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Canada is the second largest country in the world and is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city. From huge sprawling towns to vast wilderness areas and national parks, Canada is certainly a country of diversity, although culturally very similar to England and France.  
 
Canada is the second largest country in the world and is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city. From huge sprawling towns to vast wilderness areas and national parks, Canada is certainly a country of diversity, although culturally very similar to England and France.  
  
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==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
 
  
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'''Records Office Contacts'''
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==General Information==
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Vancouver Public Library (British Columbia BMDs) ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=187 Jenoco]
 
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==Other Useful Links==
 
  
 
*[http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html Canadian History And Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html Canadian History And Genealogy]
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*[http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ Olive Tree Genealogy]
 
*[http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ Olive Tree Genealogy]
  
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*[http://www.ingeneas.com/ inGeneas]
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*[http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/ Canadian Genealogy Resources]
  
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*[http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/ Canadian Genealogy Resources]
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*[http://www.canadian-genealogy.org/ Canadian Genealogy]
  
 
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/index.html Genealogy Links Canada]
 
*[http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/index.html Genealogy Links Canada]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canghl/ Canada Help Lists Rootsweb]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canghl/ Canada Help Lists Rootsweb]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Canada.htm Canada - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
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*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
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*[http://www.canadianletters.ca/index.php The Canadian Letters and Images Project]
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*[http://drouininstitute.com/mfilms/ Drouin Collection - Vital Records]
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*[http://www.members.shaw.ca/nfhs/ Nanaimo Family History Society]
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*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for The Tribes of The USA and Canada]
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*[http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/ The Whalers' Heritage Project]
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*[http://www.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm Genealogy Resources]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canms/canada.html Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants]
  
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
 
*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
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==Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists==
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* See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
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==Military History==
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*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
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*[http://www.cmhg-phmc.gc.ca/ Canadian Military History]
  
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*[http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/cemeteries/canada/ Canadian Cemeteries]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ Canada's Role in World War One]
  
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*[http://www.interment.net/can/ Cemeteries of Canada]
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*[http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/index.asp Canadian Great War Project]
  
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*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Canada.htm Canada - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research]
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*[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.006-e.html Canadian Libraries Archive Database]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
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*[http://www.kingandempire.com/index.html For King and Empire, Canada's soldiers in The Great War]
  
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/ The British Home Children]
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*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force]
  
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*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - 1901 and 1911 Canadian census]
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*[http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group Forum]
  
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/cangenealogy2.htm Sources for genealogical research in Canada]
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*[http://www.102ndbattalioncef.ca/index.htm 102nd Canadian Battalion BN CEF]
  
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*[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/books V.A.C Canada Remembers]
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*[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/ Veteran's Affairs Canada]
  
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*[http://www.virtualmemorial.gc.ca/ Canadian Virtual War Memorial]
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*[http://ww1warbrides.blogspot.com/ Canadian War Brides of the First World War]
  
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*[http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/#mozTocId827533 NFHS Passenger Lists Indexing Project.]
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*[[War_Memorials#CANADA|War Memorials: Canada]]
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*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact infomation for the Tribes of the USA and Canada]
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==Cemeteries ==
  
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==Alberta==
  
 
*[http://abgensoc.ca/ Alberta Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://abgensoc.ca/ Alberta Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/home.htm The Alberta Heritage Digitisation Project]
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*[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html Peel's Prairie Provinces]
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==British Columbia==
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm British Columbia Lists]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm British Columbia Lists]
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*[http://www.fortlangley.ca/ The Children of Fort Langley]
 
*[http://www.fortlangley.ca/ The Children of Fort Langley]
  
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*[http://www.abbygs.ca/ Abbotsford Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/ Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.blupete.com/ Halifax and Nova Scotia]
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*[http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/pgnewspaper The Prince George Newspapers Project 1909 to 1961.]
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*[http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/index.htm Vancouver City Archives]
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==Halifax and Nova Scotia==
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*[http://www.blupete.com/ Halifax & Nova Scotia]
  
 
*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives & Records]
 
*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives & Records]
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*[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/ Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia]
 
*[http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Recreation/GANS/ Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pclandry/ St. John's Anglican Church Records, Arichat, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia]
  
 
*[http://www.seawhy.com/lbrglndx.html Lunenburg County]
 
