In keeping with the number 7, as in my 7th blogiversary I celebrated yesterday at http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2015/01/genealogycanada-is-now-seven-years-old.html, the sevens continue on today ...
... so (and not in any particular order) here are my Top Seven FREE Canadian Genealogy Sites:
... so (and not in any particular order) here are my Top Seven FREE Canadian Genealogy Sites:
Library
and Archives Canada – In addition to having
the census online, they are publishing the service files
of the Soldiers of the First World War: 1914-1918 at
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/canadian-expeditionary-force.aspx.
They also have Facebook, Twitter, as well as announcements on their website about their collections, upcoming events, and news on the release of digital material.
Héritage – You can also go to
the Héritage Site at http://heritage.canadiana.ca/?usrlang=en
to see many digitized images of records and other fonds that have been published online over the past
year. The one big drawback is that they aren’t currently indexed, but if you
have plenty of time, it may be well-worth your effort to browse the site. I've been lucky enough to find some interesting material here.
Nova Scotia Archives
– This site has come a long way since it first appeared online, and
they keep adding to it.
They are most famously
known for the Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics at
https://www.novascotiagenealogy.com/.
To see what they have in
the Virtual Archives site, go to
http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/
The Alberta Family
Histories Society and the Alberta Genealogical Society –
Both societies have free databases that you can search.
The AFHS at
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/ has a cemetery and BMD databases, and the AGS
http://www.abgenealogy.ca/ has the 1885‒1897 Applications for Alberta
Land Patents, 1870‒1930 Alberta Homestead Records, and the Post‒1930
Alberta Homestead Records.
FamilySearch –
Canada and the provinces and territories have resources that you
might find helpful and they are free at
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Canada.
Be sure to check the
catalogue, as they are starting to put scanned books onsite.
The Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Records Office – They have a free database of such records as vital
statistics records (including the former P.E.I. Baptismal Index),
census records, and material from their archival collections,
including photographs, maps, architectural plans, and textual
records.
The database is at
http://www.gov.pe.ca/archives/parosearch/index/index
And, of course, if you
haven’t been following my weekly Canadian Week in Review (CWR) blog posts published every Monday morning http://genealogycanada.blogspot.com/2014/12/canadian-week-in-review-29-december-2014.html over
the past three years, maybe you should. It
provides a weekly review of the news stories on Canadian genealogy,
heritage, and history.
You can sign up to receive it your mailbox, FREE of charge, and it’s a good way to keep up-to-date with
what’s happening in Canada.
