Links of Interest

This is a collection of sites and pages from my various presentations, along with sites that I've personally found to be useful. Hopefully some of these sites will help you in your own research.

Resource Pages: 

First World War: Researching a Canadian Soldier of the Great War

Second World War: Researching the Canadians Who Served

Ontario Land records: Where are they Online? 

1931 Census of Canada Resources

Microsoft Word Templates

Template for England and Wales GRO Birth Record Images

Template for England and Wales GRO Death Record Images

 

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.

Research and Family Tree Genealogy Sites

• Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.ca/
• FamilySearch: https://www.familysearch.org/
• Findmypast: https://www.findmypast.com/
• MyHeritage: https://www.myheritage.com/
• The Genealogist: https://www.thegenealogist.com/
• WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/

 

Canada

Library and Archives Canada

• Main Page: https://library-archives.canada.ca/
• Censuses: https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/genealogy-family-history/censuses/Pages/censuses.aspx
• Federal Divorce Index: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/acts-divorce-1841-1968.aspx
• Home Children: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/Pages/home-children.aspx
• Military History: https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/research-help/military-heritage/Pages/military-heritage.aspx
• Archived Microform Digitization Projects: https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/index-e.html

  

• Internet Archives copy from Jul 2022 of Library and Archives Canada Main Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20220715023037/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx

 Canadian Research Knowledge Network

• Canadiana Main Page: https://www.canadiana.ca/
• Héritage Main Page: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/
• Parish Registers: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/search/?q0.0=%22parish+registers%22
• War Diaries of the Second World War: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_133700
• Upper Canada Land Books: https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205068

 Provincial Sites:

• Newfoundland’s Grand Banks: http://ngb.chebucto.org/
• P.E.I. GenWeb: https://www.islandregister.com/pegenweb.html
• Nova Scotia Archives: https://archives.novascotia.ca/
• Nova Scotia Births, Marriages, and Deaths: https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/
• Provincial Archives of New Brunswick: https://archives.gnb.ca/Archives/?culture=en-CA
• Quebec’s Bibliotheque nationale: https://www.banq.qc.ca/?language_id=1
• Archives of Ontario: https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/index.aspx
• Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency: https://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php
• Saskatchewan Vital Statistics Genealogy Search: http://genealogy.ehealthsask.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx
• Alberta Birth, Marriage, and Death Records: https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/find-birth-marriage-and-death-records
• BC Archives Genealogy Search: https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy
• Yukon Genealogy: http://yukongenealogy.com/

Genealogical Societies

• Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.fhsnl.ca/
• Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society: https://peigs.ca/
• Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia: https://www.novascotiaancestors.ca/
• New Brunswick Genealogical Society: https://www.nbgs.ca/
• Québec Genealogical eSociety: https://genquebec.com/en
• Ontario Ancestors: https://ogs.on.ca/
• Manitoba Genealogical Society: https://mbgenealogy.com/
• Saskatchewan Genealogy Society: https://www.saskgenealogy.com/
• Alberta Genealogy Society: https://www.abgenealogy.ca/
• British Columbia Genealogical Society: https://www.bcgs.ca/
• British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa: https://www.bifhsgo.ca/

Law in Ontario

• British North American Legislative Database, 1758-1867: https://bnald.lib.unb.ca/
• Statutes of Ontario (Osgoode Digital Commons): https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ontario_statutes/

 

British Isles

Archives and General Resources

• GENUKI: https://www.genuki.org.uk/
• National Archives of Ireland: https://www.nationalarchives.ie/
  
• National Library of Ireland: https://www.nli.ie/
  
• National Library of Scotland: https://www.nls.uk/
• National Records of Scotland: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/
  
• Public Records Office of Nor: thern Ireland (PRONI): https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/public-record-office-northern-ireland-proni
  
• The National Archives (Kew): https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

England and Wales

• Information about England and Wales Censuses, 1801-1911:  https://www.1911census.org.uk/
• Census schedules and listings, 1801-1831: an introduction and guide (Wall, Woollard, Moring): https://www1.essex.ac.uk/history/documents/research/RT2_Wall_2012.pdf
• FreeBMD: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
• FreeReg: https://www.freereg.org.uk/
  
• General Register Office (GRO) of England and Wales: https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
• Online Parish Clerks: https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/online_parish_clerk
• The Parish Registers of England (by J. Charles Cox): https://archive.org/details/parishregisterso00coxjuoft/page/n7/mode/2up
  
• University of Leicester Historical Directories Collection: https://le.ac.uk/library/special-collections/explore/historical-directories

