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2009-07-03 :

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Canadian Obituary Database. Obituaries posted through participating funeral homes.

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Acadians Expatriated from Liverpool, England to France (1763)

1952 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada - Henderson's Directory

Commemorative biographical record of the county of Lambton, Ontario. Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settled families. Free online edition of this book published in 1906.

Témiscouata County, Quebec Cemeteries : Headstone transcriptions and photos (partial).

Shediac Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick 1861 Census (partial)


2009-06-28 :

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Soldiers in the Carignan-Salières Regiment who settled in Canada. Between June and September 1665, some 1200 soldiers and officers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment arrived in Quebec. Over 450 of these troops remained in the colony.

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Liste des passagers du St Jean. Passengers of the St. Jehan (or St. Jean). Left France on April 1, 1636 for Acadia.

The Edmonton district directory for the year 1895 (Alberta, Canada)

Misc. Passenger Lists to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1902 and 1906-1909 With mention of the final destination of each passenger (in Canada or the United States).

Commemorative biographical record of the county of Kent, Ontario. Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settled families. Free online edition of this book published in 1904.


2009-06-14 :

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Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, Ontario, Canada 1825-1910

St. Francis Xavier, Manitoba Burials 1834-1865. Abstracted from Roman Catholic parish registers. Mainly French and Métis surnames.

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Acadians Expatriated from Southampton, England to France (1763)

Citizenship Registration Records for the Montreal Circuit Court (1851-1945). Before 1947, foreigners could petition for naturalization. Library and Archives Canada holds the citizenship registration records for the Montreal Circuit Court (1851-1945). This research tool contains 8,432 references.

Coaldale : gem of the west, 1900-1983 (Alberta, Canada). Free online edition of this book published in 1983 by the Coaldale Historical Society. Includes a nearly 600 page biography section.

Liste des habitants de Dieppe et de sa région qui sont partis vers le Canada au 17e siècle : List of inhabitants of the Dieppe area in Normandy who left for Canada in the 17th century.


2009-06-07 :

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Pioneers of Manitoba, Canada

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Vimy and Battlefields Pilgrimage : Passenger list of the Montcalm, July 16, 1936. The Canadian Pacific Steamship Montcalm left Montreal, Canada on Thursday, July 16, 1936, bound for Antwerp and London. The passenger list included veterans, their families and dignitaries.

Some Early Deaths in Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada

Collection des documents inédits sur le Canada et l'Amérique. Tome troisième. Free online edition of this book published in 1890. Contains a transcription of parts of the registers of birth, marriage and death of Acadians deportees in Belle-Isle-en-Mer, Brittany, France. In French.

A century of memories : Okotoks and District, 1883-1983 (Alberta, Canada). Online edition of this book with a nearly 600 page Family Stories section published by the Okotoks and District Historical Society.

Patronymes et noms dits (pdf document) : A list of Quebec family names and associated nicknames also known as "dit names". Nicknames were sometimes used along or instead of surnames in official documents from the beginnings of New France until the late 1800s.


2009-05-31 :

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Early Ontario Records. Transcriptions from old copies of the Papers and Records of the Ontario Historical Society.

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The Deane and Cavanaugh report of 1831 (Maine and New Brunswick). John G Deane and Edward Kavanaugh were mandated by the government of the state of Maine by a decree dated 31 march 1831, to inquire as to the number of "squatters" that were illegally established on yet to be granted lands in the Madawaska and Aroostook valley region. Their report is in fact a census of some of the earliest inhabitants of the region.

Canadian Prairie Provinces Historical Newspaper Search. Search English and French historical newspapers from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

Le clergé du diocèse de Nicolet, 1885-1979. Past and present Clergy of the Roman Catholic diocese of Nicolet, Quebec. In French.


2009-05-24 :

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Alberta, Canada Cemetery Search. Index to nearly 150,000 cemetery records transcribed by the Alberta Family Histories Society.

