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Sunday, August 28, 2011

New Genealogy Resources

Brantford Public Library:
  •  Brantford Local History Database

    Canadian Jewish Heritage Network:
  •  Canadian Jewish Servicemen Casualties (1914-1951)
  •  Hebrew Sick Benefit Association members, Montreal (1897-1945)
  •  JCA farm settlers, Western Canada and Quebec (1906-1951)
  •  Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, Montreal (1922-1952)
  •  Yiddish newspaper obituaries, Montreal (1908-1931)

    Family Search:
  •  Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959
  •  New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books, 1780–1941
  •  Ontario Births, 1869-1912
  •  Toronto Trust Cemeteries 1826-1935
  •  Quebec Notarial Records 1800-1900
  •  Saskatchewan Homestead Files 1908

    Library & Archives Canada:
  •  Finding Aid: Electoral Districts 1935-1980
  •  Lower Canada Land Petitions (1626-1865) [updated]

    New Westminster Archives, British Columbia:
  •  New Westminster Archives

    Nova Scotia Archives:
  •  Post–Deportation Argyle – First 50 Years of Catholic Parish Records 1799-1849

    Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics:
  •  1910 Births, 1935 Marriages, 1960 Deaths

    Ontario Genealogical Society:
  •  Canadian Genealogist 1979-1988
  •  War of 1812 York Militia 2nd Regiment

    Prince Edward Island Public Archives & Records Office:
  •  Baptismal Index 1777-1923
  •  Census 1841-1901
  •  Petitions 1780-1915

    Anglo-Celtic Connections has some great articles about these new resources:

    University of Manitoba:
  •  Canadian Catholic Historical Association Publications Archive

    Internet Archive:
  •  Ontario Voters Lists
  •  Kingston City Directories
     
     
     
     
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    Informative Blog Posts

    Anglo-Celtic Connections:
  •  Using LAC's Digitized Reels: British Military and Naval Records (RG 8, "C" Series) 1757-1906

    Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:
  •  Library and Archives Canada Unveils a New Preservation Facility for Nitrate Film
  •  Northern British Columbia Ghost Town Resurrected on Facebook
  •  Ottawa Public Library Opens New Archives and Library Building
  •  Where Is the International Genealogical Index (IGI)?

    Family Search:
  •  Online Film Ordering System now Available in Selected Areas

    Genealogy Canada:
  •  Park to be Renamed Africaville
  •  Ontario First Parliament Buildings and War of 1812 Centre

    Olive Tree Genealogy Blog:
  •  Canadian Genealogy Survey Now Available Across the Country

    Saskatchewan Genealogical Society:
  •  SGS has new library & research hours
  •  The ABC of LAC
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    Thursday, April 21, 2011

    New Online Resources


  • Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics
  • For King and Country, an OGS project to transcribe war memorials in Toronto schools
  • The Halton Digital Newspaper Archive, Halton-Peel, Ontario [Libraries launch Digital Newspaper Archive]
  • Anglo-Celtic Connections offers blog posts about, and links to, Nova Scotia newspaper archives online and Alberta Homestead Records 1870-1930

    • Library & Archives Canada has launched a Digitization Project-by the Public where visitors to LAC can photograph LAC documents for inclusion in an online searchable database.
    Also new at LAC:


    New at FamilySearch:
    • Canada Census Mortality Schedules, 1871
    • Canada, Bas-Canada—Recensement de 1842
    • Canada, New Brunswick Provincial Deaths, 1815-1938
    • Canada, New Brunswick—Deaths, 1815–1938 [Part B]
    • Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937, and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
    • Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927
    • Canada, Ontario—Deaths, 1933–1937
    • Canada, Ontario—Marriages, 1869–1927 [Part A]
    • Canada, Ontario—Marriages, 1869–1927 [Part B]
    • Canada, Quebec Notarial Records, 1800-1900
    • Canada—Passenger Lists, 1881–1922
    Genealogy Blog offers a great list of Canadian Vital Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch.org



    New at Ancestry:
    Not have an Ancestry subscription? Family History Centres and some Canadian libraries offer free access to some Ancestry databases. The Ancestry Insider blog offers a great article about this.
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    Sunday, October 31, 2010

    In the Genea-sphere...

