The following websites were demonstrated by Rick Wood at the workshop on November 26.
www.findagrave.com
(already on the Menu tab)
Please consider joining this site as a contributor. As I demonstrated, it
is very easy to add your family gravestone and other information to share with
the world. Ancestry recently purchased Find A Grave but it will remain a free
website.
This is the new URL for Library and Archives Canada. On the Suggested
Websites page in your folder there is a www.collectionscanada.gc.ca....
This is its replacement, which will still default to the old site but all
new postings will be on the new website. It has an improved search engine for
the census records.
As I mentioned, besides the obvious Canada censuses, there are military
records, passenger lists, etc. that may be of interest to our US members. Some of
your ancestors may have enlisted in the Canadian forces as
the US was late in entering both world wars. I have an uncle who was a US
citizen that did just that and then remained in Canada. The passenger lists have
records of people who arrived in Canadian ports and then continued on the ship
to New York and other destinations. This website may help you break down a brick
wall.
Two obscure websites for passenger lists and ship information. Lots of
detail.
Over 1 million free E-books to read online or download. Linked to many of
the major state libraries.
All of the above are FREE websites to help you with your research.
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