Canada:

         Looking for an obscure family history or an out-of-print local history which might shed some light on your ancestors? Why not see if our National Library of Canada has it? If they do, and it's part of their lending collection, you can borrow it for free on inter-library loan from your local library. 

        For those of you seeking immigration information such as passenger lists, a visit to the site Immigrants to Canada in the 19th Century is a must.  This site gives good background and source information and has links to many of these lists which have been transcribed and posted on-line.  It does have some pre-1800 information.

        Genealogy Links has many interesting sites, both for Canada in general and Quebec specifically. 

        The Canadian Virtual War Memorial has a searchable database of the names of the 110,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who died in World War I and II. 

        Early Canadiana Online is a wonderful, searchable database that helps you rummage through thousands of old books and pamphlets for mentions of your ancestors, and even pulls up a copy of the actual page which mentions them. A wonderful resource for those of us who live far from archives. 

           The National Archives of Canada Miscellaneous Immigration Index, which covers the years from 1801-49 and has random records involving immigrant settlers and passenger lists (mostly from Great Britain to Canada) has been put on-line in a searchable form for free. 

           Another good overview site is Canadian Genealogy and History Links which includes information about historical societies as well.

        Canadian Geographical Names helps if you're stuck finding the modern equivalent for an old place name used by your ancestors.

           If one of your ancestors was among the thousands of "Home Children" sent to Canada from the British Isles, or part of another child immigration program then Young Immigrants to Canada is the page for you. Includes alot of the history behind this movement.  The National Archives of Canada hosts a searchable database of names of Home Children culled from its passenger lists.

        Genealogy Canada offers a free on-line newletter with many helpful background articles.

           For Canadians with early American roots, a visit to the Sons of the American Revolution home page might prove helpful. They are trying to organize a Canadian branch and contacts for Canada are listed at this site.

        The Canadian Military Heritage Project as its title implies is a page focussing on the wars which involved Canadians. It's an evolving page and as it grows it will have more genealogical information. Well worth a visit.

        The Mobile, Alabama Genealogical Society has a page with links to local newspaper genealogical columns, and several in Canada are included.

           Looking for living relatives? Try Canada 411. Not only will it search all of Canada for someone's address and phone number, it will also give you their postal code so you can write them if you don't want to make a long distance call. 

Quebec:

           If you want to know more about French-Canadian Culture then drop by the Mining Co. site. As their slogan says, they mine the web so you don't have to. And while you're there, don't forget to check out the French-Canadian genealogy section.

          Genealogy is truly history writ small, history up close and personal.  Understanding history helps us understand the forces that changed our ancestors' lives.  Claude Belanger's Quebec History site, prepared as a resource for his course at Marianopolis College in Montreal, offers a great overview, many supplemental sources and some great maps.

          Our ancestors don't always stay put, they have this habit of straying ... Doreen Fox is indexing Canadians married in Massachusetts 1841-50, and has sorted it so you can find Quebeckers married there. Don't forget to check out her "Canada-undefined", I recognized quite a few Quebec place names when I scanned down the file. New information is added constantly, so don't forget to revisit this site. 

           Roots in the Gaspé section of Quebec?  Drop by the Gaspé Genealogy Register, lots of good resources and links for that part of the province.

           If you're trying to trace the natural parents of adopted children, then Parent Finders of Montreal is a good place to start. 

        The Peacock Children is a page devoted to children, mostly from the Cowansville, Quebec area, who were privately placed for adoption by a local Anglican priest. 

          Those of you with French-Canadian roots need look no farther than Francetres. While its primary focus is on French-speaking Quebeckers, it gives excellent background material on Quebec genealogy in general. Most of the material in this page has been translated from French, many of the groups to which it links operate only in French.

            Over 6,500 postcards from various Quebec places have been put on-line by the National Library of Quebec. The search engine runs in French, but all you have to do is type a place name into the box and hit the button below. The rest is pretty self-evident, even if you don't speak French. 

        Quebec newspapers on microfilm lists the holdings of our National Library in Ottawa. They can be borrowed through inter-library loan.  

