Search for Ancestors in Daily British Whig Digitized and Online

The Daily British Whig is rapidly being digitized by Digital Kingston from 1850 to 1929.

I had fun searching and discovered that there are articles about people who lived outside of Kingston. 

I sure would love to know the story behind this dispute involving one of my Vollick (aka Van Valkenburg) families! 

 

Source: Daily British Whig (1850), 30 Jul 1903, p. 6

 

 

Grimsby Ontario Historical Newspapers Digitized

MacMillan, Alice (née Ramsay) (Died on 2 May 1935)
appeared in Grimsby Independent, 15 May 1935, p. 7

Great News for those genealogists seeking their Niagara area ancestors! Grimsby Ontario Historical Newspapers are now digitized and searchable online

"Three co-op students, a handful of volunteers, 10,000 pages spanning 64 years, and about 500 hours of labour later and the Grimsby Public Library has a reason to celebrate.There’s a lot to be found in the pages of the Grimsby Independent from 1885 to 1949." Continue reading the article at NiagaraThisWeek.com

I found an obituary from 1935 for the mother-in-law of my 3rd cousins twice removed, Walter Vollick.

Online Ontario Newspapers

Some genealogists might not know about Bowling Green State University (BGSU) 's Historical Canadian Newspapers Online: Ontario

They have a very lengthy list of historical Canadian newspapers (with links) for all Provinces but I'm personally interested in Ontario so thought I would share that link with readers.

You can find all kinds of interesting items in local newspapers - beyond the expected birth, marriages, and deaths. There are often articles about accidents, or humorous events, or bankruptcies... you name it, there could be an article mentioning your ancestor.

For example here's an 1879 article (one of many) about my 2nd great uncle Harmon Philip Peer, who made a living out of jumping off bridges and the masts of ships, attached to cables - sort of the first bungie jumper.