Every now and again I like to randomly search the website Canadiana, just to see what pops up. For those who don\’t know, Canadiana, and it\’s sister site Heritage, are free sites. They have an incredible amount of documents digitized. They run the gamut of official government records and correspondence relating to immigration, agriculture, wars, and settlementContinue reading “Saskatchewan Ancestors: Medical Journals on Canadiana”
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Researching 20th Century Ancestors with the 1940 National Registration File
Tracking Canadian ancestors after the 1921 National Census can be frustrating at times. Those with Western Canada ancestors recently had the 1926 Census released to the public. Canadian law says that a Census will only be released after 92 years. The 1931 National census won\’t be eligible for release until 2024. If past experience isContinue reading “Researching 20th Century Ancestors with the 1940 National Registration File”
Celebrating 100 years of the RCMP Part 3 – Family Search and Other Sources
http://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.8_03500_49/1?r=0&s=1 In Part 1, I gave a brief history of the RCMP and a quick overview of their website. In Part 2, we looked at the LAC\’s RCMP records. For Part 3, we\’ll now take a look at Family Search\’s browse only collection, Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices, 1876-2007. To finishContinue reading “Celebrating 100 years of the RCMP Part 3 – Family Search and Other Sources”
Celebrating 100 Years of the RCMP Part 2- Records at Library and Archives Canada
Fort Walsh, Saskatchewan, 1878; NWMP Headquarters until 1882.http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=3711122&rec_nbr_list=3723709,3379430,3379427,3379428,3379429,3711122,4921978,3855779,3714948,3711794&title=Fort+Walsh%2C+Saskatchewan%2C+1878%3B+NWMP+Headquarters+until+1882.+&ecopy=e008128929-v6 Our national police force under the name Royal Canadian Police Force turned 100 this month. Last post, I gave a bit of history on the RCMP and gave an introduction to their website. This post, I\’m going to look at what Library and Archives Canada holds onContinue reading “Celebrating 100 Years of the RCMP Part 2- Records at Library and Archives Canada”
Celebrating 100 Years of the RCMP Part 1- A Brief History and the RCMP Website
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en February 1st marked the 100th anniversary of our National Police force, the RCMP, in it\’s present form. The institution itself is almost 150 years old. In 1920, the Royal Northwest Mounted Police absorbed the Dominion Police and become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In celebration of this milestone in our history, I\’m going toContinue reading “Celebrating 100 Years of the RCMP Part 1- A Brief History and the RCMP Website”
52 Ancestors: Week 48 – Deportation Records at the LAC
The prompt for Week 48 of 52 ancestors if \”thief\”. Not all of our ancestors were upstanding citizens. Genealogists and Family Historians tend to be thrilled finding these ancestors, because they make for interesting stories for others. Let\’s face it, our relatives who haven\’t been bit by the genealogy bug tend to get all glassyContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 48 – Deportation Records at the LAC”
52 Ancestors: Week 43 – Looking at Railway History with Old Time Trains
Week 43 of 52 Ancestors has the prompt \”Transportation\”. The biggest influence in Canada\’s history is the railway. I decided this post to look at a great site I stumbled upon called Old Time Trains. If you have a railway ancestor, you\’ll want to check this site out. Even if you don\’t, you may still wantContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 43 – Looking at Railway History with Old Time Trains”
52 Ancestors: Week 40 – Harvesting on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces
Week 40 of 52 Ancestors has the prompt \”harvest\”. One of the biggest reasons for migration to Canada and then west across the country was the chance to own land and farm. So this post I decided to take a look at what a search using \”harvest\” on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces would turn up. I\’ve mentioned whatContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 40 – Harvesting on Peel\’s Prairie Provinces”
52 Ancestors: Week 38 – French Canadian and Acadian Research on migrations.fr
The 52 Ancestors prompt for week 38 is \”cousins\”. My French Canadian/Acadian roots have given me a ridiculously large amount of cousins. So what better group to focus on when I\’m trying to appeal to a wide audience. http://www.migrations.fr/page%20d\’accueil.htm A few years ago, I stumbled upon a website called Migrations. This website has some great informationContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 38 – French Canadian and Acadian Research on migrations.fr”
52 Ancestors: Week 35 – Finding Occupational Records
Occupational records can give good insight on the working life of your ancestors. If your ancestor was in politics, the military, or in a position of power, chances are you can find detailed records on them. However, if your ancestor wasn\’t, you might have to be a little more creative in finding records. This postContinue reading “52 Ancestors: Week 35 – Finding Occupational Records”
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