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Canadian Genealogy
Genealogists beginning
their research in Canada should obtain a copy of Tracing Your Ancestors
in Canada from the National Archives of Canada (NAC), 395 Wellington
Street, Ottawa, ON K1A 0N3. The NAC is an excellent source for published
family histories, parish registers, census returns, passenger lists,
naturalization records, passports, land records, military records, school
records, and Métis land claims. Many of their records, including
census records, are available by interlibrary loan through your local
public library or an LDS Family History Library.
Handbooks and Manuals
- American Family History: A Historical Bibliography. Santa Barbara,
Calif.: ABC-Clio Information Services, 1984.
- Location: Wilson Reference HQ535 .A587 1984
- Baxter, Angus.
In Search of Your Canadian Roots. Baltimore, Md.: Genelogical
Pub. Co., 1994.
- Location:
Wilson Reference CS82 .B388 1994
This comprehensive
guide is an excellent place to begin your research. It discusses both
national and provincial records, what is contained in the records,
and where to find them.
- Ethnic Genealogy: Research Guide. Edited by Jessie Carney Smith
; foreword by Alex Haley. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983.
- Location: Wilson References CS49 .E83 1983
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- The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy. Edited by Arlene
Eakle and Johni Cerni.. Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Pub. Co., 1984.
- Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS42.7 .S68x 1984
Sources and Guides for Canadian Research
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- Bibliographic Guide to North American History. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1977.
- Location: Wilson quarto E178 .B53x
- Filby, P. William. Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography,
1538-1900: Being a Guide to Published Lists of Arrivals in the United
States and Canada. Detroit: Gale Research.
- Location: Wilson Reference quarto CS47 .F54x 1981 and Suppl.
- Greenwood, Val D. The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy,
3rd ed. . Baltimore, MD : Genealogical Pub. Co., c2000.
- Location: Wilson Reference CS47 .G79 2000
- Hillman, Thomas A. Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm, 1666-1891=Catalogue
de recensements sur microfilm, 1666-1891. Ottawa, Canada: Public
Archives of Canada.
- Location: Wilson Gov Pub (Reference) quarto SA2-95/ 1987
- Jetté, Rene. Dictionnaire genealogique de familles du Quebec.
Montreal, Quebec: Les Presses de l'Universite de Montreal, 1983.
- Location: Wilson quarto CS89 .J47x 1983
- Meyer, Mary Keysor. Directory of Genealogical Societies in the
U.S.A. and Canada, with an Appended List of Independent Genealogical
Periodicals. Pasadena, Md.: Meyer, 1976.
- Location: Wilson 929.1 M575
- National Library of Canada. Reference Sources for Canadian Genealogy.
Compiled by Mary Bond. Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1995.
- Location: Wilson Gov Pub (Reference) quarto SN3-311/ 1996E
- Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [computer
file]. Novato, Calif. : Brøderbund, c2000.
- Location: Wilson Reference: CD-ROM CS47 .P37x 2000
- Ptak, Diane Snyder. A Compilation of American and Canadian Passenger/Emigration
Registers. Albany, NY: D.S. Ptak, 1993.
- Location: Immigration Hist. Res. Ctr. Quarto CS25 .P77x 1993
- Reid, Judith P. Genealogical Research in England's Public Record
office: A Guide for North Americans. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical
Pub. Co., 1996.
- Location: Wilson Reference CS49 .R45 1996
- Rogers, Colin Darlington. Tracing Your English Ancestors: A Manual
for Analysing and Solving Genealogical Problems, 1538 to the Present.
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989.
- Location: Wilson Reference CS414 .R64 1989
- Stevenson, Noel C. Search and Research: The Researcher's Handbook.
A Guide to Official Records and Library Sources for Investigators, Historians,
Genealogists, Lawyers, and Librarians. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book
Co., 1959
- Location: Wilson Reference CS47 .X74x 1959
- Sulte, Benjamin. Histoire des Canadiens-Francais 1608-1880: origine,
histoire, religion, guerres, decouvertes, colonisztion, coutumes, vie
domestique, sociale et politique, developpement, avenir. Montreal:
Wilson, 1882-84.
- Location: Wilson Sub-Basement Annex folio 971 Su5h v.1-v.8
- Tanguay, Cyprien. Dictionnaire genealogique des familles canadiennes
depuis la foundation de la colonie jusqu'a now jours. Montreal:
Editions Elysee, 1991
- Location: Wilson CS81 .T3 1991 v.1-
Biographical
Sources
- Biographical
Dictionaries Master Index.
