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Gordon Watts Reports Column published: 16 December 2008 By: Gordon A. Watts Biography & Archived Articles 
Topics in this column include:
Ancestors in the Attic seeks staff genealogist If you are an amateur or professional genealogist seeking to take your hobby or profession to another level, producers of the Ancestors in the Attic television show are searching for a staff genealogist for its upcoming fourth season. The successful applicant will assist the shows research team with the extensive genealogical and historical investigations required to solve the genealogical stories aired each season; and will appear on-camera with host Jeff Douglas, to help submitters solve their family mysteries. If you are interested in becoming part of the successful Ancestors in the Attic team please send your resume by mail to:
Producer, Ancestors in the Attic Primitive Entertainment 585 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON, M6G 1K5 Digitization projects Two of the most frequent questions that I am asked relate to when we will see more digitized Census records for Canada, and will they be indexed when we do see them. The following chart shows a list of digitization projects currently under way by Library and Archives Canada, in collaboration with Ancestry.com, that will be posted on the LAC website as time and resources permit. Some of the time frame estimates for nominal indexes being available on LAC might seem unduly distant, however you might remember that some of the nominal indexes affected are currently available on other websites, such as that for Automated Genealogy.
Library and Archives Canada and Ancestry.ca Running a close second (actually third) to the questions referred to in the article above are questions relating to Library And Archives Canada's relationship with Ancestry.ca, and posting of Canadian Census records on Ancestry.ca that are not yet available on our own Library and Archives web pages (most notably those for 1891). The table in the previous article (slightly modified) was 'borrowed' from the LAC Whats New webpage, posted 11 December 2008. The main thrust of this webpage has to do with 'Collaborative Arrangements' - specifically the Library and Archives Canada agreement with Ancestry.ca. The page includes an overview of the agreement, and includes some Q"A that answers some, but not all, of the questions asked of me. I have not seen the agreement between LAC and Ancestry.ca. From viewing the chart above however, it would seem that part of this agreement may include an unspecified period between posting of nominal indexes on Ancestry.ca, and the time of their appearance on LAC webpages. This would seem to be confirmed when reading a statement released by LAC 10 November 2008, part of which reads as follows:
RSS comes to Library and Archives Canada Those interested in keeping up with what is happening at Library and Archives Canada now have a new way of doing so. LAC has recently incorporated an RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feed for external clients to use. The first RSS Feed, now active, is "What's New at LAC". Coming soon is "The Portrait Gallery of Canada". Other RSS Feeds will be added starting this month. The RSS Feeds will showcase updated products, new acquisitions, new descriptions, new finding aids, events, and other information that might be of interest to LAC clients. To access RSS Feeds you require a RSS Feed reader. Instructions on how to obtain one are included on the LAC website at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/help/011-400-e.html New at Library and Archives Canada Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of an online database, Immigrants to Canada. The database contains Canadian immigration records held at LAC, many of which relate to immigrants from the British Isles arriving in Quebec and Ontario; also included are references to settlers in other provinces. Through this new database, researchers can access references to lists of immigrants and other types of records created before 1865, such as declarations of aliens and names of some Irish orphans. Click here to visit the Immigrants to Canada database. Merry Christmas 
This column will be the last I write for the year 2008. My daughter and I will have Christmas dinner with my girlfriend Stella and her family. On Boxing Day I travel to Calgary to spend some time with my son and his new family.As I do each year at this time, it being the season, I wish each of my readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Whether you say 'Merry Christmas', 'Happy Hanukkah', or whatever other greeting your tradition or faith might suggest for this time of year, I wish each and every one of you the very best. I wish for you, what you wish for me. If you are traveling to be with family or friends for the Holidays, I urge you to do so safely. Take the time to arrive safely, and to return home the same way. A few minutes, or hours, difference in travel time is not worth the heartache and suffering that could result from being involved in an accident because you are in a hurry. Until next time. Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net Your comments regarding this newsletter, and suggestions for future articles are welcome. Click here to send me a message with a subject line of "Gordon Watts Reports". To view back issues of Gordon Watt's columns, visit Gordon's biography page where all of his archives articles are available. Canadian Genealogy & History Resources from Global Genealogy:
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