           Those of you with Scottish roots in the northeastern part of the Eastern Townships might want to visit Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec page. It provides history, background, maps and some genealogy.

        The Quebec Family History Society is for those of you who have English-speaking ancestors in Quebec. Lots of good background and many links to related pages. Recommended.

           Those of you with roots in the Missisquoi County region of the Townships need look no further than the Missisquoi Historical Society in Stanbridge East. A very interesting place to visit. 

          If your focus is on Quebec's Eastern Townships, drop by The Eastern Township Research page. Now the Quebec Gen-Web site for the Anglo Protestants of the Eastern Townships, it includes background material and a site for you to post the surnames which interest you.

           The Log Cabin Chronicles (a very interesting and quirky site which changes weekly) puts parts of the Stanstead Journal, a weekly newspaper, on-line. Buried in the Columns section is Your Ancestry, David Lepitre's weekly genealogy column. You can send him queries (he posts them in the paper for free) by writing him at: Your Ancestry c/o David Lepitre, P.O. Box 81, Stanstead, QC J0B 3E0 or P.O. Box 484, Derby Line, VT 05830-0484.

        Richmond County roots? Visit the Richmond County Historical Society page and check out what they have to offer. The society has many resources, including publications packed with local history.

          Those of you with roots in the Sherbrooke region might want to get in touch with La Société de Généalogie des Cantons de l'Est. While this group does focus more on French-Canadian genealogy, it does have some publications of interest to those of you with Protestant ancestors from that area. 

           Over 6,000 Protestant and Catholic cemetery entries for the Hemmingford, Quebec region have been put on-line to search as part of that town's bicentennial. If you have roots in this part of Quebec, check out this valuable resource. 

          Another excellent source of information for that part of Quebec around Huntingdon County is the GenWeb site for that area.

         A new addition to the Quebec Gen-Web page is the Vaudreuil-Soulanges page.  If your ancestors lived in that part of Quebec then you'll find pointers to many valuable indexed sources there.

         Do you have native roots? This map will help you find where Quebec's native peoples lived. 

          Information about he United Church Archives for the Montreal and Ottawa Conferences is now available on-line. The United Church is a union of Methodist, Congregational and some Presbyterian Churches in Canada, these archives hold many of the original church registers of these faiths. 

          Those of you with ancestors who practiced the Anglican faith will want to visit the Anglican Church web site. The Diocese of Montreal houses the church archives.

           There is a new page for folks with Irish roots in Frampton.

          Our ancestors sometimes strayed into other areas.  If your roots are planted in the far eastern section of Quebec, take a rummage through the various genealogical databases the Province of New Brunswick has put on-line.  You may find a long lost record there.

          And last, but certainly far from least, Quebec Links takes you to Cyndi Howe's collection of every Quebec genealogy link she can find. You never know what you will see there.
 

British Columbia:

           If you want professional help in this province, you might want to explores the services offered by Diggers Genealogy.
 

United States:

          A great place to start the search for your French-Canadian roots is The American-Canadian Genealogical Society.  The ACGS Library maintains the largest resource facility for French-Canadian research in the United States. 

          The American-French Genealogical Society  in Rhode Island also has extensive publications and other resources such as maps for sale. 

          Those of you with roots in Quebec's Eastern Townships know that for the purposes of genealogy Northern Vermont and the southern portion of the Townships are tightly interwoven.

           A good place to start is the Vermont Gen Web Page. This will take you where you need to go to find out about Vermont and its genealogy.

          If your Quebec roots come from the District of Beauharnois, just west of Lake Champlain, then you might find part of your family tree nestled in New York State. Try the New York Gen-Web site and don't forget to visit the Clinton Co. part of the site, this being one of the New York counties right on the Quebec-N.Y. border. 

General:

           There's a link on that page which takes you to Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter which is a free informative weekly newsletter which points to interesting pages.

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           If you'd like to have your family photographs professionally restored, drop by Nichols Imaging, this is their specialty.

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