    Until November 1st, Ancestry.ca is offering FREE access to French records in celebration of All Saints Day. Included are Quebec Land Grants, the Drouin Collection and immigration records.

    New Online Resources
    At Library & Archives Canada:
  • Upper Canada Land Petitions 1763-1865
  • New version of the Canadian Naturalization database

    At FamilySearch:
  • New Brunswick Births & Late Registrations 1810-1906
  • New Brunswick Death Certificates 1920-1934
  • New Brunswick Death Certificates 1935-1938
  • New Brunswick Provincial Return of Deaths 1815-1919
  • Newfoundland Vital Statistics 1753-1893
  • Prince Edward Island Baptismal Card Index 1721-1885
  • Prince Edward Island Death Card Index 1721-1905
  • Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers 1832-1888
    Source: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

    At Manitoba Archives:
  • Biographical sheets of Hudson Bay Company & North West Company employees
    Source: Anglo-Celtic Connections

    At Olive Tree Genealogy:
  • Surgeon's Journal for Ship Elizabeth Ireland to Quebec 1825
  • Extracts of Names from Surgeons' Journals of 8 ships from Ireland to Upper Canada 1825

    At BC Archives:
  • The Amazing Time Machine now includes the history of ghost town Ocean Falls
    Source: Times Colonist

    Nova Scotia Archives has debuted a YouTube channel featuring historic films

    At Ancestry.ca:
  • FREE access to 200 selected service records of those who served in the two world wars
  • Quebec, Land Grants, 1763-1890 free access until November 1st, then part of an Ancestry.ca subscription.

    Contests

    NovaScotia.com is offering the 'Discover Your Nova Scotia Roots Contest'. Winners will receive a trip to Nova Scotia and a private session with a local genealogists. Contest closes November 30th.

    CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt' is seeking webpages, blog posts, etc. commemorating British Columbian veterans. Those who wish to participate have until November 11th.

    Volunteer Opportunities

    CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project
    Live near a Canadian cemetery? Our cemetery project's main focus is creating a directory of Canadian cemeteries but we also accept & post photographs of Canadian cemeteries. Help is needed to photograph older cemeteries before their inscriptions disappear forever.

    FamilySearch Indexing
  • Canada - 1871 Mortality Census
  • Canada - Passenger Lists 1881-1922
  • Canada, New Brunswick - Deaths 1815-1938 [Part A]
  • Canada, Ontario - Deaths 1933-1937
  • Canada, Ontario - Marriages, 1869-1927 [Part A]
  • Canadian 1861 Census

    Toronto OGS, in collaboration with FamilySearch Indexing, are indexing the burial registers of the "Toronto Trust Cemeteries". The project will involve four Toronto cemeteries with burials ranging from 1826-1935.

    Job Offerings
  • Toronto's Columbus Centre is seeking a Research Assistant
  • Association of Professional Genealogists need a Webmaster/Listmaster
  • Ontario Archives (Toronto) seeks a Senior Archivist

    Source: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

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    Wednesday, June 23, 2010

    Free access to Drouin Collection Jun 24-26 and New Canadian Databases at Ancestry

    Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter announced that Ancestry.ca will be offering three days of free access to the Drouin Collection starting June 24.

    Ancestry has also made some additions to their Canadian Records:

  • Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1906 has been completed.
  • Nova Scotia Birth Marriage and Death Indexes, 1763-1957
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    Saturday, November 28, 2009

    Have you come across some genealogy news beneficial to those tracing their Canadian roots? If so, please send it in!

    It's been awhile since we've offered a round-up of genealogical news that could affect Canadian research. Some of these articles are a bit outdated but the information they offer is still well worth the read.

