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Speaker Colleen L’Abbé will help you find upcoming events, exclusive members’ only & public resources, the eStore, research materials, and more. The new Society Website was launched in the Fall of 2023 and offers a wealth of family history content. Work is ongoing to provide easier access to updated and new resources and to keep…
Manny Sanhueza and Stephen C. Young from discuss the tools and guided research resources related to Ontario available on FamilySearch. Explore the Ontario Record Finder and learn how to access historical genealogical records on FamilySearch.org. https://vimeo.com/925518235/95247be86d?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking on the expand icon (four diagonal arrows) in the black…
My Irish family came to Canada in 1841 to a small town in Quebec. My family did not speak French and they were not Roman Catholic, so why Quebec? To figure this out I began a One Place Study. I wanted to know if there was other family who came before or after, as well…
Each year at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians at the National War Memorial in Ottawa and across the country pause in remembrance of those who died in military service. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemorates casualties of the two world wars from the UK, Canada and elsewhere in the former British…
FamilySearch has several collections concerning Ontario land records. However, these collections are not name-indexed for easy use by genealogists. In this talk, we learn how to use and navigate through the various FamilySearch collections such as Abstract Indexes, Land Record copy books, and Township Papers. https://vimeo.com/872254293/303927ec46?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking…
Land records are arguably the most important records for family historians researching their 19th-century ancestors because ownership of land was our ancestors’ most important achievement. The majority of immigrants to Upper Canada and Canada West did not have the opportunity to own land in their home country. This was one of the most important reasons…
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