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[[Image:Map of Canada copy.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Canada. Source: Wikipedia]]
 
[[Image:Map of Canada copy.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Canada. Source: Wikipedia]]
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==Record Office and Cemetery Lookup Contacts==
 
 
'''Records Office Contacts'''
 
 
Vancouver Public Library (British Columbia BMDs) ''Weekly'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=187 Jenoco]
 
 
 
==Other Useful Links==
 
  
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==General Information==
  
 
*[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]
 
*[http://pixel.cs.vt.edu/library/cemeteries/canada/ Canadian Cemeteries]
 
  
 
*[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://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ked1/ Collection of Canadian Links]
  
*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses -ongoing]
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*[http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html Automated Genealogy - Indices to Canadian Censuses]
 
 
*[http://www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/cangenealogy2.htm Sources for Genealogical Research in Canada]
 
 
 
*[http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/books V.A.C Canada Remembers]
 
 
 
*[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]
  
*[http://drouininstitute.com/mfilms/ Drouin Collection]
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*[http://drouininstitute.com/mfilms/ Drouin Collection - Vital Records]
  
 
*[http://www.members.shaw.ca/nfhs/ Nanaimo Family History Society]
 
*[http://www.members.shaw.ca/nfhs/ Nanaimo Family History Society]
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*[http://www.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm Genealogy Resources]
 
*[http://www.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm Genealogy Resources]
  
*[http://www.mapleleaflegacy.org/Welcome.htm The Maple Leaf Legacy Project] A 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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==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]
  
*[http://www.dnd.ca/memorial/ National Inventory of Canadian War Memorials]
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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]
  
*[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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==Cemeteries ==
  
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See [[Cemeteries Online]]
  
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==Alberta==
 
==Alberta==
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*[http://abgensoc.ca/ Alberta Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://abgensoc.ca/ Alberta Genealogical Society]
  
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*[http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/home.htm The Alberta Heritage Digitisation Project]
  
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*[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html Peel's Prairie Provinces]
  
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==British Columbia==
 
==British Columbia==
  
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*[http://www.abbygs.ca/ Abbotsford Genealogical Society]
 
*[http://www.abbygs.ca/ Abbotsford Genealogical Society]
  
*[http://www.heritageburnaby.ca/ Heritage Burnaby]
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*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bckdgs/ Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
 
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~bckdgs/seminar.htm Kelowna and District Genealogical Society]
 
 
 
Note:<br>
 
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]
 
BMD Look Ups Contact [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=187 jenoco]
 
  
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*[http://www.lib.pg.bc.ca/pgnewspaper The Prince George Newspapers Project 1909 to 1961.]
  
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*[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://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html The Halifax Explosion]
 
*[http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/AtoZ/HalExpl.html The Halifax Explosion]
 
*[http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kylet1/halifax.htm More About The Halifax Explosion]
 
  
 
*[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.doftw.com/crandallmanitoba/introcrandall.html Crandall]
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*[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/info/about.shtml Manitoba Historical Society]  
 
  
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*[http://www.doftw.com/crandallmanitoba/introcrandall.html Crandall]
  
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*[http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers Manitoba Life and Times]
  
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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]
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*[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]
 
*[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]
 
*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~cannt/ Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb]
  
 
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==Ontario==
 
==Ontario==
  
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*[http://www.echrs.ca/ Essex County Historical Research Society]
 
*[http://www.echrs.ca/ Essex County Historical Research Society]
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*[http://www.peopleofhastings.ca/ People of Hastings and the surrounding Area]
  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~theislands/index.html The Islands]  
 
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~theislands/index.html The Islands]  
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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/ A Database of over 2,000,000 Cemetery Records]
 
 
*[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==
  
*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/leprdh.htm Quebec] Bilingual Site
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*[http://www.genealogy.umontreal.ca/en/leprdh.htm Quebec]  
  
 
*[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/quebec.htm Genealogy Links - Quebec]
 
*[http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/quebec.htm Genealogy Links - Quebec]
  
*[http://www.bms2000.org/ BMS2000 - A Genealogical Database for Quebec and Ontario] Births, deaths & marriages
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*[http://www.bms2000.org/ BMS2000 - A Genealogical Database for Quebec and Ontario]  
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*[http://www3.telus.net/public/mcelroye/webpages/gore.html/intro.html Gore Township]
  
 
*[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://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html Montreal Directories] New
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*[http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html Montreal Directories]  
 
 
*[http://www.mountroyalcem.com/ Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal] New
 
  
 
*[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]
 
*[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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*[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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*[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Emigration_and_Immigration See separate page]
 
 
 
 
 
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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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