  • U.S. Bares ‘Alien Files’ Kept on Immigrants
  • Newspaper Index for Barrie Ontario Canada online
  • Ontario, Canada Marriage Registers by Clergy, 1896-1948
  • Ancestry.com in Arbitration over the Drouin Collection
  • Ancestry in arbitration over the Drouin Collection
  • A Virtual Schoolhouse
  • Whence the Drouin Collection?
  • Is there Genealogical Life without Drouin?
  • Historical Toronto: Berkeley Castle and Lost Buildings
  • Message from the Librarian and Archivist of Canada: Modernization
  • Wolfe descendant defends controversial Quebec event
  • Portrait Gallery of Canada Program Continues to be Accessible to Canadians
  • 250 years ago today
  • Historic Windsor church denied funds for repairs
  • The Vancouver Exhibition, 1927 - Carnival of Genealogy
  • Canada: A Literary Tour
  • What's New? Improving Services at Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
  • Ancestry.com and the Drouin Genealogical Institute Reach Agreement
  • Ukrainian Pioneer Monument - Winnipeg Manitoba Canada - 1891-1943
  • 2009 - Year of the Home Child
  • Frasers Part 8: Infiltrating the Cadastral System
  • OGS student essay competitions
  • French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (1808-1919)
  • Finding Sources For IGI Records
  • Thieves Take Hundreds of Cemetery Bronze Nameplates and Vases
  • Barnardo's Family History Service
  • FamilySearch.org Canadian Projects - Update
  • Searching Immigration Museums
  • Graves Found at Former Poor House Site in Simcoe, Ontario
  • Great Canadian women
  • Ancestry.ca Reveals the Most Interesting Baby Names in Canadian History
  • Do you need research at Library and Archives Canada?
  • Frasers Part 9: Quebec Land Records
  • Frank Binette of Laconia Named Genealogiste Emerite (Genealogist Emeritus) by the Federation Quebecoise Des Societes De Genealogie
  • Disease and Distress in Toronto
  • Share Documents You Find at Ancestry With Your Relatives - Instantly
  • New Project to Digitize Ship's Logbooks
  • The Great Miramichi Fire
  • Long Point Settlers
  • A Change in the Weather - 1899-1900 in Manitoba, Canada -Blog Action Day 2009
  • FamilySearch Indexing Update: New U.S., Canada, and Argentina Projects
  • Toronto Cemetery Records, 1826-1935
  • Records of 82 Years Of Canadian Immigration To The UK Now Online
  • Groundbreaking for new Ottawa City Archives building
  • Northeastern Ontario Family Histories
  • Library and Archives Canada Audiovisual Migration Strategy
  • Using Land Petitions to Learn about an Ancestor
  • Thematic Guide to Sources Relating to the Grosse Île Quarantine Station, in Lower Canada, the Province of Canada and Canada, 1832 - 1937
  • Canada at War: A Guide to Library and Archives Canada's Websites Recalling the Canadian War Experience
  • Headstones toppled in Winnipeg cemetery
  • Royals tour historic N.L. sites
  • The Victoria (B.C.) Genealogical Society Loses Their $17,000 Annual Grant
  • Heroes Remembered
  • CanadianLetters.ca
  • New Remembrance Days video magazine
  • Historical Canada Gazette searchable online
  • Modernization @ LAC
  • Canadian Naturalization Database
  • Ontario Genealogical Society Conference 2010
  • Photos of East Elgin World War I veterans needed
  • Belgian Red Star Line Museum looking for emigrant photographs, memorabilia & stories
  • Canada's Home Children - Still Waiting for Recognition
  • Canada doesn't plan child migrant apology
  • Saskatchewan Provincial Government Wants to Preserve Forgotten Cemeteries
  • NB and NS archives database additions
  • TV movie on Sir Sam Steele in development
  • FamilySearch Indexing Update: Indexing Projects for 25 Countries
  • With the first Canadian contingent (1915)
  • Progress on the new Ottawa City Archives
  • Tales From Beyond the Grave in Montreal
  • Naturalization Records, the often overlooked way to find a Ships Passenger List
  • TNA podcast: The Metropolitan Police
  • Treasured Ontario Rural Histories to be Formatted for Online Access
  • Individual manifests (Form 30A) added to Ancestry database of Canadian immigration
  • LAC retreats on databases
  • Canadian Genealogy Centre Web Site Updated
  • Ontario Rural Histories to be Placed Online
  • Online Access to Tweedsmuir Histories
  • Get your family history fix [Ancestors In The Attic returns!]
  • Ancestry.ca Completes Canadian Passenger Lists with New Collection: Ocean Arrivals, 1919-1924
  • A handy reference on the British Army pre-1901
  • Microform Digitization
  • New Digitized Content Online: British Admiralty Charts of Canadian Waters
  • LAC Shares Images of First World War on Flickr

