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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$22.00  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. This book is available from the Times Colonist office, Bolen Books, as well as Bay, Zellers and Safeway stores in Greater Victoria | Meet him at conferences and society meetings With links to web sites The latest: Major fires in Victoria's history Times Colonist 150th anniversary website The latest: Researching Chinese-Canadian ancestors Order through Genealogy Unlimited Census for Lethbridge, newspaper lists and more (PDF format) (PDF format) 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). Dave Obee has compiled seven 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 was the president of the Federation of East European Family History Societies from 2004 to 2007, and is the federation's webmaster. He was a member of the advisory panel for Ancestry.ca . It all started with a night-school course A couple of other quirky interests 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.  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. |
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