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Alfred Smith Memorial Cemetery, Sydney, Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia

Mont-Louis, Quebec 1699 and 1700 Census Records. Mont-Louis is located in the former County of Gaspé.

Clarke Township, Eastern section : its places, people and events (Durham County, Ontario, Canada). Free online edition of this book by Agnes Grace Burley published in 1967. The second half of the book contains mini biographies of past and present residents.

Wellington Parish, Kent County, New Brunswick 1861 Census


2009-05-17 :

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ZoneCousinage.com. A lineage-linked genealogy database of famous people with Quebec ancestry. The following family trees are currently online : Honore Beaugrand, mayor of Montreal from 1885 to 1887; Eric Bernier, actor; Blessed Brother Andre (Alfred Bessette); Madonna; Celine Dion; Jack Kerouak; Rene Levesque, Quebec Premier from 1976 to 1985; Rose Ouellette, comedian; Duchess Camilla, second wife of Prince Charles.

Nova Scotia Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes 1759-1960. Although accumulated and retained in Halifax these files include most divorces granted in Nova Scotia. Individual files may contain marriage records, divorce petitions, and other documents recording court proceedings and decisions.

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Henderson’s Calgary, Alberta, Canada Directory 1927

Moncton, New Brunswick 1918 Directory (Images online)

Les cimetières de Québec. Free online edition of this book dedicated to the history Quebec City cemeteries published in 1941. Includes several interment lists. In French.

Misc. Cemetery Transcriptions, West Coast of Newfoundland, Canada on the 'DuBourdieu of Newfoundland' Web site. Scroll down near the bottom of the page for headstone transcriptions of cemeteries in and around Port-au-Port, Stephenville, and Stephenville Crossing.

Hastings County, Ontario 1861 Census


2009-05-03 :

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Grantbook Database, New Brunswick, Canada. This database consists of records of land settlement in New Brunswick in the period 1765-1900. County or place of settlement can be searched, as can be primary grant holder names.

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British Columbia Wills Index. Surname index from 62 original volumes of official wills probated in British Columbia, Canada from the 1860’s to about 1940.

Acadians Expatriated from Falmouth, England to France (1763)

Misc. Passenger Lists Liverpool to Quebec, 1908. Most passengers heading to Western Canada.

Misc. Abenaki Indian Records. Mainly Quebec Abenaki census records 1822-1852.


2009-04-26 :

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Legion Magazine - Last Post (Canada). Death notices of about 150,000 Royal Canadian Legion members with military backgrounds, Canadian war veterans and Legion members with police service.

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Alphabetical and business directory of the town and district of Moose Jaw 1890 (Saskatchewan, Canada)

Ward Chipman, Muster Master's Office 1777-1785. Ward Chipman the Elder, (1754-1824), a Massachusetts lawyer, was also an army administrator in the State of New York between 1777 and 1783. In 1784, he settled in New Brunswick, where he served as solicitor general until 1808. The Ward Chipman Papers contain muster rolls of Loyalists, and their families, who were members of demobilized regiments and who settled in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. This research tool provides access to nearly 19,000 references to Loyalist families.

Le centenaire de Saint Alexandre de Kamouraska : 26 juillet au 4 août 1952 (Quebec). Searchable online edition of this publication commemorating the centennial of the parish/municipality of Saint-Alexandre, Kamouraska County, Quebec. Includes several lists of names. In French.

Double Names from Collet’s Index. Many early French settlers used double surnames, usually separated by the word dit. First published in the 1973 St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 6, number 1, pages 5–9.


2009-04-19 :

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Migration to New Brunswick: 1845 - 1852 : Irish Famine Database

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Some Early Births in Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada

Le Régiment de Carignan. Officers and soldiers of the Carignan-Salières Regiment sent to Canada in 1665. About 450 of these men finaly settled in Canada.

Canada's Black Battalion : No. 2 Construction, 1916-1920. Includes nominal rolls.

Palmer Road, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada 1878 Census (lot no. 2)


2009-04-12 :

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Genealogy of Canada. A large lineage-linked database of numerous pedigree charts, mainly French-Canadian.

