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==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
 
  
'''Records Office Contacts'''
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==General Information==
 
 
*Vancouver Public Library (British Columbia BMDs) ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=187 Jenoco]
 
 
 
*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.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
 
*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
 
  
 
*[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.geocities.com/genealogypages/ Canadian Genealogy Webring]
 
*[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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==Military History==
 
==Military History==
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*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|'''Military and Maritime History''']]
  
 
*[http://www.cmhg-phmc.gc.ca/ Canadian Military History]
 
*[http://www.cmhg-phmc.gc.ca/ Canadian Military History]
  
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ The Canadian Great War - Canada's Role in World War One]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/ Canada's Role in World War One]
  
 
*[http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/index.asp Canadian Great War Project]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-909.006-e.html Canadian Libraries Archive Database]
  
*[http://www.kingandempire.com/index.html For King and Empire, Canada's soldiers in The Great war]
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*[http://www.kingandempire.com/index.html For King and Empire, Canada's soldiers in The Great War]
  
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force]
 
*[http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020152_e.html War Diaries of the Canadian Expeditionary Force]
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==Cemeteries ==
 
==Cemeteries ==
  
*[http://www.canadianheadstones.com/ Canadian Headstone Photo Project]  
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See [[Cemeteries Online]]
  
*[http://www.interment.net/can/ Cemeteries of Canada]
 
 
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==Alberta==
 
==Alberta==
  
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/ Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/ Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
  
*[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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*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives & Records]
 
*[http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/ Nova Scotia Archives & Records]
 
*[http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/research/books-of-remembrance.html Halifax Books of Remembrance]
 
  
 
*[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://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]
 
*[http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Vital Statistics ~ Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records]
  
*[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/about.shtml Manitoba Historical Society] [[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]
  
*[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]  
  
*[http://archives.winnipegfreepress.com/Default.aspx Archives of the Winnipeg Free Press] [[image:newthing2.jpg]] Sept 2009
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*[http://archives.winnipegfreepress.com/Default.aspx Archives of the Winnipeg Free Press]  
 
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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
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~damery/ New Brunswick Cemetery Transcriptions and Photos]
 
  
 
*[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://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ The Ontario Vital Statistics Project]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/ The Ontario Vital Statistics Project]
 
*[http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/ The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid ]
 
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dcoop/ Oxford County Cemeteries]
 
 
*[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]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hebridscots/ Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec]
 
*[http://hemcem.sharonmark.com/ Hemmingford Cemetery Records]
 
  
 
*[http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html Montreal Directories]  
 
*[http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html Montreal Directories]  
 
*[http://www.mountroyalcem.com/ Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal]
 
  
 
*[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 ]
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*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~girouard/ Victoriaville-Arthabaska]
 
*[http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~girouard/ Victoriaville-Arthabaska]
 
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==Saskatchewan ==
 
==Saskatchewan ==
  
 
*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://www.saskgenealogy.com/ Saskatchewan Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~skmhss/ Saskatchewan Mennonite Cemetery Finding Aid]
 
  
 
*[http://www.wauchope.ca/ Wauchope]
 
*[http://www.wauchope.ca/ Wauchope]
  
 
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==Yukon==
 
==Yukon==
  
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==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
  
*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Emigration_and_Immigration See separate page]
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Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
  
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Latest revision as of 13:43, 11 September 2022


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:

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