If you are tracing ancestors in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, a lot of information is available on the Web, through the mail, and at your local library. The session offers insight into some of the lesser-known sources of information. Here are the links:
All Areas
Library and Archives Canada main page
Canadian Genealogy Centre main page, includes censuses
CanGenealogy by Dave Obee
Canadian Genealogy and History Links by Jessica Veinot
Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry by the Alberta Family History Society
Ancestry.ca
Ancestry has indexes to the 1901, 1906 and 1911 censuses, with links to the images on the Library and Archives Canada website. A free 14-day trial is available.
Automated Genealogy
Includes indexes to the 1901, 1906 and 1911 censuses
Census transcriptions -- Alberta Family Histories Society
FamilySearch for the 1881 census index
Our Roots Canada's Local Histories Online
Early Canadiana Online
Histori.ca Your place in Canadian history
Canadian Geographical Names Excellent federal site
Finding Aid to Prairie Land Records by Dave Obee, with links
CPR land sales - More farmland records
Peel Bibliography - Thousands of original publications
Western Canadian directories on the Internet
Canadian Patent Database
Canadian Trade-Marks Database
University of Victoria library
Rootsweb
British Columbia
British Columbia Archives
Index to the 1901 census British Columbia Genealogical Society
British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid More than 344,000 burials
Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver An alphabetical listing
British Columbia GenWeb
City of Victoria Archives Includes vital statistics database
Southern Interior Census Data
Crown Grant Search
Alberta
Alberta Genealogical Society
Homestead Index Alberta Genealogical Society
Alberta Family Histories Society More than 500 pages, with lots of cemetery and newspaper obituary content online
1901 census index -- Alberta and Saskatchewan From the Edmonton branch of the AGS
Alberta Heritage Digitization Project -- many local histories
Stockmen's Memorial Foundation -- look up people who registered brands
University of Alberta libraries
University of Calgary Library
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Census index - 1891 Lethbridge by Dave Obee
Edmonton's municipal cemeteries Search 60,000 burials
Our Heritage - Includes a database of burials in southwestern Alberta from 1885 through 1984
Alberta GenWeb
Saskatchewan
Vital statistics search
Homestead index - 1872 to 1930
1901 census index -- Alberta and Saskatchewan From the Edmonton branch of the AGS
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
Saskatchewan Land Registry
Historic land grant database and a modern database of property owners
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool maps
Saskatchewan Archives Board
Saskatchewan City and Town Maps
Woodlawn Cemetery - Saskatoon
Saskatchewan News Index 1884-2000
Saskatchewan obituaries since September 2000
Saskatchewan GenWeb
Manitoba
Manitoba Vital Statistics search page
Manitoba Genealogical Society
City of Winnipeg cemeteries
Guide to Manitoba Probate Records by Dave Obee
Genealogical guide to the Manitoba archives
Ingeneas - including an index to the Manitoba census
University of Winnipeg Library
Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society
NewspaperArchive.com
Manitoba GenWeb
And maybe they crossed the border ...
Western States Historical Marriage Index - Possible connections
Updates? Corrections? Better examples? Send an e-mail to Dave
Updated October 16, 2006
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