Genealogy and Family History Interests

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• Waterloo Region Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
• Wellington County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
• Genealogy Events in Our Area
• The Puslinch Historical Society site includes, (and will include more) information about the P.H.S. as well as genealogical information.
• Young Immigrants to Canada (including home children)
• Immigrants to Canada (includes Emigrants Handbooks, ships lists, etc.)
• Lists of Names taken from Sessional Papers and more!
• A Study on Genealogists and Family Historians: A request for informaiton
• Ontario GenWeb - This is a project to gather all of the resources in Ontario into one place. GenWeb is a world-wide project and efforts are now underway to create a page for each Canadian province.
• Canadian Genealogy and History
• Tools for the Genealogist
• Canadian County Atlas Project
• Addresses of Interest
• Querying Canadian Geographical Names - Current or Formerly Official
• Finding a postal code
• Finding a local phone number
• Canada 411 or Info Space
• Finding a US phone number or address
• Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid (OCFA) - This is a wonderful project to index all of the names which appear on grave stones in Ontario, Canada. However, please remember that this project is not complete so many names are not in the index as yet.
• Ontario 1871 census
• 1881 Census index
• Books of Rememberance for Canada's War Dead
• Search the World War I veterans database at the NAC
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - search the database
• Project 21 - 1921 census for Newfoundland online
• Canada Post Information
• MapQuest - How to get from one place to another if you are planning a genealogy trip or holiday
• UK Family History Online
• Genealogy Dictionary
• Genealogy Dictionary at Everton
• Dictionary
• GenealogyPro
• Words Found in Wills
• Old Diseases or this one
• Names of early Upper Canada newspapers (this one has moved and I have not found it as yet)

• Societies/Groups/Organizations

Most organizations can now be found on the GenWeb site

• Canadian Societies and Groups
• Nova Scotia, Canada
• Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS), Canada and its Branches
• Quebec Family History Society, Canada
• National Genealogical Society
• For other American Societies see the US GenWeb

• Resources
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites This is probably one of the best sources for genealogical information.
• InGeneas
• WWW Genealogy Databases
• Mennonites Historical Society of Canada
• Acadian Genealogy
• Jewish Genealogy
• Genealogy Online
• Everton Publisher
• Global Heritage Press (CD ROMs, Software)
• Silicon Valley PAF Users Group
• Irish Genealogy
• UK Genealogy
• UK Birth Certificates
• Newgate Prison List
• American Civil War
• Family Histroy at BYU
• Canadian Geneaolgy Information

• Archives/Museums/Libraries
• Canada
• Archival Resources
• United Church Archives, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Glenbow Museum and Archives, Calgary, AB - speciality is Metis and First Nations genealogy
• Archives of British Columbia
• Archives of New Brunswick
• National Atlas Information and Maps
• United States
• Library of Congress
• American Memory "consists of collections of primary source and archival material relating to American culture and history. These historical collections are the Library of Congress's key contribution to the national digital library. Most of these offerings are from the unparalleled special collections of the Library of Congress."
• Electronic Federal Depository Libraries
• Historical Genealogy Department Allen Co. Public Library - includes getting started help and many US resources
• St. Joseph County Public Library Local History and Genealogy
• National Atlas