    Credits for these articles go to:

  • Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
  • Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
  • Library & Archives Canada
  • The Ancestry Insider
  • Brenda Dougall Merriman
  • Anglo-Celtic Connections
  • CBC News
  • Canada Genealogy
  • Genealogy Canada
  • Ancestry Magazine
  • GenealogyBlog
  • GenealogyToday
  • Cnews
  • Elgin County Ontario Genealogy
  • Global Gazette

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    Thursday, June 11, 2009

    Free Canadian Records at Family Search

    http://pilot.familysearch.org

    Currently Available:
  • Ontario Deaths 1869-1947
  • Quebec Catholic Parish Registers 1621-1900

    Currently Being Indexed (not yet available for search):
  • British Columbia Births, 1854–1903
  • British Columbia Marriages, 1859–1932
  • Nova Scotia, Antigonish Church Records, 1823–1905
  • Ontario 1861 Census
  • Quebec—Trois-Rivières Church Records, 1800–1900
    You can volunteer to help index these records at     FamilySearch Indexing
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    Tuesday, January 24, 2006

    Ancestry Launches Canadian Website

    From: CNW; Thanks to Susan

    The leading online network connecting families, MyFamily.com, Inc., today launched a new Canadian family research Web site, Ancestry.ca, (www.ancestry.ca), offering the largest number of Canadian family research records online, including more than 150 million names, and the first and only fully indexed 1911 Census of Canada collection online.

    “Ancestry.ca is designed to provide Canadians and those people with Canadian ancestry the most comprehensive tools and content needed to easily and efficiently research their family history,” said Tim Sullivan, president and chief executive officer of MyFamily.com, Inc. “Our goal was to create the best place to research your Canadian ancestry online, and with the large volume of names, data, records and images accessible on Ancestry.ca, we’re pleased to accomplish the goal.”

    Sullivan noted the site contains a significant amount of Canadian content never before published online.

    “The fully indexed 1911 Census of Canada is searchable by family name for the first time anywhere on the web,” Sullivan said. “The Census, only the fifth general census in Canada, includes information on each inhabitant of the country, including place of habitation, marital status, age, place of birth, religion, occupation, education, and more. It is truly a wealth of information to anyone researching Canadian ancestry.”

    The 1911 Census of Canada includes nine provinces, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, and two territories — the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.

    In addition, Ancestry.ca offers access to online collections of:
  • Ontario Marriage Index, 1858-1899
  • Ontario Birth Index, 1869-1907
  • Ontario Death Index, 1869-1932
  • Ontario & Nova Scotia Census Records, 1800-1842
  • Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
  • Canadian Address and Phone Directories, 1995-2002
  • British Columbia Death Index, 1872 -1979

    The site also includes the ability to view authentic 1911 Census images of historical records from the Library and Archives Canada.

    Other record collections on the site include content beginning in 1592 and continuing through 2002. Records from all provinces and territories are represented.

    To view all the content on Ancestry.ca, membership is CDN $99.95/annually, or CDN $14.95/monthly. A pay-per-view option is also available for CDN $5.95/10 views, 14 days.
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