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    Default More Canadian sources online

    Things have developed since Mary Anne compiled her extensive list of online sources ten years ago, but do please refer to her posts as they are still relevant. https://www.british-genealogy.com/th...sources-Online

    The 1921 Canadian census is available for free at https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census...roduction.aspx

    And the Library and Archives Canada website has now completed its indexing of the service records of all the personnel who joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War 1 (women joined as nurses). Again, you can search for free.
    https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discov...roduction.aspx

    The following are some of the datasets available on FindMyPast - haven't had time to check them all, nor check what's avaiable on Ancestry. Please note that certain datasets (such as Billion Graves) are likely to be ongoing. Details of exactly what's included will be shown on the dataset page.

    British Army, War Of 1812 Casualties
    Airmen Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 (this includes all nationalities, not just British airmen)
    British Columbia Estate Files 1859-1949 Browse
    Canada - Lower Canada Census 1825
    Canada - Lower Canada Census 1842
    Canada Billion Graves Cemetery Index
    Canada Census 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
    Canada Census 1911 - occupation codes
    Canada Obituary Notices
    Canada- Provincial Government Personnel List, 1919
    Canadian Headstones Index
    Lower Canada Census 1825
    Lower Canada Census 1842
    Manitoba probate records 1871-1930 browse
    New Brunswick Birth and Baptism Index 1769-1899
    New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books image browse
    Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920
    Royal Artillery Other Ranks: Casualty Cards 1939-1947
    Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices 1876-2007 browse
    Scots-Irish in North America Histories
    The Shipwrecked Passenger Book: Sailing Westbound from Europe for the Americas 1817-1875
    United States, Canadian Border Crossings (only some 1895 -1954)

    Pam
    Last edited by Pam Downes; 10-04-2021 at 10:39 PM. Reason: Amended link to WW1 personnel
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    Default Home Children

    Quite by chance found this https://
    bifhsgo.ca/cpage.php?pt=496

    And I also have this in my bookmarks.
    https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tweet...cpasslist.html

    This is an archived website from January 2006, accessed via The Wayback Machine,
    https://web.archive.org/web/20060104...y/homeadd.html
    Same website, archived in January 2013, also accessed from The Wayback Machine.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20130128...y/homeadd.html
    I have tried, but failed, to access some of the more recent updates to the website.
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