Links of Interest

This is a collection of sites and pages from my various presentations.Hopefully some of these sites will help you in your own research.

Syllabus: 

Doing Family Tree Research in Your Pajamas for the Ottawa, Public Library, April 11, 2019
Researching in Your PJs for Ontario Ancestors, March 28, 2020
 

Resource Pages: 

 

Census Gotchas

1841 census of England: The enumerator was supposed to round the ages of those older than 15 down to a multiple of 5 (but some didn’t).
1841 census of Scotland: The enumerator was supposed to round the ages of those older than 15 down to a multiple of 5 (but some didn’t).
1890 Federal census of USA: Majority of the records were lost in a fire in 1921.
Pre-1901 census of Ireland: Majority of the records were destroyed by the government or lost in the 1922 fire at the Public Records Office in Dublin.

General Record Collection sites:

Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.ca (and also .com, .co.uk, .com.au)

Canadian:

Alberta Genealogical Society: https://www.abgenealogy.ca/
British Columbia Archives Genealogy: http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy
Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia: https://novascotiaancestors.ca/
Library and Archives Canada: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/
Manitoba Vital Statistics: http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca//Query.php
Newfoundland’s Grand Bank: http://ngb.chebucto.org/
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick: https://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/?culture=en-CA
Nova Scotia Archives: https://archives.novascotia.ca/
Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics: https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/
Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society: http://peigs.ca/
Saskatchewan Vital Statistics: http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx
The Island Register: http://www.islandregister.com/

British Isles:

1901/1911 Irish Census: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/
Maps of Scotland: https://maps.nls.uk/
Post Office Street Directories (Scotland): https://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI): https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/proni
Scottish parish, civil, and census records: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
UK BMD records (General Register Office): https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
Ulster Historical Foundation: https://www.ancestryireland.com/

Cemeteries:

CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Project: http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/
Canadian Headstone Photo Project: https://canadianheadstones.com/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/
Interment.net: http://interment.net/
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid: http://ocfa.islandnet.com/

Obituaries:

Obituary Daily times (GEN-OBIT): http://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
Your Life Moments: http://yourlifemoments.ca/

Newspapers:

British Columbia Historical Newspapers: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers
British Newspaper Archive: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Google News Newspaper Archive: http://news.google.com/newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com: https://newspaperarchive.com/
Our Ontario Newspaper Indexes: http://www.ourontario.ca/holdings/news.html
Peel’s Prairie Provinces: http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/newspapers/
Trove (Australia newspapers): https://trove.nla.gov.au/
Welsh Newspapers Online: https://newspapers.library.wales/

Online Books:

Internet Archive: https://archive.org/

Search Engines:

Microsoft Bing: https://www.bing.com

Social Networking:


Blogs:

Anglo-Celtic Connections (John D. Reid): https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/
Scotish GENES (Chris Paton): https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/
Genea-Musings (Randy Seaver): https://www.geneamusings.com/
Genealogy à la carte (Gail Dever): https://genealogyalacarte.ca/

Collaborative Family Tree sites:


2 comments:

  1. Hi Ken - Just read your latest blog. The list is fantastic! Thanks for compiling it. Question: Do you know if these records also are held by the various church archives? I consulted a Galt minister's notebook (circa 1855) at the United Church Archives and it could be the same as the Galt record you list. Don't want to get my hopes up...

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    1. Unfortunately I don't have any answers for you concerning the parish registers found on Heritage. Since I've not looked at the Galt minister's notebook that you are referencing all I can do is suggest that you take the time to look at that digitized microfilm yourself from the comfort of your home.

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