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Online Cemetery Databases

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A few links to websites with online cemetery records and photos. Toronto List of Cemeteries in Toronto The Toronto Star has put together an interactive map of Toronto Cemeteries.    Pretty cool! Toronto Trust Cemeteries -  These records include an index and images from several Toronto cemeteries, including: York General Burying Ground (also called Potter’s Field), 1826-1855; Necropolis Cemetery, 1850-1912 (the index will continue to 1935); Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 1876-1933; Prospect Cemetery, 1890-1935. Mount Pleasant Cemetery - Genealogy inquiry page Ontario Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid - OCFA - Genealogy Database of over 3 million interments in Ontario Canada. Fields of Stones   - This site focuses on providing pictures of pioneer or abandoned cemeteries located in Ontario St Thomas Anglican Church Belleville Ontario Cemetery Pioneer cemetery in Belleville, Ontario photo gallery Picton Ontario - Glenwood Cemetery Burial records   Greenwood Cemetery Buri

Trinity Bellwoods Park - Autumn 2014

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Fort York - Toronto - Farm to Fork On Common Ground

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Grab your cameras and bring an empty stomach to celebrate harvest season, September 24th weekend at Toronto's Historical Fort York.  Farm to Fork On Common Ground is a family friendly feast of Food,Culture and Fun! Shop at the organic farmers market, create some art, or just sit back and enjoy the music and dance. For more information on the festival visit  http://www.torontonongmocoalition.org/ Click here for information on Fort York A freshly baked pie from the Fort York kitchen - TORONTO

1951 Canadian Census advertisement #Genealogy

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Flooding in Belleville

[ View the story "Flooding in Quinte" on Storify ]

How Canadians watch hockey

[ View the story "Photos: Canadians watching hockey #WeAreWinter" on Storify ]

Canadian War ads

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Added a new page this week of wartime advertisements from Canada . The ones I have added so far are all WWII and are from Canadian newspapers. I have also started scanning election and political ads and hope to have a page up soon.

Canadian Pioneer & Vintage advertisements

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I have started to update my page on Canadian Vintage advertising.  Most of these are from Ontario newspapers that I have collected over the years.