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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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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==
 
  
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==General Information==
  
 
*[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://www.canadiangenealogy.net/ Canadian Genealogy Resources]
 
*[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.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
 
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
 
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*[http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/cemeteries/canada/ Canadian Cemeteries]
 
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*[http://www.interment.net/can/ Cemeteries of Canada]
 
  
 
*[http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/Catholic-Canada.htm Canada - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
  
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*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - 1901 and 1911 Canadian census]
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*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
  
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*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/cangenealogy2.htm Sources for Genealogical Research in Canada]
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*[http://www.canadianletters.ca/index.php The Canadian Letters and Images Project]
  
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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://drouininstitute.com/mfilms/ Drouin Collection - Vital Records]
  
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*[http://www.virtualmemorial.gc.ca/ Canadian Virtual War Memorial]
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*[http://www.members.shaw.ca/nfhs/ Nanaimo Family History Society]
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*[http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/#mozTocId827533 NFHS Passenger Lists Indexing Project]
 
  
 
*[http://www.hanksville.org/sand/contacts/tribal/index.html Contact Information for The Tribes of The USA and Canada]
 
*[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.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm Genealogy Resources]
 
*[http://www.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm Genealogy Resources]
  
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*[http://www.mapleleaflegacy.org/Welcome.htm The Maple Leaf Legacy Project] A Project in Remembrance of Canada's War Dead
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canms/canada.html Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants]
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*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
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==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://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ Canada's Role in World War One]
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*[http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/index.asp Canadian Great War Project]
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*[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.006-e.html Canadian Libraries Archive Database]
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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://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force]
  
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*[http://www.cefresearch.com/phpBB2/index.php Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group Forum]
  
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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/ Veteran's Affairs Canada]
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*[http://ww1warbrides.blogspot.com/ Canadian War Brides of the First World War]
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*[[War_Memorials#CANADA|War Memorials: Canada]]
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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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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/bc.htm British Columbia Lists]
 
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*[http://www.fortlangley.ca/ The Children of Fort Langley]
 
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/ Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
  
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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==
  
 
*[http://www.blupete.com/ Halifax & Nova Scotia]
 
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*[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]
  
 
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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://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.rubycusack.com/ Genealogical Sources and Books of New Brunswick]
 
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*[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://ngb.chebucto.org/ The Newfoundland Grand Banks- With Original Source Material]
 
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==Northwest Territories & Nunavut==
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannt/ Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb]
 
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*[http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Ontario Genealogical Society]
 
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*[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]
 
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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://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/leprdh.htm Quebec]
  
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*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
 
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*[http://www.yukongenealogy.com/ Yukon Genealogy]
 
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*[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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