Monday, September 28, 2020

Nordic Genealogy Conference - MY 50 WEBSITES ALL GENEALOGISTS COULD USE…

 Great conference so far. I've really enjoyed the keynote sessions.

Looking forward to all the upcoming sessions.  

More about the Nordic Genealogy Conference - and the National Nordic Museum in Seattle, Washington, USA here: https://www.nordicmuseum.org/genealogyconference


Today I'm offering my free and just updated list of

  "50 WEBSITES ALL GENEALOGISTS COULD USE…."

While these are not specific resources for Canada or Scandinavian areas, all are sites useful for many places and times and should prove useful to you, if you're not already familiar with all of them. 

I know the list name says "50" but there are really 52, so you could explore or try out one a week.



Map and quotation, courtesy Wyman Laliberte, on Flickr. 

Distribution of Ethnic Groups in the Interlake Region of Manitoba, Canada, 1961.

"One of the most complex distributions of ethnic groups in rural Canada is found in the Interlake area of Manitoba. Since census statistics are only given by municipal units, it is difficult to get exact distributions. T.R. Weir, Professor of Geography at the University of Manitoba, overcame this problem by means of detailed field studies in the Interlake, so that the true picture of the diversity emerges. 

Briefly stated, some of the concentrations are due to early settlement nuclei, such as the Icelanders at Gimli, the British at Teulon, and the French at St. Laurent. Other areas were not settled at an early date because the land was undesirable for farming. 

Most of these remaining districts were eventually taken up by the Ukrainians after 1900, assisted by the British near Eriksdale, in the area of soldier settlement. In 1961 the number of people in the largest ethnic groups were as follows: British 5,821, Scandinavian 5,238, Ukrainian 5,122, Indians 3,555, French 2,817, Russian 2,243, Polish 2,107."

Warkentin and Ruggles. Historical Atlas of Manitoba. map 297, p. 552.

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The People of Manitoba 1951-1961. E.F. Sharp and G.A. Kristjanson. Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Conservation. Winnipeg 1964: 41.

Printed in T.R. Weir. Rural Population Change and Migration, Interlake District, manitoba [1941-1961]. Prepared for the Rural Development Committee, Province of Manitoba, Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Conservation. Winnipeg [1966]. Map 9: 69.



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