Mesa Arizona Regional Family History
Center
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints
|
Canada Quick Start |
1.
Complete a pedigree chart and a family group sheet.
2.
Search at home and talk with family members to gather all possible
information.
3. A
Research Outline for Canada
and a Research Outline for the Province
you want to search are
helpful. (for sale in the copy room).
4. Refer
to the How To Books for each
Province.
COMPUTER
RESEARCH:
For any
work that might already be done, look at:
*
FamilySearch.org - 1881 CENSUS INDEXED
*
Google - 1871 ONTARIO CENSUS INDEXED
* Parish and Vital Records.
* 1901 - 1906 - 1911 Census
National Archives of Canada www.archives.ca
Canadian Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/canada.html
Cyndi's List
www.cyndislist.com
On the REFERENCE
SHELF A white binder with yellow spine marked Canadian
Web Sites.
Canadian CD's are on the CD computers - refer to
CD binder for collection.
FILM
RESEARCH
Census Films: 1851 - 1861 - 1871 - 1881 - 1891 -
1901.
Use the White Binders
marked Canadian Census. Each year
has a step by step Guide.
BOOK RESEARCH:
Canadian genealogy
Index 1600 -1900 all provinces (Canada Research Shelf)
13 volumes, (index to place names in the back pages).
In Search of Your
Canadian Roots by Angus Baxter. Bullingers Postal Guide 970.E86
The Canadian
Genealogical Handbook
by Eric Jonasson
Checklist of Parish
Registers Ref 971 K23p 1986
Canada's Gazetteer and
Shipping Directory 971.E5
White Binders marked Canada On Canadian Shelf
MAPS:
Maps Of Canada and
each Province. Drawer 5 of Map Case
Ward Maps of Nine
Canadian Cities Census 971G7g
GENEALOGICAL SOURCES IN CANADA INCLUDE:
National Archives of
Canada
www.archives.ca
Acadian sources Birth,
Marriage, Death, Divorce and
Census records
Adoption records
Employment Records
Citizenship (naturalization)
records
Immigration records Home children
Li-RA-Ma (Russian Consular
records) Land records
Métis records
Loyalist sources
Newspaper & Obituaries Military records
School Records North
West Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.)
Wills and estate records
To research by Province see the quick start reference sheet for Quebec and Ontario