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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
