Genealogy

Automated Genealogy - search for people in the 1901, 1906, and the 1911 census

Bill Martin's Early Ontario Genealogy - search the Ontario Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Registrar; various church registers; Loyalists and early militia records; pioneer records and biographies; and some Finnish immigrant information.

British Columbia Archives - Images of Historical Birth, Marriage and Death Records
The BC Archives is allowed to release personal information about deaths that occurred at least 20 years ago, marriages that took place at least 75 years ago, and births registered at least 120 years ago. Provincial registration of births, marriages and deaths began the year after British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871. Phase 1 of this data upload is substantially complete. Phase 2, now underway, will add more images and indexed information, including pre-1872 records, deaths that occurred overseas during the Second World War, between 1939 and 1945.

Canada Genweb - based on the USGenWeb Project, part of a global library for genealogy research on the Web.

Canadian Genealogy Centre - view the genealogical services of Library and Archives Canada: including genealogical content, services, advice, research tools and opportunities to work on joint projects, all in both official languages.

Online Historical Maps Digitization Project - useful for land grant & Canadian census searches. A comprehensive colectio of historical Canadian maps.

Genealogy for Prince Edward Island

Geographical Names of Canada - a database of names of places and geographical features. Search by name, coordinates, or code.

Glenbow Museum of Calgary - features several tools of value to the genealogist:

University of Calgary Archives & Special Collections - with over five linear kilometres of archival records, this collection holds a wealth of information for the genealogy researcher, "including theses, yearbooks, campus newspapers and the private archives of influential Canadians" (University of Calgary).

Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Passenger Lists - Search passenger lists for vessels traveling before 1865, between 1865 to 1935, and after 1935.

Library and Archives Canada - Immigration records - starting with records as early as 1787, search over 16 databases documenting historic immigration movements to Canada.

Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Censuses - Online portal to Canadian censuses dating back to 1640.

Library and Archives Canada - Land Grants of Western Canada, 1870-1930 - central database for registered homesteads in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba between 1870 and 1930 under the order of the Dominion Lands Act.

Library and Archives Canada - Military Heritage - central access point for military records dating as far back as the War of 1812. Published biographies, numerous searchable databases, and research aids provide helpful tools to get researchers started.

LDS Family Search - search the 1881 censuses of Canada and England, and the 1880 census of the United States. Also available are The Pedigree Resource File; The International Genealogical Index ; The U.S. Social Security Index, the Vital Records Index for Scandinavia and Mexico.

In addition Library and Archives Canada features several additional tools of value to the genealogist, including but not limited to:

The Early Alberta Newspaper collection - features access to all early Alberta newspapers published between 1885 and 1944.

The Local and Alberta Histories collection - features digitized books and books on microfiche detailing Alberta's past from private authors, to government and commercial publications. Some texts are in French.

Passenger Lists via The Ship's List - a centralized source of passenger records and indexes for ships sailing mainly between Great Britain and Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United States.

Peel's Prairie Provinces: an online bibliography of books, pamphlets, and other materials related to the development of the Prairies and a fully searchable collection of the full texts of many of these items.

Prince Edward Island Baptismal Index - searchable database holding baptismal records from 1721-1885.

Prince Edward Island Newspaper Transcripts - search P.E.I newspapers from 1791 to 2009.

Prince Edward Island Online Census - access to prince edward Island censuses between 1728 and 1921.

The Recents Obituary list - Alberta - search births, engagements, obituraries, and letters of thanks.

The Recents Obituary List - British Columbia - search obituaries, in memoriams, and letters of thanks for listings placed in the Vancouver Sun and Province newspapers.

Vital Statistics Search - British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; PEI; Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Nunavut

RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: search family trees, or create your own.

CanGenealogy: a directory of genealogy links

FREE Online tutorial from Ancestry.com called “Getting Started On Ancestry.com” - This webinar is about an hour long and takes you through various types of data available to you through their website. It is a valuable tool for those just starting out and a great introduction to the Library’s Subscription Database through Ancestry.

American Library of Congress - search the holdings of the largest library in the world, with more than 170 million items in print format, audio recordings, maps, sheet music, visual materials and more.

BYU Family History Archive - search published genealogy and family history books, including histories of families, county and local histories, how-to books on genealogy, genealogy magazines and periodicals (including some international), medieval books (including histories and pedigrees), and gazetteers.

Ellis Island - search the records of more than 22 million passengers and members of ships' crews that entered the United States through Ellis Island and the Port of New York from 1892-1924.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - idenifty tools to help you find:

U.S. Genweb - a state by state directory of genealogy links.

U.S. Ports of Arrival & Passenger Lists - search lists of nearly every port in the United States that has published immigration records (passenger arrival lists) 1820-1957, organized by state. Also included are Canadian and Mexican border crossing records.

1901 Census of England and Wales - Search over 400 million people living in England and Wales between 1841-1901

The National Archives - Family History - offering 65 research guides you can browse and download. Genealogy related guides include:

Wills and death duties
Census records
Records about migration