Bill Gladstone

Found: Some old police criminal registers from early 1900s

Toronto’s mean streets of a century ago recalled in old police register — Documents found in former police headquarters on College Street Genealogist Bill Gladstone looked through a number of thick handwritten criminal registers that turned up some years ago in a forgotten alcove of the Stewart Building, the former police headquarters on College Street, and…

Toronto Marriages, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s & 1980s (all denominations)  (limited database from public sources) Note: Fill in a minimum of 3 characters for either the groom’s OR the bride’s surname. A maximum of 12 results will be returned. (Add extra characters in either searchbox to narrow down your search.) Please let us know if your…

Jewish Name Changing in America

A Rosenberg by Any Other Name: A History of Jewish Name Changing in America, by Kirsten Fermaglich, New York University Press, 2018. Although Jewish name-changing was widespread throughout the United States and Canada throughout much of the 20th century, no one has studied this interesting phenomenon at book length until now.   The author, Kirsten…

William Fox: forgotten movie mogul

Review of The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox, by Vanda Krefft Theda Bara (nicknamed ‘The Vamp’), one of Fox’s biggest stars, in a lavish 1917 production of Cleopatra. No known copy of the film survives. From the Canadian Jewish News, 2019 Although his surname appears in…

Detective Benny Cooperman turns 30 (2010)

Some thirty years ago, writer Howard Engel gave the world Benny Cooperman, a new made-in-Canada literary detective whom the Globe and Mail and others would acknowledge as “the country’s first truly Canadian detective hero.” According to Cynthia Good, former senior editor at Penguin, Engel’s pioneering Canadian-Jewish detective opened the floodgates for scores of other Canadian…

Bill Gladstone, Professional Genealogist  Bill Gladstone, noted Toronto-based genealogist and author, often solves difficult genealogical puzzles and mysteries for clients. He has collected many testimonials from satisfied customers. Whether you’re just getting started or have already done some research, Bill can help you find significant family records that may help to reconstruct your  family history…

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