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Canadian Civil Servants Lists of Canada, 1872-1900 Are Now Online Published: 23 January 2009 By: Rick Roberts, Biography & Archived Articles Ancestry (The Generations Network) has added another important collection of Canadian historical records to their popular online genealogy and historical subscription-based online archive. Many of our readers are already subscribers to the commercial databases of Ancestry.com or Ancestry.ca. For those who are not, and do not wish to subscribe, access to Ancestry.com is available for free at many libraries, and at a some LDS Family History Centers. The following press release from Ancestry outlines the details of what is included in the new online collection:
(Toronto, ON – January 22, 2009) Ancestry.ca, Canada’s leading online family history website, today launched online the fully indexed Canadian Civil Servants Lists of Canada, 1872-1900, which features more than 78,000 records of those employed in departments of the Canadian Government during the country’s early days of Confederation. Before online databases existed, there were physical record books kept of employment at government offices. Like the Victorian equivalent of today’s corporate intranet or internet site, these record books would have been used to find out who did what, when and where. The records give family history researchers a unique opportunity to find out how an ancestor’s career might have progressed and how much they earned, as well as offer personal individual information such as birth date, age, date of first appointment, years at post, promotion to present rank, creed or religion and nationality of origin. The records are available fully indexed and fully searchable online for the first time and help paint a more vivid picture of the working life of Canadians just before the turn of the 20th Century. They also provide a fascinating comparison of how the salaries and job titles differed from today. For example, a Deputy Minister in the federal government in 1872 was earning a salary of $2,600. That same position today pays an average of 75 times that amount at $197,500. The Auditor General today earns approximately 110 times more than their counterpart in 1872, $300,000 compared to $2,750. But the biggest winner is the Minister of Public Works. Today’s salary of $230,000 is 230 times the $1,000 salary back when Sir John A. Macdonald was still Prime Minister. The collection includes people employed in departments of the Canadian government, including: In addition to finding one’s own ancestors in the collection, family history enthusiasts will find records of many prominent political figures that helped shape the future of our country, including: The Canadian Civil Servants Lists, 1872-1900 is available to Canada and World Deluxe members and through a free 14-day trial at www.ancestry.ca. Shopping Cart & Order Desk Global Genealogy & History Shoppe 1-800-361-5168 ( 9-5 Monday to Friday )
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