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Useful Links
 Ontario, Canada 
(Upper Canada, Canada West)
Genealogy & History
The sites that are listed on this page are of value to those with an interest in Ontario genealogy and history. Most of the sites provide historical background information or how-to articles for family history researchers.
To browse sites with searchable online Ontario genealogy and history data click on Searchable Online Ontario Data.
Archives
Genealogical Societies
Historical Societies
Historical Resources
Libraries
Museums
University & College Resources
National / Federal Websites
The following links are to useful websites that concern this province and others across Canada.
Archives Websites:
Military Websites:
Census and Census Substitutes
- 1940 National Registration resulted from the compulsory registration of all adults (16 and older) in Canada from 1940 to 1946. This information was originally obtained to permit the mobilization of all the human and material resources of the nation for World War Two.
- 1918 National Registration (no link - no data). A national registration was undertaken during the First World War in June 1918; however, those records have not survived.
- NOTE: See Canadian Searchable Online Databases for online census indexes and original census documents and census substitutes for Canada
Home Children
- Fegans Home James Fegan began his work amongst destitute boys in 1870, his first home being in Deptford in South East London. In 1882 the work was transferred to Southwark. The orphanage in Stony Stratford opened in 1900 and a training farm in Goudhurst, Kent, operated from about 1910. James Fegan's initial work was very much one of rescue - seeking out those who had nowhere to live and no one to care for them. Many of the boys were relocated to Canada.
- Quarriers Homes Quarriers was founded by William Quarrier over 130 years ago to re-home orphaned and destitute children in Scotland. Between 1871 and 1938, Quarriers, known at that time as The Orphan Homes of Scotland, sent over 7,000 children to new lives in Canada.
- Barnardos Homes History
- NOTE: See Canadian Searchable Online Databases for Home Children searchable indexes for Canada
First Nations - Aboriginal
- Listening To Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life Along the North
Pacific Coast. Over the past several years, members from eleven native communities along
the North Pacific Coast of North America came to visit the National Museum
of the American Indian to work with
museum staff members to select ceremonial and everyday objects to feature in
an exhibit that would explore the relationships between these items and
their cultures.
- NOTE: See Canadian Searchable Online Databases for searchable First Nations - Aboriginal information for Canada
Ships & Passengers Web Sites
Mailing Lists, Genealogy & History Online Communities
O R D E R D E S K
1-800-361-5168( 9-5 Tuesday to Saturday )
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Featured Titles
Notices From Methodist Newspapers 1830-1890, 10 Vols (mostly Ontario, Canada)
By: Donald A. McKenzie. The alphabetical format of these volumes enables researchers to quickly find all of your ancestors whose vital events (birth, marriage, death) were reported in Methodist newspapers from 1830 to 1890. Some volumes contain vital events of people other than Methodists, and from places other than Ontario. More info...
The History of Celtic Place-Names of Scotland
By William J. Watson. This book remains the best and most comprehensive reference guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland. An essential reference work for everyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place names throughout Scotland. A classic and durable edition that will serve as a valuable reference tool for generations. More info...
The Documentary History of the Campaign on the Niagara Frontier 1812-1814
has provided generations of historians and genealogists with detailed firsthand accounts of events and personal experiences during The War of 1812. More info...
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