*[http://www.seawhy.com/lbrglndx.html Lunenburg County]
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*[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html The Halifax Explosion]
 
*[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html The Halifax Explosion]
  
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*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kylet1/halifax.htm More about The Halifax Explosion]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tancook/ Tancook Island]
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==Manitoba==
  
 
*[http://www.westmanitoba.com/ Western Manitoba Genealogy Page]
 
*[http://www.westmanitoba.com/ Western Manitoba Genealogy Page]
  
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*[http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Vital Statistics ~ Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records]
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*[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/about.shtml Manitoba Historical Society]
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*[http://www.doftw.com/crandallmanitoba/introcrandall.html Crandall]
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*[http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers Manitoba Life and Times]
  
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*[http://archives.winnipegfreepress.com/Default.aspx Archives of the Winnipeg Free Press]
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*[http://www.nbgs.ca/links.html New Brunswick Genealogical Society]
  
 
*[http://www.rubycusack.com/ Genealogical Sources and Books of New Brunswick]
 
*[http://www.rubycusack.com/ Genealogical Sources and Books of New Brunswick]
  
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*[http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/?culture=en-CA New Brunswick Provincial Archives] - BMD Searches
  
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*[http://www.heritagecharlotte.com/ Charlotte County]
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==Newfoundland, Labrador & Prince Edward Island==
  
 
*[http://members.tripod.com/~Al_Beagan/start.htm Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island]
 
*[http://members.tripod.com/~Al_Beagan/start.htm Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island]
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*[http://www.fhsnl.ca/ Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador]
 
*[http://www.fhsnl.ca/ Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador]
  
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*[http://ngb.chebucto.org/ The Newfoundland Grand Banks- With Original Source Material]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannt/ Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannt/ Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb]
  
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==Ontario==
  
 
*[http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Ontario Genealogical Society]
 
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*[http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/ Upper Canada Genealogy - Helping You Trace Your Ontario Roots]
  
 
*[http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/ Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History]
 
*[http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/ Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History]
  
 
*[http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/ Ontario GenWeb]
 
*[http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/ Ontario GenWeb]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~forontario/ Genealogy Ontario]
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onessex/ Essex County, Ontario]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onessex/ Essex County, Ontario]
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*[http://www.echrs.ca/ Essex County Historical Research Society]
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*[http://www.peopleofhastings.ca/ People of Hastings and the surrounding Area]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~theislands/index.html The Islands]  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~theislands/index.html The Islands]  
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*[http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.com/ Ontario GenWeb's Census Project]
  
 
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peterborough/ Peterborough County Gensearch]
  
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*[http://archeion-aao.fis.utoronto.ca/ Archeion - Ontario's Archival Information Network]
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*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/leprdh.htm Quebec]  
  
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*[http://www.bms2000.org/ BMS2000 - A Genealogical Database for Quebec and Ontario]
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*[http://www3.telus.net/public/mcelroye/webpages/gore.html/intro.html Gore Township]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hebridscots/ Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec]
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*[http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html Montreal Directories]
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*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/public/RechEtatCivilIndividu.asp Repertory of Vital Events 1621-1799 ]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~girouard/ Victoriaville-Arthabaska]
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*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
  
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==Yukon==
  
 
*[http://www.yukongenealogy.com/ Yukon Genealogy]
 
*[http://www.yukongenealogy.com/ Yukon Genealogy]
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*[http://yukonalaska.com/pathfinder/gen/index.html Yukon and Alaska Genealogy Centre]
 
*[http://yukonalaska.com/pathfinder/gen/index.html Yukon and Alaska Genealogy Centre]
  
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Canada. Source: Wikipedia



Capital Ottawa

Languages English, French

Currency Canadian dollar


Canada is the second largest country in the world and is divided into 10 provinces and 3 territories, each with its own capital city. From huge sprawling towns to vast wilderness areas and national parks, Canada is certainly a country of diversity, although culturally very similar to England and France.



General Information



Emigration, Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists



Military History



Cemeteries

See Cemeteries Online



Alberta



British Columbia



Halifax and Nova Scotia



Manitoba



New Brunswick



Newfoundland, Labrador & Prince Edward Island



Northwest Territories & Nunavut



Ontario



Quebec



Saskatchewan



Yukon



Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our Volunteers Needed thread.



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