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==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup 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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*Photocopies of death certificates (over 20 years old) or marriage certificates (over 75 years old) from British Columbia, Contact  [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=5345 Nelde]
 
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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://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ Canada Genweb-Rootsweb]
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*[http://www.canadianheadstones.com/ Canadian Headstone Photo Project]
 
  
 
*[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://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
 
*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
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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.canadiangreatwarproject.com/ Canadian Great War Project]
 
  
 
*[http://www.canadianletters.ca/index.php The Canadian Letters and Images Project]
 
*[http://www.canadianletters.ca/index.php The Canadian Letters and Images Project]
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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.ca/ The Maple Leaf Legacy 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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* See [[Emigration_and_Immigration|Emigration/Immigration, Shipping and Passenger Lists]]
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*[http://www.dnd.ca/memorial/ National Inventory of Canadian War Memorials]
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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]
  
 
*[http://ww1warbrides.blogspot.com/ Canadian War Brides of the First World War]
 
*[http://ww1warbrides.blogspot.com/ Canadian War Brides of the First World War]
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canms/canada.html Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants]
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*[[War_Memorials#CANADA|War Memorials: Canada]]
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*[http://www.interment.net/can/ Cemeteries of Canada]
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==Cemeteries ==
  
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*[http://www.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
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*[http://www.virtualmemorial.gc.ca/ Canadian Virtual War Memorial]
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==Alberta==
 
==Alberta==
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*[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html Peel's Prairie Provinces]
 
*[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html Peel's Prairie Provinces]
  
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==British Columbia==
 
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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.lib.pg.bc.ca/pgnewspaper The Prince George Newspapers Project 1909 to 1961.][[image:newthing2.jpg]] Sept 2009
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*[http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/pgnewspaper The Prince George Newspapers Project 1909 to 1961.]
  
 
*[http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/index.htm Vancouver City Archives]
 
*[http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/archives/index.htm Vancouver City Archives]
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==Halifax and Nova Scotia==
 
==Halifax and Nova Scotia==
  
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*[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.rootsweb.com/~pictou/ Family Roots of Pictou County, Nova Scotia]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~pictou/ Family Roots of Pictou County, 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://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tancook/ Tancook Island]
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tancook/ Tancook Island]
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==Manitoba==
 
==Manitoba==
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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/docs/features/timelinks/photo.htm Manitoba Timelinks Image Archive] [[image:newthing2.jpg]] Sept 2009
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*[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/about.shtml Manitoba Historical Society]  
  
 
*[http://www.doftw.com/crandallmanitoba/introcrandall.html Crandall]
 
*[http://www.doftw.com/crandallmanitoba/introcrandall.html Crandall]
  
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*[http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers Manitoba Life and Times] [[image:newthing2.jpg]] Sept 2009
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*[http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers Manitoba Life and Times]  
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==New Brunswick==
 
==New Brunswick==
  
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*[http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/GovRecs/VISSE/?culture=en-CA New Brunswick Provincial Archives] - BMD Searches
 
*[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]  
 
*[http://www.heritagecharlotte.com/ Charlotte County]  
  
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==Newfoundland, Labrador & Prince Edward Island==
 
==Newfoundland, Labrador & 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==
 
==Northwest Territories & Nunavut==
  
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannt/ Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb]
 
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==Ontario==
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ The Ontario Vital Statistics Project]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ The Ontario Vital Statistics Project]
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*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~murrayp/ Northern Ontario Gravemarker Gallery]
 
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~peterborough/ Peterborough County Gensearch]
 
*[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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==Quebec==
 
==Quebec==
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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 ]
 
*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/public/RechEtatCivilIndividu.asp Repertory of Vital Events 1621-1799 ]
  
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~girouard/ Victoriaville-Arthabaska]
 
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==Saskatchewan ==
  
 
*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
 
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*[http://www.wauchope.ca/ Wauchope]
 
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==Yukon==
 
==Yukon==
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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



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