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Useful Links
 Yukon, Canada 
Genealogy & History
The sites that are listed on this page are of value to those with an interest in Yukon genealogy and history.
Most of the sites provide historical background information or how-to articles for family history researchers.
If you are seeking sites with searchable databases, click on the link "Searchable Online Data - Yukon" (above this paragraph).
- Yukon Archives This link is to the front page of the Yukon Archives website.
- Yukon Genweb A volunteer driven website that collects and distributes information for those interested in Yukon history and genealogy.
Yukon Territory Genealogy Message Board at Ancestry.ca
Yukon, Canada Genealogy Forum
- Yukon Historical and Museums Association The Yukon Historical and Museums Association was formed in 1977 to serve as an umbrella organization for Yukon museums and historical societies
- Vital Statistics Yukon
The Vital Statistics Agency has records of birth, marriage, and death occurring in Yukon since 1896.
- Whaling in Alaska and the Yukon To today's people, the history of whale-hunting has largely been relegated to "barbarisms of the past." Whaling, however, has a long, significant and colourful history in the North, and should not be so casually dismissed. This site provides an historical sketch as it relates to the Yukon and Alaska
- Dawson City Museum and Historical Society The beautiful 1901 neo-classical Old Territorial Administration Building--a newly designated National Historic Site of Canada-- harbours the Dawson City Museum, the largest historical collection in the Yukon Territory.
- Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park (Seattle) Exhibits, films, and specialized programs giving the Seattle viewpoint of the Klondike Rush, and works in conjunction with the Skagway Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park.
- Klondike Gold Rush Historical Park (Skagway) Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park preserves some of the original historic structures in the town of Skagway, Alaska. Also documentary and artifact evidence of the Gold Rush period.
- University of Alaska Rasmussen Library Reference and research assistance is available by visit or correspondence. Photocopies and photo reproductions are available. Holdings include all types of archival material dating from the fur trade, including First Nations content. Genealogical sources, maps, films and photographs.
- Family History Centers in Yukon Territory Family History Centers are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Centers provide access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centers and use Family History Center resources.
- Family History Library Catalogue - Yukon provides a listing and links to all publications in the Family History Library (LDS) that concerns the Yukon
- Whitehorse Daily Star Newspaper The online version of the largest Whitehorse, Yukon newspaper.
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Aboriginal contacts in Yukon
- The Heraldry Society of Canada - Yukon Branch
- Books, Maps, and other useful resources ( free & $ ) Global Genealogy & History Shoppe Browse through hundreds of physical and online resources for this province and other provinces and territories. Books, maps, CDs, online searchable databases, useful links and Global Gazette articles.
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
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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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