Post 1901 Census Project
Post 1901 Census Project
Census of Canada 1911
Conducted under the provisions of the Census and Statistics Act (1905), the Fifth General Census of Canada began on 01 June and collected information related to each inhabitant of the country, including place of habitation, marital status, age, place of birth, religion, occupation, education, etc. The Census of Canada 1911 covered the nine provinces (British […]
Barkerville Cemetery
The Barkerville Cemetery is located in a historic gold rush town in the Cariboo Region of B.C. The town was formed in 1862 when gold was discovered by William Billy Barker on Williams Creek. Between 1862 and 1870 over 100,000 people travelled the Cariboo Waggon Road converging on the goldfields and the boomtown called Barkerville. […]
Passages Winnipeg
This web site contains Obituary Listings previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press.
Genealogical Research Library – Canada
Our library is the premier source of genealogy in Canada,and our “databank” has reached a new grand total of 15 million ancestors. This databank includes people who lived between the years 1600 and 1915 in every province and territory of Canada. A new feature has been added: the “Assemble Family Search”, which allows you to […]
Ottawa Branch – Ontario Genealogical Society
Our mission is to encourage, assist, and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history. The Ottawa Branch covers the counties of Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew and the Russell part of the combined counties of Prescott and Russell.
Montreal Churches and their records (non Catholic)
When indexing of the church records first began a few decades ago, it began with the smaller project in Montreal – the non-Catholics. For some reason, possibly lack of funds for the project, the indexing of Catholic records never happened. More will be written on researching Catholic church records at a later date.
National Archives of Canada
The National Archives of Canada (NAC) holds a few lists of immigrant settlers and passenger lists scattered within various collections, mostly relating to immigrants from Great Britain arriving in Canada between 1801 and 1849. Staff of the Genealogy Unit prepared a nominal card index to most of those lists, which is referred to as the […]
Petworth Emigration Project
The Petworth Emigration Project records ten years\’ work by a group of researchers in Canada and England who came together for a case study of assisted emigration. The subject of the study is 1830s emigration and immigration – from Sussex and other counties in the south of England to Ontario in Canada. It will interest […]
Canadian Passenger List Records
Canadian Passenger List Records and other shipping details