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Destination Canada
A Genealogical Guide to Immigration Records, by Dave Obee. This 160-page book is the most comprehensive guide ever written about resources for Canadian immigration research. It covers passenger lists and many other sources, including naturalization records and newspapers. This could be the most important book on Canadian genealogy this year. It includes six maps, 60 illustrations, more than 100 Internet links, and a comprehensive bibliography. Available from Interlink Bookshop and Global Genealogy. C$30.00

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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

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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. Sold out!

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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

The beaver Magazine
Dave Obee's columns appear in Canada's History Magazine, formerly known as The Beaver.
Homestead records -- December 2008/January 2009.
Immigration to the prairies -- June/July 2009.
Promotional literature -- October/November 2009.

Peel's Prairie Provinces -- April/May 2010

  • Dave Obee has compiled eight books for Canadian family historians, and has given more than 300 talks about genealogical and historical research to genealogical society meetings and conferences, libraries, and community groups. He was the president of the Federation of East European Family History Societies from 2004 to 2007, and is the federation's webmaster. He is a columnist for Canada's History Magazine, formerly known as The Beaver. Dave is also a member of the advisory panel for Ancestry.ca.

    More about Dave Obee

  • Dave on the road
    Speaking schedule, plus past presentations

  • Seminar topics
    With links to web sites

  • Columns on 150 years of Victoria
    The latest: Major fires in Victoria's history
    Times Colonist 150th anniversary website

  • Columns on history and genealogy
    The latest: Database search strategies

  • Dave's books
    Order through Genealogy Unlimited

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

  • Alberta directories on the Internet

  • British Columbia directories on the Internet

  • Manitoba directories on the Internet

  • Saskatchewan 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)

  • 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.

  • Dave's other sites:
        CanGenealogy
        Genealogy Unlimited
        Volhynia
        FEEFHS

    Photo above:
    Dave at Nürburgring, Germany, 2008.
    Photo by Jutta Missal

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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 was featured in an article on Canadian research in the May 2008 issue of Family Tree Magazine

  • 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).

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

  • Dave's presentations 1997 - 2010
    Speaking schedule


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