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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada Births 1830-1865

A cameo of the West : story of the pioneers of the Sturgeon River district, 1879-1900 (Sturgeon County, Alberta, Canada)

1783 Studholm Report : French inhabitants. Covers the state of land grants in the St. Johns River area of New Brunswick.


2009-04-05 :

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Canadian Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918). Over 600,000 Canadians enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War (1914-1918). The CEF database is an index to those personnel files, which are held by the National Archives of Canada. In addition, over 765,000 images of Attestation papers have been scanned and are being made available on-line.

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Assumption Roman Catholic Church Cemetery, Grand Falls, Victoria County, New Brunswick

Passengers List of the Saint-André, 1659. From La Rochelle, France to Québec with settlers for Montréal.

Officers of the British Forces in Canada During the War of 1812-1815.

The Camden colony, or, The seed of the righteous : a story of the United Empire Loyalists, with genealogical tables (Camden, Kent County, Ontario, Canada)


2009-03-30 :

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Nova Scotia Census - 1770-1787 (Canada) : 12 pages.

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Quebec Royal Descends : A list of immigrants having a king among their ancestors. The list is limited to people coming from France and who spent at least one winter in North America, or to people who moved (for at least one year) to one of the former French colonies on the North American continent.

1671 Acadian Census (In French)

North West Mounted Police (Canada) - Personnel Records, 1873-1904. Researchers will find the files of the men of the North West Mounted Police (NWMP) a rich source of information for studies of the police and their responsibilities, for the evolution and development of western Canada and the Yukon, and for family history and genealogy. These files provide us with unparalleled insight into the lives of more than 4,000 men who served with the NWMP.

Called to a Place : the story of Guernsey and surrounding school districts (Saskatchewan, Canada). Online edition of this book published in 1980. Over 60 biographical sketches are included in the chapter intitled 'Families who Made it Happen.'


2009-03-23 :

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Ontario, Canada Marriage Registrations 1800 - 1924. About 75,000 marriages online.

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Census of Canada, 1881

Henderson's city of Regina directory 1919 (Saskatchewan, Canada)

Gaspé, Quebec Land Commission : List of names of claimants 1626-1841

Calgary social register : 1915 (Alberta, Canada)


2009-03-16 :

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Vital Statistics for Newfoundland listed by district

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Divorce in Canada (1841-1968). This database contains 12732 references to acts published in official publications of the Government of Canada between 1841 and 1968.

Genealogical Tables of the Quebec Noblesse From the 17th to the 19th Century (pdf document)

Calahoo Trails. A history of Calahoo, Granger, Speldhurst, Noyes Crossing, East Bibly, Green Willo, 1842-1955 (Alberta, Canada). Online edition of this book published by the Calahoo Women's Institute in 1955. Includes several family histories. Search or browse. Calahoo is a hamlet in Sturgeon County.

Diane's Database. A work in progress - Nearly 150,000 entries. Includes all of the French Canadians who settled in Detroit, Michigan and Sandwich/Windsor, Ontario prior to 1783, Scottish Peers and the descents of French Canadian & American Immigrants from Medieval Noble & Royal Families.


2009-03-09 :

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Dictionnaire généalogique de nos origines (échantillon). This dictionary (the DGO) is dedicated to roots of Frenchmen in Americas and particularly for those who came before 1800, the first target being migrants who came before 1731.

Index to the 1901 Census of Canada

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Passenger Lists from La Rochelle, France to New France (Canada) 1535-1740

Index of Historical Victoria Newspapers 1858-1921 (British Columbia, Canada)

Cadillac : Prairie Heritage (Saskatchewan, Canada). Online edition of this book published by the Cadillac and District History Book Association in 1987. Numerous biographies are included. See Family Index at the end of the volume.


2009-03-02 :

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Manitoba Vital Statistics Search. Access to the following records: Births more than 100 years ago; Marriages more than 80 years ago; Deaths more than 70 years ago.

