Anglo-Celtic Roots Journal
Anglo-Celtic Roots is the society's quarterly journal; it features articles written by BIFHSGO members on Canadian and British Isles family and social history, as well as genealogical research techniques and practices. |
Please note: The ACR is a members' publication. Over the next few years, BIFHSGO will move to keep the most recent five years of the journal available only to members. Earlier issues will still be available to the public on this "ACR Journal" page.
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You can now search the titles of all articles in ACR from 1995 to 2023. Open the index of titles and search using the "Ctrl+F" function. You can search for a word in a title, an author's name or the year or volume of the issue. The index is open to the public, but only BIFHSGO members can read journals from recent years. |
Members ACR Journals
Fall: The Misses Strachan from Fyvie (Claire Callender) ** Margaret Anderson’s 1823 Letter—Revealed! (Dianne Brydon) ** A Scottish War Bride’s Legacy: Margaret Deschamps, née Taylor Hannan (1924–2016) (Andy Desjardins) ** We Shall Remember Them: Private John McAuley (Marcia Clement) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid)
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Summer: BIFHSGO Turns 30 (Dianne Brydon) ** My First Adventure with DNA (Heather Ashe) ** ". . . but two died on the boat.” (Marnie McCall) ** We Shall Remember Them: Lieutenant Horace Michael Hynman Allenby M.C. (Sheila Dohoo Faure) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) |
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Spring: Stories From the War: Part II (Carol Annett) ** The Hector: 250 Years of History and Heritage (Carolyn Brown) ** We Shall Remember Them: Private William Gerald Arthrell (Sheila Dohoo Faure) ** British Military Resources at the Ottawa Branch OGS Library (Pam Cooper) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid |
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Winter: Stories From the War: Part I (Carol Annett) ** Research Getaway: New England Historic Genealogical Society (American Ancestors) (Anne Renwick) ** We Shall Remember Them: Sapper Thomas Arnold Clayburn (Nigel Lloyd) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) |
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Fall: The 1871 Canadian Census—A Snapshot of our Ancestors’ Lives (Anne Renwick) ** Injustice in New England: A Witchcraft Accusation Before Salem (Carolyn Brown) ** We Shall Remember Them: Corporal George Henry Stevens, DCM, MM (Sheila Dohoo Faure) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) |
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Summer: Dentures, Watches, Prison―and Bigamy? An Intriguing Family History (Christine Jackson) ** We Shall Remember Them: Captain Lancelot Raimes (Heather Carmody) ** Scottish Genealogists’ Essential Books: Where Can We Find Them? (Pam Cooper) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) |
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Spring: The Disappearing Act of Maud Cromie (Wendy Croome) ** The Next Fertile Valley: Renfrewshire to P.E.I. in 1820 On-Board the Alexander (Dianne Brydon) ** We Shall Remember Them: Private Thomas Walton (Nigel Lloyd) ** Ulster Historical Foundation: Publications at the Ottawa Branch OGS Library (Pam Cooper) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) |
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Winter: Birmingham Commemorates John Middlemore and His Children’s Emigration Homes (Patricia Roberts-Pichette) ** We Shall Remember Them: Soldier 2nd Class Henri Augustin Dioscoride (Sheila Dohoo Faure) ** A Legacy for the Ottawa OGS Library—British Colonial America and So Much More (Pam Cooper) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) |
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Fall: Walter Birtles: Searching for a Better Work Life (Veronica Scrimger) ** The Inverarary Archives: Research and Serendipity (Dena Palamedes) ** We Shall Remember Them: Gunner David Morton Gerrie (Lynda Gibson) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) ** Highlights from the BIFHSGO 2022 Annual General Meeting (Christine Jackson) |
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Summer: An English Shoemaker Named Janeck—Where Did He Come From? (Christine Jackson)**Finding Edward Cohen, MC (1895–1917) (John D. Reid)**We Shall Remember Them: Private Archibald Richard Sydney James Bellinger (Nigel Lloyd) |
