For those of you who have Catholic ancestry in your family tree, there are lots of newspapers that have been published in the past that may help you find some information and stories about your ancestors. I recently became aware of the Catholic Newspapers Program, which is a result of a project started in 2011 by the Catholic Research Resources Alliance. […]
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An old proverb states that “the eyes are the windows into the soul.” A genealogy corollary is that “a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors.” Old photos are important to a complete research, whether they are portraits of your ancestors or historical photos of the period when they lived. And it […]
Are you doing genealogy research in Canada and looking for Free Online Genealogy Collections and Records? Click on a province link to see the free links for that province in all 6 genealogy record categories: Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun sets of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into […]
One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historical newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information, and sometimes more importantly – information about the relatives of the deceased’s family and extended family. This family name information is often not […]
One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, marriage, and death (BMD) information about their ancestors. Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists (as well as the largest of them all – FamilySearch), a great number of indexes to birth, marriage, and death collections have been provided for free online. […]
City and business directories are available online from all over the U.S. and Canada and are what I consider another important set of information that can assist you in advancing your family history and genealogy research. This activity of presenting links is a collaborative effort between The Ancestor Hunt and Miriam Robbins, who for years has […]
This past week I have been updating the articles published in the past that contain links to free online historical newspapers for Canada. Each article focuses on one single province (the territories are grouped into one article). There are about 4,335 historical newspapers available online for free, and the links are included in these articles. […]
An old proverb states that “the eyes are the windows into the soul.” A genealogy corollary is that “a photo is a window into the lives of your ancestors.” Old photos are important to a complete research, whether they are portraits of your ancestors or historical photos for the period when they lived. And it […]
This article has been updated and is more current (with more links). The current version is Free Online Canada Obituaries and Obituary Indexes. Please use this new link.