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List of Acadian Prisoners at Fort Cumberland as of August 24, 1763. This Fort, also known as Fort Beauséjour, is on the border between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Some Early Marriages in Huntley Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada

By river and trail : the history of Waskatenau and districts (Alberta, Canada) : Searchable online edition of this book published by the Waskatenau and Districts Historical Society in 1986. Includes hundreds of biographies and a family index. Volume 1 - Volume 2


2009-02-23 :

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Federal Census of 1871 : Ontario, Canada Index. This database contains the names of the heads of households in the Province of Ontario as they were recorded in April 1871 in the official enumeration of the population of Canada.

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The Butte Stands Guard : Stavely and District (Alberta, Canada). Online edition of this local history book published by the Stavely Historical Book Society in 1976. Includes nearly 300 pages of family biographies.

Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds. This database contains references to 7899 marriage bonds for Upper Canada (Ontario) issued between 1803 and 1865 and 2960 marriage bonds for Lower Canada (Quebec) issued between 1779 and 1858.

Liste des 102 hommes et 14 femmes de la Grande recrue de 1653 partis de Saint-Nazaire sur le Saint-Nicolas-de Nantes le 20 juin 1653 à destination de Montréal. Ship Saint-Nicolas-de Nantes passenger list. Left Saint-Nazaire, France for Montreal, New France in 1653 with 116 recruits, 102 men and 14 women.


2009-02-17 :

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Transcriptions from Various Newspapers for Newfoundlanders. Also Newfoundland announcements from other canadian newspapers.

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St. Martin's RC Church at Martindale, Gatineau County, Quebec : Births, Marriages and Deaths Index, 1884-1900

Port Roseway Associates. During the American Revolution, the British and Loyalist forces evacuated New York in 1783. This research tool provides access to 1,498 references to Black Loyalist refugees who settled in Port Roseway, now Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

Chief mountain country : a history of Cardston and district (Alberta, Canada). Free online edition of these books published Cardston and District Historical Society. Family histories can be found in the second half of each book : Volume I (1978) - Volume II (1987)


2009-02-15 :

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Alphabetical Listing of the Filles du roi. The filles du roi, or King's Daughters, were some 770 women who arrived in the colony of New France (Canada) between 1663 and 1673, under the financial sponsorship of King Louis XIV of France.

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Butternuts and Maple Sugar : some history of the old 14th of Lancaster Township, Glengarry County, Ontario (5th concession Lochiel). Online edition of this local history book published in 1983. Includes early marriages, occupants of lots in 1827 and 1879, and a name index.

1949 Victoria Henderson's Directory (British Columbia, Canada)

Women in Sport in Pre-Confederation Newfoundland


2009-02-09 :

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Ontario Birth Registrations. The site has been created to house transcriptions of Ontario birth registrations covering the period 1869 to 1906, and has a good representation of most Ontario counties and districts.

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Seigneurs, Fiefs et Seigneuries du Québec. Lords, fiefdoms and seigniories of Quebec.

Business and general directory of Newfoundland, 1877. Containing classified lists of the business men of St. John's and the leading towns and districts of the colony.

McPhillips' alphabetical and business directory of the district of Saskatchewan 1888


2009-02-07 :

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Alberta Newspapers Collection (Canada). The Early Alberta Newspaper collection will contain all Alberta newspapers. Both dailies and non-dailies included. There are currently over 750000 images in the Newspaper collection.

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Les Filles du Roy 1663 à 1673. Annoted list of 700 unmarried Frenchwomen (the King's Daughters) who immigrated to New France (Canada) under the sponsoship of the King of France (Web site in French).

1955 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - Henderson's Directory

Commemorative biographical record of the county of Essex, Ontario. Containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and many of the early settled families. Free online edition of this book published in 1905.


2009-02-06 :

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Census of Canada, 1911. This database of 1911 census data allows researchers to search by geographic location only. As this is not a nominally indexed database, it is not searchable by family name.