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Spring: Diary of the HMS Melpomene (1789─1815): Was David Johnston Ever Her Commander? (Patricia Roberts-Pichette) ** An Odyssey of Atlantic Migration and Survival (John McConkey) ** We Shall Remember Them: Private William Warren Daly (Heather Carmody) ** The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) ** Annual General Meeting 2021 Minutes (Gillian Leitch) |
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Spring: Canada’s War Brides: Love and Marriage in Times of Uncertainty (Glenn Wright) ** Mary Imhoff, the War Bride on Our Family Tree (Carol Annett) ** Researching WW II British War Brides to Canada (John Reid) ** War Brides of the First World War (John Reid and Glenn Wright) ** Minutes of the 2020 Annual General Meeting. |
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Winter: Gordon Caldwell McIvor: Expectation and Reality on the Canadian Prairie (Joan Banks) Time Travel Portals (Anne Renwick) We Shall Remember Them: Private Maurice Victor Whittle (Nigel Lloyd) The Cream of the Crop (John D. Reid) Membership Report (Ann Burns) in the Members Only section |
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Spring: John and Grizzel's Epic Adventure to the Land of Milk and Maple Syrup ** Who's Crazy? The Sad Tale of Mary Brydon and Mental Health in 19th Century Ontario ** We Shall Remember Them: Corporal Lancelot Gange Spooner ** Celebrating an "Invaluable Resource" - the Middlemore Project ** Minutes of the 2019 Annual General Meeting. Available in the Members Only section. |
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Spring: Aggie's Life (Mary Agnes McGrath) ** Manchester Life in the 1930s: Part 2 ** We Shall Remember Them: Pte. Oscar Franklin Thorsteinson ** Minutes of the 2017 AGM. |
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Spring: A Not So Merry Christmas ** First In, Last Out: What What Came In Between? Part One ** The Quarriers Children: From Scotland to Canada ** We Shall Remember Them: Capt. Richard James Tipton, Royal Flying Corps ** Minutes of the 2016 AGM |
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Spring: Spring: Confidence and the Genealogical Proof Standard ** Gratuitous Treasure: Imperial War Service Gratuity Records, 1912-1923, and Family History ** Family Frauds: Researchers Should Beware of Perpetuating Falsehoods from the Past ** Annual General Meeting 2015 Minutes** Imperial War Service Gratuity Records / Glenn Wright |
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Spring: The Queen's Photographer, an Abyssinian Prince and My Great-Granduncle Charles ** Archie's Rifles ** The Sovereign's Sovereigns: A Royal Bounty for Triplets ** Annual General Meeting 2014 Minutes ** Long-time BIFHSGO Librarian Betty Warburton Retires. |
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Spring: ..and a Brother Who Went to Australia? ** By the Skin of My Teeth ** John Price and the "Perthshire Grey Breaks" ** Minutes of the Annual General Meeting 2013 ** Minutes of the Special General Meeting 2013 |
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Winter: Eleanor Eagar's Descendants ** Little by Little from County Mayo ** These Old Walls of Ireland ** BIFHSGO's 19th Annual Conference |
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Winter: Mamie Weir, a Scot ** Life in Saskatoon, 1912 ** Tracking Great-Uncle Stan ** BIFHSGO Trip to Québec ** Fall Conference 2012 ** Ottawa Poet Allan Matthews |
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Winter: Genealogy Clues: Know Your Sources ** What Happened to the Hodge Home Children? ** "Hugh" Would've Thought It? |
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Winter: Revealing the Blake Family -- a yDNA Project ** Local Roots of Governor General David Johnston ** 2010 Fall Conference ** BIFHSGO Writing Workshop ** The Importance of Being Ernest ** Home Children Book Project |
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Winter: BIFHSGO Annual General Meeting ** Looking For Family Homes in 18th Century Scotland ** The Ragman's Children ** Following Great Uncle John ** Jerome and the Gallaghers: or How I Found (Maybe) a Link Between a Rural Legend and an Ancestral Family ** Tools for the Travelling Genealogist ** BIFHSGO Conference 2005 ** Weather and Family History ** The Middlemore Project: Part V: Voyage to Canada ** The Bookworm ** London Streets and Neighbourhoods ** The Printed Page |
