CANADIAN ROOTS

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Canadian Census

•	Canadian Genealogy Centre Welcome to the Canadian Genealogy Centre A great place to research your family history!

•	Canadian Genealogy Index, 600s-1900s

•	Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds

•	Canada Gen Web Your gateway to Canadian genealogy

•	Canada Genealogy

•	1852 Census of the Province of Canada Canada East (Quebec) , Canada West (Ontario)

•	Index to the 1901 Census of Canada All census images viewed on this site are loaded directly from the Library and Archives Canada Web Site.

•	Canadian Census Finder

•	Index to the 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces Note: the 1906 Census only covered the three prairie provinces, there was no census of the other provinces in 1906.

•	1911 Census of Canada Indexing Project Images of the 1911 census forms are loaded directly from the 1911 Census site at the Canadian Genealogy Centre, a program of Library and Archives Canada

•	Our Roots Canada's local Histories online

•	Interment.net Cemetery Transcription Library

•	Canada Cemetary Lists (always in 'progress') Canada Gen Web Cemetary Project

•	CanadaGenWeb For Kids Project Come on in and learn about Your Family History

•	ROOTS-L Resources: Canadian Resources

•	The Global Gazette Canada's Online Family History Magazine

•	TheShipsList: Passengers, Ships, Shipwrecks New from Ancestry, with over 10 million passenger lists and ... From this page find ship arrival information to Australia, Canada and the United States and ...

•	Library & Archives Canada Archivianet, an online research tool for 1911 Census of Canada

•	Canadian Directories Who was Where

•	Find Your Canadian Ancestors

•	Canadian Immigration & Naturalization Records

•	Canadian Military Records

•	Canadian Top Databases

•	Automated Genealogy Automated Genealogy hosts several projects to index Canadian censuses.

•	Citations for Canadians

•	Canada's Digital Collections archived at Library and Archives Canada

•	Our Roots Our Roots is a library, archive, museum and school all in one. Check the collection to find Canadian local histories in French and English. Check Educational Resources for learning

ACADIAN HISTORY

•	ACADIAN GenWeb Site Michele Doucette has traced his roots back to the original Acadian settlers.

•	Acadian Genealogy Homepage - The FIRST (1991) and still the BEST Acadian-Cajun resource site on the internet, providing visitors information of

•	The Acadian-Cajun Family An extensive lineage-linked database of genealogical information with the original source of the data included, when/where available. Some of the individuals are French-Canadian, and not Acadian. These are included to assist your research, given the fact that there were/are numerous inter-marriages between French-Canadians and Acadians.

•	Acadian Tombstone Photos Acadian Cemeteries / New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Cemeteries has amassed thousands of headstone photos and placed them on their web site

British Homechildren

•	Home Children (1869-1930)

•	British Home Children Links Automated Genealogy - A listing of links from records in the index to the 1901 Census to the Home Children records at the Library and Archives Canada web site. Names are as they appear in the 1901 Census.

•	The British Home Children Society 100,000 British Home Children (BHC) were sent to Canada to work as indentured farm labourers and domestic servants as part of the British Child Emigration Scheme to Canada (1870-1957). Over 50 British childcare organizations were involved in the scheme. The children’s familial ties were broken once ‘in care’ and sent to Canada. Most spent their lives trying to find their parents and siblings. Their descendants have inherited the mystery of their ancestors search for their identities.

ALBERTA

•	Alberta GenWeb FREE source location for online genealogical research for every county in the province of Alberta

•	Alberta Cemeteries Interment.net Alberta Cemeteries,browse Cemeteries by County

•	Alberta Cemetary List Canada Gen Web Cemetary Project

•	Rootsweb Canadian Resources: Alberta

•	Alberta, Canada Census Records

•	Alberta Genealogical Society 1901 Census: Alberta and Saskatchewan (Districts 202-206)

•	1906 - Census - Alberta Index to the 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces (1906 Census only covered the three prairie provinces, there was no census of the other provinces in 1906.)

•	Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project (AHDP) is an ongoing, not-for-profit endeavor to provide all those interested in Alberta's history free, online access to cultural and heritage materials. Browse newspapers from 1885, read entire books about local communities, research legal documents, view historic photographs, and explore much more!

•	Alberta Airphoto Collection

NOVA SCOTIA

•	The Nova Scotia Genealogy Network Association

•	Rootsweb Canadian Resources: Nova Scotia

•	1770 Census of Lunenburg, N.S The information contained on the first census of Lunenburg County was taken in January of 1770 and contains 298 names listed, with a total of 1493 people living in Lunenburg County. It was not broken down as to town and country lots.

