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)
Findmypast: https://www.findmypast.com/
FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/
MyHeritage: https://www.myheritage.com/
Canadian:
Alberta Genealogical Society: https://www.abgenealogy.ca/
Archives of Ontario: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/index.aspx
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/
P.E.I. Archives and Libraries: https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/topic/libraries-and-archives
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/
FreeBMD: https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
GenUKI: https://www.genuki.org.uk/
Irish Genealogy: https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
Maps of Scotland: https://maps.nls.uk/
National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Online Parish Clerks: https://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/OPC.html
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
RootsIreland: https://www.rootsireland.ie/
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:
BillionGraves: https://billiongraves.com/
CanadaGenWeb’s Cemetery Project: http://cemetery.canadagenweb.org/
Canadian Headstone Photo Project: https://canadianheadstones.com/
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/
DeceasedOnline: http://www.deceasedonline.com/
Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/
Interment.net: http://interment.net/
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid: http://ocfa.islandnet.com/
Obituaries:
Inmemorian.ca: http://www.inmemoriam.ca/
Legacy: https://www.legacy.com/
ObitsArchive: http://www.obitsarchive.com/
Obituary Daily times (GEN-OBIT): http://sites.rootsweb.com/~obituary/
Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick): https://obituaries.telegraphjournal.com/telegraph-journal/obituaries/
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/
Elephind.com: https://www.elephind.com/
Genealogy Bank: https://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/
Google News Newspaper Archive: http://news.google.com/newspapers
NewspaperArchive.com: https://newspaperarchive.com/
Newspapers.com: http://www.newspapers.com/
Our Ontario Newspaper Indexes: http://www.ourontario.ca/holdings/news.html
Paper of Record: https://paperofrecord.hypernet.ca/default.asp
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:
Google Books: https://books.google.ca/
Internet Archive: https://archive.org/
WorldCat: https://www.worldcat.org/
Search Engines:
Google: https://www.google.ca/
Microsoft Bing: https://www.bing.com
Yahoo: https://ca.yahoo.com/
Social Networking:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Blogs:
Ancestry: https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry
Anglo-Celtic Connections (John D. Reid): https://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/
Scotish GENES (Chris Paton): https://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/
Family Tree Knots: https://familytreeknots.blogspot.ca/
Genea-Musings (Randy Seaver): https://www.geneamusings.com/
Genealogy à la carte (Gail Dever): https://genealogyalacarte.ca/
Collaborative Family Tree sites:
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/
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...
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately 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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