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Books by Dave Obee
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Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide
Written with Sherry Irvine. Canada’s size and diversity also influence its records, which are similarly varied and at times complex. Finding Your Canadian Ancestors guides 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 Canada. C$18.95

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

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.

British Columbia 1871:
A List of Residents Based on the Work of Edward Mallandaine
Compiled by Dave Obee. This is a 115-page index to residents of B.C. as recorded in the first half of 1871 -- just before it became a province. This information was gathered at the same time that a census was being taken in other parts of Canada, so it complements that resource. British Columbia 1871 is based on a directory put together by Edward Mallandaine, a Victoria architect. It puts all of the names from the directory into two lists -- Greater Victoria and everything else. There are also maps to make it easier to find the locations mentioned, as well as a bonus -- a list of undelivered letters at the post offices in New Westminster and Victoria. This will be an essential aid for research in the early days of British Columbia. C$15.00

Back to the Land: A Genealogical Guide to Finding Farms on the Canadian Prairies
Second edition, published December 2003. This is a vital reference for researchers working on the Canadian Prairies. It includes a basic summary of how to read land descriptions, as determined by the Dominion Land Survey. There are also maps of the three Prairie provinces showing townships and ranges as well as -- new in this edition -- the boundaries of the electoral districts used in the 1901 census. Other maps have been enhanced to offer more information and better clarity. The second edition offers more information on finding land information, and how to use it once you have it. There is also an index of townships, giving the matching sub-district in the 1901 census, and the census microfilm number. Also new in this edition is a coil binding, to make it easier to use the book. The original edition has been Interlink's best-selling item since it was published in 2001. C$9.95

Destination Canada: A guide to 20th century immigration records
Second edition, published January 2004. A vital reference for researchers dealing with arrivals in Canada in the past 100 years. It includes information on passenger lists, border crossing records, Immigration Branch records, the national registration file of 1940, Russian Consular Records, Chinese Immigration 1885-1949, and more. The Immigration Branch section is the most comprehensive and useful index to these documents ever published. There is a section on naturalization and citizenship indexes in the Canada Gazette 1915-1951. This section does not include the names of individuals, but helps researchers track down the issues of the Canada Gazette that can help them. Destination Canada opens up a variety of sources for research in immigration. With five maps, several illustrations. The new edition has a coil binding. C$12.00

Federal Voters Lists in Ontario 1935-1979
By Dave Obee. Published April 2004. This is the first comprehensive guide to using Ontario's federal voters lists in family history research. The book explains what the lists were for, how they were compiled, and how they can be used. The lists are available on microfilm from the National Archives of Canada. The book has samples of what researchers will find, as well as a 33-page guide to the numbers for all of the federal constituencies in Ontario. Federal Voters Lists in Ontario 1935-1979 will make it possible to get the maximum benefit from this underused resource. Coil binding. C$7.95

Federal Voters Lists in Western Canada 1935-1979
Published April 2003. This is the first comprehensive guide to using federal voters lists in family history research. Dave explains what the lists were for, how they were compiled, and how they can be used. There are samples of what researchers will find, as well as a 30-page guide to the microfilm numbers for all of the federal constituencies in the four western provinces as well as the territories. Federal Voters Lists will make it possible to get the maximum benefit from this underused resource. Coil binding. C$7.95

Western Canadian Directories on Microfiche and Microfilm
Third edition, published April 2003. Expanded and updated -- twice the size of the second edition. This guide lists local directories that have been reproduced in microform, and lets researchers know what to look for. It includes entries for directories covering Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Yukon between 1860 and 1995. Directories are an invaluable resource for the years between censuses, as well as for the later years, where census records are not available, and this guide will help you find them. C$9.95

Lethbridge 1891: A settlement becomes a town
Published 1999. Lethbridge 1891 includes a day-by-day account of life in Lethbridge in that year, as well as a census index and three other sources of names: a list of school students, a list of people who contributed to relief after the Springhill mine disaster, and a transcript from Henderson's Directory. There are also samples of the ads that appeared in the Lethbridge News. If your ancestors were in Lethbridge before the turn of the century, this book is a must -- yet to be honest, few people have been interested in buying it. So what should we do? How about:
FREE DOWNLOAD of Lethbridge 1891 -- PDF format, requires Acrobat Reader

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