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Winter: BIFHSGO Annual General Meeting ** BIFHSGO Conference 2004 ** Genealogy Research Evolves: Ten Years of Growth and the Ten Years Ahead ** Shadow Dance Spirits: A Conference Participant from B.C. ** An Irish Fling: Delightful Discoveries! Part II ** Combining Genealogical and Family Trait Genetic Research ** The Middlemore Project: Part I: Birmingham at the End of the Nineteenth Century ** Re-launch of Digital Library of Historical Directories ** Members' Problems: Robert Thomas and Mary Elizabeth Clarebrook Jack ** Update on Release of Data: 1911 and Subsequent Censuses ** Heather Macdougall: BIFHSGO Summer Research Assistant ** Volunteer Profiles: Jeanette Arthurs and Brian Chamberlain ** A Middlemore |
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Winter: BIFHSGO Annual General Meeting ** BIFHSGO Conference 2003: The Basics and Beyond! ** Who are We? The Changing Questions of Identity in Canadian Census Enumerations ** The Development of the Calendar and Its Significance for Genealogists ** CD: The Ships List™: Passenger Ship Arrivals—Canadian Ports 1865-1899 ** The Ottawa Sharpshooters: Part 2: “Frustration, Tragedy and Triumph” ** Roll of the Governor General's Food Guards: Ottawa Sharpshooters ** Tec Cornelius Aubrenan: The First Irish-born Immigrant to Canada ** The Bookworm: Norfolk Books ** Book Review: Publishing Your Family History ** Learning Opportunities ** 1911 Census of Canada: Update on Release of Data |
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Fall: Loyal She Remains ** Jennie McMeekin Comes to Manitoba ** Researching British Airmen of the Great War ** Finding Your Family in the Newspaper ** Paper of Record ** From Near and Far ** Lateral Search Experiences and the Lure of History ** My First Trip ** Alfred deR. Taylor London, England to Ladner, BC: 1881 to 1901 ** Newsgroups, Mailing Lists and E-Zines ** Maple Leaf Project |
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Fall: Who Were the Loyalists? ** An Almost Unknown Genealogical Resource--The British Library's Electoral Register ** Parish Records of the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa ** The Tide of Emigration to the United States and the British Colonies ** Gleanings from the National Archives of Canada ** Irish Resources at the Family History Library ** The Printed Page ** Problem Solving Sessions Wind Up Yearly Meetings ** History Through Dolls ** The Bookworm ** Where's Isaac? ** Routes to Roots ** From Near and Far ** Fifth Annual General Meeting: Directors' Reports |
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Fall: Lessons Learned in Researching English Ancestry ** Preserving Family History--Making Sense of the Pile of Old Photographs ** My Visit to General Register House ** Appraisal of the Brian O'Regan Donation ** The Printed Page ** Book Review ** Fourth Annual General Meeting: Directors' Reports ** Planning Your Research Trip ** Lt Col John By, RE ** John By, Hero without Honour ** Soldiers of the Rideau Canal ** The Helping Hand ** From Near and Far ** Kingston Holds First Capital Celebrations ** A Tale of Two Mothers ** Books by Jean Portugal Tell Human History of World War Veterans |
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Fall: Using Computers for Genealogy ** Fourth Annual Conference ** Local Collections: Fourth Annual General Meeting: Directors' Report ** Resources for Genealogical Research at the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa ** Northeastern Scotland Names in Canada |
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Fall: How do Changes in Copyright Act affect your genealogical research? ** National Genealogical Society Conference was Worth Attending: A Member's Report ** Land Records in Danger: We need your Help now! ** Let the Stones and Timbers Speak: Preserving Canada's Built Heritage ** Home Children Passenger List for the Year 1884 (Part 1) ** Local Collections ** BIFHSGO news |
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Fall: Canada in 1814-1815 ** Surnames ** Yorkshire Names in Canada ** In Your Ancestor's Image ** Books 1996 ** Access Amicus ** Britons Overseas ** Irish Mail Bride ** Irish to Scotland ** London & County 1811 Directory ** Newfoundland Newspapers |
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Fall: 1851 County Sligo Letter ** Canuck Pensioners of U.S. Civil and 1812 Wars ** My Ahnentafel 1340-1995 ** Names from Wales in Canada ** Occupations ** Book Reviews ** National Library of Wales Guide ** Calling Martins ** A Stray in High Sierra Country ** Passenger and Immigrations Lists ** Royal Irish Academy |