Detroit: Gale Research Company.
- Location:
Wilson quarto CT213 .B56x 1975; and supplements
- Dictionnaire
national des Canadiens francais (1608-1760). Avant-propos par
Irenee Lussier. Montreal: Institute genealogique Drouis, 1965.
- Location:
Wilson Reference quarto CS88 .Q4 D5, v.1-v.3
- Dictionary
of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-
- Location:
Wilson Reference F1006 .D49 v.1-v.12
- Kuczynski, Robert
Rene. Birth Registration and Birth Statistics in Canada. Washington,
D.C.: The Brookings Institution, 1930.
- Location:
Wilson 312.71 K952
- Pioneer Life
on the Bay of Quinte, Including Genealogies of Old Families and Biographical
Sketches of Representative Citizens.
- Location:
Wilson 929.1 P659
- Tanguay, Cyprien.
Reepertoire general du clerge canadien, par ordre chronologique
depuis la foundation de la colonie jusqu-a now jours. Quebec:
C. Darvequ, 1868.
- Location:
Wilson Sub-Basement Annex 920 T156
- Tanguay, Cyprien.
A Travers les registres. Montreal: Librairie Saint-Joseph,
Cadieux and Derome, 1886.
- Location:
Wilson 971.01 T156
- Trudel, Marcel.
Dictionnaire des esclaves et de leurs proprietaires au Canada francais.
LaSalle, Quebec: Hurtubise HMH, 1990.
- Location:
Wilson HT1051 .T72x 1990
United
Empire Loyalists
A special
group in Canadian research is the United Empire Loyalists, individuals
who emigrated to Canada from the United States just prior to and after
the American Revolution. These loyalists were not just British, but
included Germans, Indians, French, and others who supported the British.
If you believe your ancestor was a UEL, the best place to locate information
is the Audit Office Series in the National Archives of Canada. The records
are indexed and on microfilm.
- Moore, Christopher.
The Loyalists: Revolution, Exile, Settlement. Toronto: Macmillan
of Canada, 1984.
- Location:
Wilson E277 .M76 1984
- Reid, William.
The Loyalists in Ontario: The Sons and Daughters of the American
Loyalists of Upper Canada. Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House,
1973.
- Location:
Wilson F1058 .R44 1973
Searching
MNCAT
You can use MNCAT,
the University Libraries' computerized catalog, to search specific subjects.
The following are some examples of useful subject terms genealogists;
other examples are found in the Library of Congress Subject books located
in Wilson Reference.
acadians
archives--canada
archives--[province]
canada--census
canada--biography
canada--emigration and immigration
canada--genealogy
canada--genealogy--bibliography
canada--genealogy--handbooks, manuals, etc.
canada--genealogy--societies, etc.
canada--genealogy--sources
canada--history--bibliography
canada--history--sources
canada--history, local--sources
canada--statistic, vital
church records and registers--canada
emigration and immigration--bibliography
[ethnic group]--canada
[ethnic group]--canada--genealgoy. For example
czechs--canada
finns--canada
icelanders--canada
jews--canada
scots--canada
slavs--canada
slovaks--canada
swedes--canada
ukrainians--canada
yugoslavs--canada
french-canadians
french-canadians--genealogy
great britain--emigration and immigration
great britain public record office
indians of north america--canada
indians of north america--[province]
Also search under
names of tribe, e.g., micmac indians; ojibwa indians; metis; mohawk
indians; cree indians; chipewyan indians; iroquois indians.
Please note,
this is NOT an exhaustive list.
inuit--canada
immigrants--canada--registers
immigrants--registers--bibliography
missions--canada
national archives of canada
new france
new france--bibliography
new france--genealogy
nobility--new france
north america--genealogy
[province]--genealogy
public archives canada
registers of births, etc.--canada
[religious group]--canada. For example:
church of england--canada
catholic church--canada
baptists--canada
mennonites--canada
jews--canada
ships--canada--passenger lists
ships--passenger lists--bibliography
united empire loyalists--genealogy
Also search
under province or regional names, i.e.:
acadia, alberta,
british columbia, manitoba, new brunswick, newfoundland, north west
territories, nova scotia, ontario, prince edward island, quebec, saskatchewan,
yukon territory.
To narrow
your search, try:
[province, territory
or region]--genealogy
[province, territory
or region]--history
[province, territory
or region]--biography
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