If you’re interested in tracing your Canadian genealogy, Ancestry<\/a> probably have the best Canadian data, while there\u2019s all kinds of free material on FamilySearch<\/a>.<\/p> As in the US and Australia<\/a>, what\u2019s available through the provincial archives varies a great deal. So whether your ancestors migrated to the prairie provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan, worked for Hudson\u2019s Bay Company, or traded through the Port of Quebec, there\u2019s lots online to help you discover your Canadian genealogy.<\/p> The Library and Archives Canada website has collections including birth, marriage and death records, directories and military records. There is also now a separate census records<\/a> website.<\/p> Via Nova Scotia\u2019s vital statistics hub you can search through millions of names from vital records in the region, linked to digitised images, free of charge. The parent website too is full of digital highlights, including thousands more images, documents and old newspapers<\/a>.<\/p> This website provides a valuable service with a frequently updated list of places to find free historical newspapers published in North America, Europe, Australia<\/a> and the Caribbean<\/a>. You\u2019ll have to start by scrolling down, since the page begins with US titles. The Canada section is organised by province \u2013 click through to find state-wide and small-scale collections. There are some online adverts, but the website wouldn\u2019t survive without them.<\/p> This website is a warren of fascinating rabbit holes. It\u2019s now merged with Canadiana<\/a> \u2013 a group that began republishing heritage material in 1978, moving digital-only in 1999. A 10-year digitising spree has produced many millions of pages of primary-source documents. There\u2019s also a digital-heritage index<\/a> that lists accessible collections across Canada, including those held by universities, libraries, heritage organisations and archives. There are dead-ends, however. You may find links to the national \u2018Virtual Museum\u2019, for example, which was mothballed in 2020 and replaced by Digital Museums Canada<\/a>.<\/p> From 1869 through to 1939 more than 100,000 children were emigrated from the UK to Canada, often to become indentured farm workers or domestic servants. This registry of home children is run by the charity Home Children Canada, and keep in mind that it differs from LAC\u2019s equivalent database<\/a> because the latter uses a broader definition of home children. The parent charity continues to catalogue stories, reconnect families, build the Home Child Registry, and identify sites where \u2018lost\u2019 individuals were laid to rest.<\/p> Chosen by Penny Allen, owner of the site UK to Canada Genealogy<\/a>: “One of the places where I research my family history is the prairies of Canada. At the turn of the century, immigrants from all over the world were encouraged to take up Canadian farmland. However, it can be difficult to find an ancestor who went to a small town in Canada. If you\u2019re in this position, consider the University of Alberta\u2019s Peel\u2019s Prairie Provinces digital collections. My favourites are Peel\u2019s Prairie Postcards, an image archive of more than 15,000 postcards; Henderson\u2019s Directories; and Newspapers. These cover Alberta (primarily), Saskatchewan and Manitoba.<\/p> “The postcards collection includes topics such as activities and sports, business and industry, buildings and organisations. Henderson\u2019s Directories are the Canadian version of Kelly\u2019s<\/a>, containing addresses of citizens and businesses. They cover from the early 1900s to the post-1950s in all three provinces, although not for every single city or town. Finally while commercial sites may offer good search functionality, the newspapers on Peel\u2019s are free. The website is especially good for weekly titles from the tiniest towns on the Alberta prairies, which reveal daily life on the prairie as well as the names of residents in church events, politics, or those visiting relatives from out of town.”<\/p> Browse free and subscription-based collections for the country, from nationwide population surveys to service records and militia pay lists.<\/p> This directory has information about archives that look after diocesan archival records.<\/p> The Archives of Manitoba\u2019s website is well worth a visit, not least because in November 2019 staff completed the digitisation of 1,052 reels of microfilm, encompassing more than 10,000 volumes of records from the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company. These include journals, correspondence, accounts, lists of servants, engagement registers and minutes.<\/p> Founded by researcher, speaker and writer Dave Obee, this website holds useful guides to where to find Canadian genealogy records, by region and category of record.<\/p> View free images and transcriptions of Canadian headstones and memorials across the globe.<\/p> Learn about key figures in the history of Canada.<\/p> Learn about key Canadian genealogy resources with the FamilySearch Wiki.<\/p> This group has built a passenger list<\/a> index with 757,749 listings from 1,403 ship arrivals. See also TheShipsList<\/a>.<\/p> This long-running website, started by the late Lorine Olive McGinnis, collects links and free genealogy records for research in Canada.<\/p> This free database from the Ontario Genealogical Society contains millions of names.<\/p> This website has indexes of births (1870-1903), marriages (1870-1948), deaths (1870-1973), stillbirths (1914-1946) and indigenous marriages (1923-1945) from Alberta.<\/p> Here you can search over three million names from 39 databases.<\/p> This website enables users to download births (1854-1903), marriages (1871-1947), deaths (1872-2002), colonial marriages (1859-1972) and baptisms (1836-1888) from British Columbia.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Jonathan Scott Published: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 at 14:18 PM Many genealogists have Canadian family history, whether you live in Canada or not. Between 1815 and 1850 800,000 people emigrated to Canada, mainly from Britain and Ireland. 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1. Library and Archives Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>
2. Nova Scotia Births, Marriages and Deaths<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>3. The Ancestor Hunt<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>4. Canadian Research Knowledge Network<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>5. Home Children Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>6. Expert’s choice: Peel’s Prairie Provinces<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>
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<\/figure>More Canadian genealogy sites<\/h3>
1. Ancestry<\/a><\/h4>
2. Anglican Church of Canada<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
3. Archives of Manitoba<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
4. CanGenealogy<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
5. Canadian Headstones<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
6. Dictionary of CANADIAN Biography<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
7. FamilySearch<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
8. Nanaimo Family History Society<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
9. Olive Tree Genealogy<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
10. Ontario Name Index<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
11. Provincial Archives of Alberta<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>
12. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick<\/a><\/h4>
13. Royal BC Museum<\/a><\/h4>
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