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This Was Manitoba: Welcome to This Was Manitoba!
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Manitoba urban history by the day. Welcome to This Was Manitoba! Welcome to This Was Manitoba! I began compiling this information a few years ago. What prompted me to start was seeing so many Canadian media outlets, including local ones, trotting out a "this day in history" segment using some U.S. news wire feed. Day after day it was as if Canada, much less Manitoba or Winnipeg, even existed! Aside from the daily history entries you will also find a list of Manitoba history videos. Heritage Wpg: new blog.
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This Was Manitoba: October 28: Royal visit to Rivers; Susan Thompson, Glen Murray elected mayor.
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Manitoba urban history by the day. October 28: Royal visit to Rivers; Susan Thompson, Glen Murray elected mayor. October 28, 1951. Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh spend the afternoon at Rivers, Manitoba's Joint Air Training Centre. It was to make up for an oversight that angered many Winnipeggers, their failure to visit Deer Lodge Veterans Hospital. While visiting the city the week prior. Three bus loads of Veterans made the journey to Rivers to meet the Royal Couple. October 28, 1992. Class...
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This Was Manitoba: October 17: MTN is on the air; Selinger as leader, MB's first federal cabinet minister; West Broadway's origins.
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Manitoba urban history by the day. October 17: MTN is on the air; Selinger as leader, MB's first federal cabinet minister; West Broadway's origins. October 17, 1986. Portage la Prairie-based Manitoba Television Network (MTN). For a Prairie Pulse News Break. October 17, 2009. Greg Selinger defeats Steve Ashton to become leader of the Manitoba NDP. He was sworn in as Premier of Manitoba two days later. October 17, 1892. October 17, 1882. 8211; Col. James Mulligan sells off his Highwood Manor Estate. Demoli...
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Georgia Archives to Remain Open…For Now | Southern FolkFinder
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Angela Lucas, Professional Genealogist. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Indian Springs 1949: What Old Photos Can Tell Us →. Georgia Archives to Remain Open…For Now. Imagine having no state archives open to the public for research. What a sad day in the genealogy world! Will it be by appointment only? If you live in a place in which your state archives and other repositories are open several days a week with no plans to close anytime soon, consider yourself fortunate. Posted by Angela Lucas. You are...
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This Was Manitoba: Taking a month off !
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Manitoba urban history by the day. Taking a month off! I have not "regenerated" the daily posts for a couple of weeks but will get back to it later in November. TWM has been around for a number of years, so the posts are already "in the can", so to speak. To check out today in Manitoba history, go to the box down the left hand column to pull up today's date! Thanks for following This Was Manitoba! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 770 McDermot Avenue - Basic Science Building, U of M. WW I at MB Archives.
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Madison County, Alabama, Marriage Records | Southern FolkFinder
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Angela Lucas, Professional Genealogist. Missing Records Returned to Madison County, Alabama! Researching in Limestone County, Alabama →. Madison County, Alabama, Marriage Records. First marriage recorded in Madison County, Alabama. This note of consent provides a wealth of genealogical information. It also provides the father’s original signature. By this time, the signing of a bond and the inclusion of the return was a common practice in the county marriage records. Posted by Angela Lucas. Researching i...
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Indian Springs 1949: What Old Photos Can Tell Us | Southern FolkFinder
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Angela Lucas, Professional Genealogist. Georgia Archives to Remain Open…For Now. Should I hire a professional genealogist? Indian Springs 1949: What Old Photos Can Tell Us. Indian Springs, Georgia. My favorite snapshot is the old mill, taken in July 1949:. I love the quirky messages on the backs of old photos. Here is the back of the photo above, in what appears to be my grandmother’s handwriting:. 8220;The old mill (The wheel wouldn’t be turning when we got our picture! Indian Spgs – 1949. Researching i...
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People | Shoal Lake History
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Articles on This Page. MATTHEW THOMPSON “THE FATHER OF SHOAL LAKE”. ROBERT SCOTT: ENTERPRISING VISIONARY. J D McLEAN: A PIONEER AND HIS LEGACY. MATTHEW THOMPSON “THE FATHER OF SHOAL LAKE”. The Shoal Lake Star. W A Myers, to deem Matt Thompson the Father of Shoal Lake . The Father (and Mother) of Shoal Lake, Matthew and Carrie Thompson. Being a wily Scotsman, Thompson decided to stake his claim with a bit of theatrics. Capitalizing on the fact Baer didn’t know him very well, Matt Thompson came up with...
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hardware | Shoal Lake History
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January 6, 2015. Reid Dickie Today I received this inquiry: Hello, I’m the curator at the Wellington County Museum and Archives near Fergus, Ontario and am looking into the William James Griffin Jr. family of Shoal Lake. William’s uncle, William A. Griffin, was … Continue reading →. Welcome to Shoal Lake History. Shoal Lake Minute #18. In 1909, Dobbs, as village clerk, received over a hundred applications in response to an advertisement for a constable that appeared in Winnipeg papers. The village’s ...
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