, Vol.7, No.2, February 2025.

  • Christopher Hilliard of the North West Mounted Police – p.3


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

  • Alberta Research Portal – Newspapers – 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 – p.39


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 – 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


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


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 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


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


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


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


The Tracer – Oxford County Branch of Ontario Ancestors, Vol.47, No.1, February 2005.

  • Using Glimr Oxford County’s Online Mapping Resource – p.8
  • Western Adventurers in My Family – p.12


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 – 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


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

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

  • Fulfilling Our Objectives for 100 Years – p.90


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.178. No.1, Fall 2024.

  • Thomas Burnside of Northumberland, New Hampshire – p.319
  • New Information on the Ancestry of Felix Carter of Claydon, Oxfordshire, Grandfather of Thomas Boreman of Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Samuel Boreman of Ipswich and Wethersfield, Connecticut – p.332

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


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


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 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