Ancestry has 220 collections of Ontario records, but putting an ancestor’s name into a search form only skims the surface of these collections. Learn how to dig deeper into Ancestry’s resources to uncover genealogical gold mines. https://vimeo.com/384395084/c93e3bd65b?share=copy The video can … Continued
This lecture traces the immigration path of one Italian Immigrant, from Southern Italy, to North America in the 1920s using documentation and family stories. https://vimeo.com/384395054/483030414b?share=copy The video can be viewed in fullscreen by clicking on the expand icon (four diagonal … Continued
This presentation will cover aspects of researching Indigenous people in Northern Ontario, as it presents unique challenges. I will cover researching online using Ancestry and FamilySearch, using Library and Archives Canada to access Government records, and taking advantage of local … Continued
Genealogists today have a wonderful problem – access to more information than they will ever have time to investigate. If you have Ontario ancestors, you may have heard of Township Papers, and have them on your mental list of “records … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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