•	Nova Scotia Census - 1770-1787 Check out other Nova Scotia Census records from the Nova Scotia Gen Web 1770-1787 Census for Amherst, Annapolis, Barrington, Conway, Cumberland, Falmouth, Granville, Hillsborough, Horton, New Dublin, Onslow, Donegall/Pictou, Sackville, Truro, Yarmouth and Queens County

•	Censuses of the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia 1871, 1881, 1891 Part of the Mi'kmaq Resource centre at http://mrc.uccb.ns.ca/census.html Great historical and informative site about the life of the Mi'kmaq people.

•	Cemeteries of Nova Scotia Cemetery Transcription Library at Interment.net

•	Nova Scotia Cemetary List Canada Gen Web Cemetary Project

•	Halifax City Deaths: 1890 to 1908 Two registers for the City of Halifax totalling 457 pages. They cover the years 1890-1908 and include 17,890 entries.

•	Halifax Explosion Links A listing of links from records in the index to the 1901 Census to the Halifax Explosion Book of Rememberence entries at the Nova Scotia Archives & Records Management web site. Names are as they appear in the 1901 Census.

•	Nova Scotia GenWeb FREE source location for online genealogical research for Nova Scotia

•	Nova Scotia Miner's Tribute Pages THIS WEBSITE IS DEDICATED AS A LIVING MEMORIAL, TO PRESERVE - THE MEMORY OF ALL COAL MINERS WHO GAVE THEIR ALL

ONTARIO

•	Ontario Genealogical Society Founded in 1961 to encourage, bring together and assist all those interested in the pursuit of family history.

•	Ontario Gen Web OntarioGenWeb specializes in the how and where - how to research Ontario and where to find research resources.

•	Rootsweb Canadian Resources: Ontario

•	Cemeteries of Ontario Cemetery Transcription Library at Interment.net

•	Ontario Cemetary List Canada Gen Web Cemetary Project

•	1852 Census of Canada West (Ontario)

•	Petrolia - Canada's Victorian Oil Town At the Petrolia - Canada's Victorian Oil Town website you will find photos and descriptions of our designated properties as well as other significant buildings in Petrolia Ontario and a brief outline of the Heritage Committees ongoing activities. There are over 1000 new & vintage photos that have taken years to accumulate by many people and are presented here for your enjoyment.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

•	Census P.E.I. Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society

•	Prince Edward Island Baptismal Index The Prince Edward Island Baptismal Index is a database of baptismal records, taken from existing church records from across the Island. In lieu of official birth certificates which were not issued until 1906, baptismal records provide information concerning individuals’ births and parentage. The database contains over 92,000 records which span the years approximately 1777 to 1886.

•	Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society

•	P.E.I. GenWeb Prince Edward Island, Canada Great site with searchable databases from census, ship' passengers lists,land records, cemetaries and so much more.

•	Rootsweb Canadian Resources: Prince Edward Island

•	The Island Register Prince Edward Island's Premier Genealogy Home Page The "Island Register" is your "Number 1" on-line source for P.E.I. Genealogy, with over 904 P.E.I. lineages, and 4500+ documents online. The Register's finest assets, are its users!

•	Prince Edward Island Cemeteries Cemetery Transcription Library at interment.net

•	Prince Edward Island Cemetary List Canada Gen Web Cemetary Project

SASKATCHEWAN

•	Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Provide assistance to anyone researching their heritage in Saskatchewan and around the world and promote, encourage and foster the study of genealogical and original research in the Province of Saskatchewan.

•	Saskatchewan Gen Web Online research for saskatchewan research

•	Rootsweb Canadian Resources: Saskatchewan

•	Saskatchewan Cemeteries Cemetery Transcription Library at Interment.net

•	Saskatchewan Cemetary List Canada Gen Web Cemetary Project

•	Saskatchewan Cemetaries Project There are 3357 cemetaries and burial sites located in Saskatchewan. 515 have been transcribed or photographed and indexed as of March 16, 2007

•	1906 - Census - Saskatchewan Index to the 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces (Note: the 1906 Census only covered the three prairie provinces, there was no census of the other provinces in 1906.)

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA

Canadian Census

NATIVE HISTORY

ACADIAN HISTORY

British Homechildren

RCMP

ALBERTA

BRITISH COLUMBIA

MANITOBA

NEW BRUNSWICK

NEWFOUNDLAND

NOVA SCOTIA

ONTARIO

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

QUEBEC

SASKATCHEWAN

NORTH WEST TERRITORIES

NUNAVUT

YUKON TERRITORY