Index to the 1911 Census of Canada

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Some Acadian Burials, Baptisms, and Marriages During Exile in England 1756-1762

Corner stones of empire : the settlement of Crystal City and district in the Rock Lake country (Manitoba, Canada). Free online edition of this book by Thomas George McKitrick published in 1979. Includes personal experiences of the pioneers as related by themselves.

Base de données des participants canadiens-français et franco-américains dans la guerre civile américaine. Database of French Canadian and Franco-American Participants in the American Civil War (In French)


2009-02-02 :

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Table of Common Surname Variations & Surname Misspellings. These tables contain more than 10,500 surname variations and misspellings that inGeneas researchers have encountered. inGeneas specialises in Canadian passenger and immigration records.

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Acadian Prisoners at Fort Edward 1761-1762 (today Windsor, Nova Scotia)

St. Andrews Church Cemetery (Presbyterian/United), Aylwin, Gatineau County, Quebec

Burrs and blackberries from Goodwood (Uxbridge Township, Ontario County, Ontario). Free online edition of this local history book by Eleanor Todd published in 1980. Includes a comprehensive name index.


2009-01-26 :

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1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces (Canada). In order to track the high rates of population growth in western Canada, the Canadian government called for a special census of the prairie provinces (Manitoba, and the two newly created provinces of Saskatchewan, and Alberta). Through this research tool you can access digitized images of original census returns, which recorded the names of family members, their sex, marital status, year of immigration to Canada, post office address, etc. As this is not a nominally-indexed database, it is not searchable by family name. This search tool allows researchers to search by Province, District Name, District Number, and Sub-district Number.

Index to the 1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces

1906 Census of Canada (Prairies) Transcriptions

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Emigrants from Le Havre to Canada via Liverpool in 1873. These nominal rolls were created by M. G. Bossange, an agent in Paris, listing French passengers, and some of other nationalities destined to Canada.

Surnames from Births, Deaths and Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers, 1810-1890. The surnames in these pages are taken from the Births, Deaths and Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers, 1810 - 1890 CD which contains more than 40,000 entries for births, deaths and marriages transcribed from 43 Newfoundland newspapers published between 1810 and 1890. From these files over 5,300 unique surnames emerged and it is these names which appear in these web pages.

Buried Treasures. The History of Elnora, Pine-Lake and Huxley (Alberta, Canada). Free online edition of this book published by the Elnora History Committee in 1972. Includes several family histories.


2009-01-20 :

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1851 Census of New Brunswick Index

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The Hebe and the Stakesby, 1823: Pioneers from Ireland to the Ottawa, Canada Area

Les Grandes Familles Gaspésiennes : The main pioneer families of the Gaspésie region of Quebec.

Building and working together : a study of the Thorhild area (Alberta, Canada). Free online edition of this book published by the Thorhild and District Historical Society in 1985. A large portion of this work features family stories : Volume 1 - Volume 2


2009-01-12 :

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Immigrants at Grosse-Île (Quebec). This database includes information on 33,026 immigrants who stayed at the Grosse-Île Quarantine Station between 1832 and 1937.

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Acadians in France in the area around St. Malo: 1793 (pdf document)

Grande Prairie and Peace River, Alberta, Canada : Index to Newspaper Obituaries : Grande Prairie 1965-2007, Peace River 1914-2007.

Bruce Mines Heritage (Algoma District, Ontario, Canada). A collection of biographies and family histories.


2009-01-04 :

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National Archives of Canada Miscellaneous Immigration Index. Approximately 15,000 names, mostly relating to immigrants from Great Britain arriving in Canada between 1801 and 1849.

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British Columbia, Canada Liquor Traffic Petition 1887 & 1888

Registres de la paroisse de Memramcook : Index général 1806-1900. Memramcook, Westmorland County, New Brunswick Roman Catholic parish register index 1806-1900.

Brownlee reflections, 1908-1983 (Saskatchewan, Canada). Free online edition of this book published in 1983. Includes family histories.



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