 Ireland

• 1901 and 1911 Censuses: http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
• Anglican Record Project: https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/anglican-record-project
• Catholic Parish Registers: https://registers.nli.ie/
• Church of Ireland List of Parish Registers: https://www.ireland.anglican.org/about/rcb-library/list-of-parish-registers
  
• General Register Office (Northern Ireland): https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/go-groni-online
• Index to the Townlands, 1901 (Irish Genealogical Research Society): https://www.irishancestors.ie/index-of-townlands-1901-87
  
• IreAtlas Townland Database: https://thecore.com/seanruad/
  
• Ireland Emigration Database: https://www.dippam.ac.uk/ied
  
• Ireland Reaching Out: https://irelandxo.com/
  
• Irish Ancestors (John Grenham): https://www.johngrenham.com/
  
• Irish Genealogical Research Society: https://www.irishancestors.ie/
  
• Irish Manuscripts Commission (out of print publications): https://www.irishmanuscripts.ie/product-category/imc-digital-editions/?action=digitisation_backlist
  
• IrishGenealogfy.ie: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
• Military Archives: https://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/home/
  
• Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland:https://irishdeedsindex.net/
• RootsIreland: https://www.rootsireland.ie/
• SWilson.info: Registration District Map Browse: https://www.swilson.info/regdistmap.php
  
• Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: https://www.virtualtreasury.ie/

Scotland

• Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae (succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland): https://archive.org/search?query=Fasti%20Ecclesiae%20Scoticanae
• Gazetteer for Scotland: https://www.scottish-places.info/
• Old Parish Registers Coverage Page (NLS): https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/old-parish-registers/list-of-old-parish-registers
• Registers of births, marriages, and deaths, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891; and general index, 1855-1956 (FamilySearch): https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/79310
• SAFJS Inventory of Published pre-1841 Population Listings: https://www.safhs.org.uk/populationlists.php
• Scottish Indexes: https://www.scottishindexes.com/default.aspx
• ScotlandPeople: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
• SCRAN: https://www.scran.ac.uk/
• Search for Scotland Post Office directories (Internet Archive): https://archive.org/search?query=scotland+post+office
• The Scottish Association of Family History Societies: https://www.safhs.org.uk/index.php
• The Scottish Emigration Database: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/search.html

 

Newspaper Sites

• British Columbia Historical Newspapers: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/bcnewspapers
• British Newspaper Archive*: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
• Genealogybank: https://www.genealogybank.com/
• Google Historical Newspaper Archives: https://news.google.com/newspapers
• INK – Our Digital World Newspaper Collection: http://ink.ourontario.ca/
• Irish Newspaper Archives: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com
• Newspapers.com: https://www.newspapers.com/
• NewspaperArchive: https://newspaperarchive.com/
• Our Ontario Newspaper Holdings: https://news.ourontario.ca/search
• Papers Past (New Zealand): https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers
• Peel’s Prairie Provinces: https://library.ualberta.ca/peel
• The Ancestor Hunt: https://theancestorhunt.com/newspaper-research-links.html
• The Gazette: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/
  
• Trove (Australia): https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/
• Welsh Newspapers (National Library of Wales): https://newspapers.library.wales/

*Available through Findmypast depending on your Findmypast subscription

 

Obituary Sites

• InMemoriam: http://www.inmemoriam.ca/
• Legacy: https://www.legacy.com/
• Obituary Daily Times: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/index.html
• Remembering.ca: https://www.remembering.ca/

 

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves: https://billiongraves.com/
• CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Project: https://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/
• Canadian Headstones: https://canadianheadstones.ca/wp/
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/
• Deceased Online (UK): https://www.deceasedonline.com/
• Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/
• Interment.net: https://www.interment.net/Default.htm
• Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid: http://ocfa.islandnet.com/

 

Books

• Google Books: https://books.google.com/
• Hathi Trust Digital Library: https://www.hathitrust.org/
• Internet Archive: https://archive.org/
  
• WorldCat: https://search.worldcat.org/

Blogs

• Ancestry: https://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/
• Anglo-Celtic Connections (John D. Reid): https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/
• Family Tree Knots: https://familytreeknots.blogspot.ca/
• FamilySearch Blog: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/
• Genea-Musings (Randy Seaver): https://www.geneamusings.com/
• Genealogy à la carte (Gail Dever): https://genealogyalacarte.ca/
• Scottish GENES (Chris Paton): https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/

[Updated: 28 Mar 2025]