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Finding Your Canadian Ancestors
In Finding Your Canadian Ancestors, authors Sherry Irvine and Dave Obee guide you through Canadian genealogical records, first by record type and then according to province. The authors detail both government and ecclesiastical records, as well as records related to special groups such as Aboriginals, Acadians, and Loyalists. They give special attention to online resources, including the extensive holdings of Library and Archives of Canada. C$18.95

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Royal Oak Burial Park
A History and Guide. This is the first comprehensive look at the largest municipal cemetery in British Columbia. It includes a history of the cemetery as well as section-by-section biographies of some of the people buried there. All burial locations included in the bio section are identified with GPS co-ordinates.C$15.00

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Making the News
A Times Colonist look at 150 Years of History. This comprehensive history of Victoria and Vancouver Island is based on material published in the Times Colonist and its predecessor newspapers since 1858. It is lavishly illustrated with photos from the newspaper files and local archives.


  • Speaking schedule
    Including conferences and society meetings

  • Seminar topics
    With links to web sites

  • A list of Dave's books
    Order through Interlink Bookshop

  • Road To Liberty Tour
    From the D-Day beaches of Normandy, France, to Bastogne, Belgium, and the memorials to the Battle of the Bulge. It is 12 days of discovering Second World War battlefields and memorials in France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
    -- Photos from past visits to the Road to Liberty.
    -- More information on the 2007 tour (PDF file).
    -- More information on the 2008 tour (PDF file).

  • Columns on history and genealogy
    The latest: Information on passenger lists

  • Resources on this site
    Census for Lethbridge, newspaper lists and more

  • Western Canadian directories on the Internet

  • Toronto ward boundaries 1834-1908

  • Newspapers on microfilm -- University of Victoria
    (PDF format)

  • Free download of Dave's book, Lethbridge 1891
    (PDF format)

  • A tribute to Ryan Taylor
    A great genealogist and a great friend

    Dave Obee has compiled six books for Canadian genealogists, and has given more than 200 talks at seminars and society meetings since 1997. He has been researching his own family history since 1978. He is the president of the Federation of East European Family History Societies and a member of the advisory panel for Ancestry.ca .

  • A brief biography
    It all started with a night-school course

  • There's more to life than genealogy
    A couple of other quirky interests

  • Contact Dave

  • Want to link to this site?
    Please link to this page, rather than the pages deeper in. The structure of the site changes from time to time. Also, please let us know that you've made the link, as the addresses of the other pages may change.

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    Dave Obee presents Shirley Douglas with a published copy of her family history at the official launch of Ancestry.ca, in Toronto in May 2006.

  • Family Tree Magazine
    Dave Obee is featured in an article on Canadian research
    in the May 2008 issue of Family Tree Magazine


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