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Canadian Family History in the 21st Century
$12.00Fawne Stratford-Devai Second Edition The advent of online research has made family history research easier but it can also lead the researcher astray. Guides you through the steps, warns about privacy issues and provides an extensive list of links. 2005 57p ISBN: 1-897210-68-X Canadian Family History in the 21st Century
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Carlisle List, The
$8.00By: Len Chester Sometime in 1839, someone in or near Carlisle in northern Middlesex County, Ontario, began to keep a list of significant events: deaths, births, marriages and some others. This list of over 680 names ends in 1866. Anyone with family living in that area during those years should consult this list. The over-900…
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Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada
$5.00OGS/DUNDURN GENEALOGIST’S REFERENCE SHELF Janice Nickerson “The author has thought long and hard about the importance of research, and has put together a first-rate research guide.” – Elizabeth LaPointe, in Family Chronicle, January/February 2011 p.29 Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada provides genealogists and social historians with context and tools to understand the criminal justice…
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Doon and Hespeler Presbyterian Churches Baptisms 1856-1944
$5.00Branch: Waterloo Region Twp/Community: Doon-Hespeler No of Pgs: 18 Year Published: 2013 (Revised) ISBN: 978-0-7779-1721-3 Extract from microfilmed records, 210 entries with information listing mother’s maiden name, occupation of father, when and where born. Not all entries complete
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Education and Ontario Family History
$5.00OGS/DUNDURN GENEALOGIST’S REFERENCE SHELF Marian Press Many family researchers with Ontario roots discover they have ancestors who were teachers. Those with no teachers in the family may have ancestors who were part of the Ontario education system as students. Today there are numerous varied resources available to find information on teachers, pupils, schools, textbooks, and…
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Family Health Trees: Genetics and Genealogy, 2nd edition
$9.00Luanne McNabb, Elizabeth Curtis & Kathleen Barclay Bowley A practical guide for those interested in genetics and genealogy, the authors of this booklet introduce you to the science of human genetics. They outline the basics of researching and charting health and family records and provide a pointer to sources of help in finding, analyzing and…
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Genealogy and the Law in Canada
$5.00By: Dr. Margaret Ann Wilkinson Digital records and broad access to the Internet have made it easier for genealogists to gather relevant information from distant sources and to share the information they have gathered. The law, however, remains tied to particular geographic locations. This book discusses how specific laws โ access to information, personal data…
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Here be Dragons, Too! More Navigational Hazards For the Canadian Family Researcher
$13.99Althea Douglas, MA, CG (C), UE “Written in a light and breezy style, these two books are useful reference guides for all family history researchers, and even experienced researchers will find that the author is knowledgeable and her suggestions helpful.” – Glenn Wright, Archivaria 51 The ‘same name’ dragon is bad enough when all your…
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History of Your Home: Researching Its Past
$9.95Lesley Ciarula Taylor “Taylor … takes us on her journey to uncover the history and previous occupants of her home … and imparts the research lessons she learned. If you’re ready to listen to your walls, this booklet will teach them how to speak.” – Peggy Mackenzie, The Toronto Star Have you ever asked yourself…
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An Index of Land Claim Certificates of Upper Canada Militiamen Who Served In The War of 1812-1814
$7.50Wilfred R. Lauber During the War of 1812 the citizen soldiers served alongside British regular troops in defence of Canada. Many of those who served were entitled to land grants and the records of those 4,500 grants, held in the National Archives, are here indexed. The author has made those records more accessible by giving…
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Index of Some Passengers Who Emigrated to Canada between 1817 & 1849
$18.00John A. Acton, FIGRS From 1803, the British government required a ship’s master, or the captain, to list all passengers at the ship’s point of departure and, from 1817, a list was also required at disembarkation. Unfortunately, these lists were rarely preserved. A few have been located on either side of the Atlantic. Most of…
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Index to Land Settlement in Thunder Bay District
$26.95Extensive land settlement in Thunder Bay District started when the Ontario government pass the Free Grant and Homesteads’ Act in 1868. The Department of Lands and Forests (now the Ministry of Natural Resources) kept recoords of the original transfer of Crown land to private ownership. The information in this book is taken from those records…
