Category Archives: Canadian

Civil Registration Across Canada

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Peter

This started out as a simple little project, I thought.  I envisioned one piece of paper with a table.   Provinces and territories across the top and 4 questions down the side.  Then I would paste the information in each … Continue reading →

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Heritage Canadiana – a site worth watching

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Peter

heritage.canadiana.ca is worth a visit. What is the purpose of the site?  “The Héritage project is a 10-year initiative to digitize and make accessible online some of Canada’s most popular archival collections encompassing roughly 40 million pages of primary-source documents. Chronicling … Continue reading →

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Using the Census to Find your Canadian and American Ancestors

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Peter

 The most recent published Canadian census is 1921.  The most recent US census in 1940.  Where can you find the census?  Go the wiki at FamilySearch, search for your country and then select Census – don’t rush to the link … Continue reading →

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Canada Census 2016 “Best Census Since 1666”

Posted on September 4, 2016 by Peter

Well, I have to admit I don’t remember doing the 1666 Census!  But I did participate in the 2016 Census. Statistics Canada reports the rate of returns was excellent in 2016 – overall 98.4 % of the people completed either … Continue reading →

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Online Resources for Alberta Part One

Posted on September 20, 2015 by Peter

Have you ever gone to FamilySearch elected Search Records then clicked on Canada on the map on the right under Research by Location?  Which is the only province that you see missing from the list of locations?  Alberta!  Does that mean … Continue reading →

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Digital Resources for Research in Manitoba

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Peter

Recently I was helping a good friend with his research, and wanted to find some local resources available online.  A few days later our copy of Relatively Speaking – the journal of the Alberta Genealogical Society – arrived and my … Continue reading →

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FamilySearch Combines Indexes and Record Images in a Single View

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Peter

A blog posting at FamilySearch on June 22 announced a new feature and this one I think is very helpful.  When you search in the Historical Records collection – remember this is where all the results of Indexing are available – … Continue reading →

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Update on FamilySearch Webinars

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Peter

We’ve talked about this before but thought we needed to do an update. Spring is in the air – which in Alberta means snow for areas just north of Edmonton, and the end of over 40 years of conservative party rule … Continue reading →

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Getting Started – March version

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Peter

Sorry that the numbering did not transfer very well in the section on types of websites  . . . How do you get started? – 5 steps Identify known family information – write what you know – fill in as … Continue reading →

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Try the Heritage Canadiana web site

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Peter

I enjoy the monthly meetings of our Red Deer Branch of the Alberta Genealogical Society – this month we had an excellent presentation by Sue on doing Scottish Research – and then there is always news items to catch up … Continue reading →

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