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I’ve long been a proponent of the open and free exchange of genealogy data to ensure ready access to information for everyone researching their family history.
This morning, however, I read “Cooperation Makes Records Available for Free” at FamilySearch.org and it made me think.
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After almost twenty years of genealogy research, there are certain sites that have become my ‘go to’ sites for certain aspects of my genealogy research. I thought it might be helpful for me to post my favorites for the benefit of others.
I have also included a… Continue reading
GENEALOGY LINKS
I have set up bookmarks for main categories. To locate a specific category without having to scroll and scan, just click the bookmark link in the 'Category Links' section below. The complete list of links follows.
CATEGORY LINKS ____________________________________
FREE GENEALOGY LINKS
- Adoptee's Support Forum
- Association for Canadian Jewish Studies
- Canada's National History Society
- Canadian Club
- Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Famous 5 Foundation
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- Genealogical Associations Famous Five Foundation
- Aboriginal
- Acadian
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- Archives / Collections
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- 100 Articles by Father d'Entremont
- Acadian Archives - University of Maine at Fort Kent
- Acadian University Digital Archives
- Archives departementales de la Seine-Maritime
- Library and Archives Canada
- Musee Acadien and Archives de Pubnico-Ouest
- Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
- University of Moncton
- Genealogy Sites
- History / Studies
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- Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home
- Acadian - Cajun Genealogy, History, & Culture
- Acadian Festival
- Acadian Genealogy - Acadian Ancestral Home - Stephen A. White
- Acadian Odyssey (The)
- Acadian Studies Centre
- Early Acadian Period in Nova Scotia (The)
- France to Canada to Acadia and Beyond
- Francophonies canadiennes: Identites culturelles
- It was once Acadia
- Tracing the History of New France
- Locations
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- Acadians and French from the Parishes of St. Peter's, Tracadie, NS and St. Paul's, Havre Boucher, NS
- Acadieville
- France to Canada to Acadia and Beyond
- French-Canadian-Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin
- Madawaska Historical Society
- Madawaska Public Library
- Musee Acadien and Archives de Pubnico-Ouest
- New France Resources
- Poitou Acadie Bretagne Genealogy
- Prince Edward Island Family Lineages
- Records / Databases
- Doukhobor
- French-Canadian
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- Acadian and French Canadian Ancestral Home
- Acadians and French from the Parishes of St. Peter's, Tracadie, NS and St. Paul's, Havre Boucher, NS
- Francophonies canadiennes: Identites culturelles
- French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon Census
- French-Canadian-Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin
- French-Canadian Genealogical Society of Connecticut
- French-Canadian Heritage Society of California
- French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan
- French-Canadian Interest Group of California
- French Connection (The)* - Maine and New England French-Canadian and Acadian ancestry.
- Maine Franco-American Genealogical Society
- Metis and Furtrade Family Databases
- Photos
- PRDH Programme de recherche en demographie historique - Quebec Genealogy up to the 1800's.
- Tracing the History of New France
- Vermont French-Canadian Genealogical Society
- Irish
- Jewish
- Medieval Time
- Quakers
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- Gwynedd Friends' Meeting - Welsh Quaker ancestry.
- Welsh-American Genealogical Society
- Ancient Wales StudiesGwynedd Friends' Meeting - Welsh Quaker ancestry.
- Welsh-American Genealogical Society
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- United Empire Loyalists
- Welsh
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- Ancient Wales Studies
- Gwynedd Friends Meeting - Welsh Quaker ancestry.
- Welsh-American Genealogical Society
- General
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- Cyndi's List
- Family Old Photos
- Family Search
- Free Databases for Genealogical Searching
- GenGateway - Gateway to everything genealogy.
- Google eBooks - Some titles are entirely available for free.
- Henry Project (The) - Fairly well researched private site.
- OliveTreeGenealogy
- Olive Tree Genealogy Sitemap
- Online Historical DirectoriesRepositories of Primary Sources
- Search Systems - Free public access database collection.
- Explorers (The)
- Wikimedia Commons Search
- Libraries and Archives
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- Library and Archives Canada
- Google E-Books
- Harvard University Library
- Internet Archive
- Open Library
- Queen's University Library Collections
- Heritage Quest Research Library
- Library of Congress
- National Archives and Records Administration - USA
- Online Newspaper Archive - Historical newspapers from several locations in the world.
- Linkpendium
- Olive Tree Genealogy
- Rootsweb - A free site hosted by Ancestry.com
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- USGenWeb Archives Collection
- Canada
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- Aboriginal
- Associations / Organizations / Societies
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- Adoptee's Support Forum
- American - Canadian Genealogical Society
- Association of Liberation Children
- Canada's National History Society
- Canadian Club
- Camp X Historical Society
- Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Famous 5 Foundation
- Famous Five Foundation
- National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
- Ukranian Genealogical and Historical Society of Canada
- Archives and Collections (Canada)
- Boston States Migration Page (The)
- British Home Children of Canada
- Canada GenWeb
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- Canada GenWeb Archives
- Canada GenWeb Blog
- Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project
- Canada GenWeb Online Historical Map Digitization Project
- Canada GenWeb for Kids
- Canada GenWeb Immigrants To Canada List
- Canada GenWeb Online Historical Map
- Canada GenWeb Roll of Honour Project
- Alberta GenWeb
- British Columbia GenWeb
- Manitoba GenWeb
- Newfoundland and Labrador GenWeb
- Northwest Territories and Nunavut GenWeb
- New Brunswick GenWeb
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- Charlotte County
- Campobello Parish GenWeb
- Lepreau Parish GenWeb
- Pennfield Parish GenWeb
- St. George Parish GenWeb
- Kent County GenWeb
- Kings County, NB GenWeb
- Waterford Parish GenWeb
- Madawaska County GenWeb
- Queens County GenWeb
- Saint John County GenWeb
- Sunbury County GenWeb
- Victoria County GenWeb
- Westmorland County GenWeb
- York County GenWeb
- Nova Scotia GenWeb
- Ontario GenWeb
- Ontario GenWeb
- Ontario GenWeb
- Prince Edward Island GenWeb
- Quebec GenWeb
- Saskatchewan GenWeb
- Yukon GenWeb
- Censuses (Canada)
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- 1842 Census - French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon Census
- 1852 and 1881 Historical Censuses of Canada
- 1901 Census - Doukhobor Village Index
- 1901 Census of Canada
- 1901 Census of Canada Microfilms
- 1901 - Index to the 1901 Census of Canada
- 1906 - Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906
- Canadian Census Links
- Census Finder - Canada Census Records
- Doukhobor Census Index in Canada
- Dana Rae's Little Corner - Includes cemeteries, photos and more.
- Genealogy Sites (Canada)
- History (Canada)
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- Canada History
- Canada / Ulster Heritage Site
- Canadian Confederation
- Canadian Constitutional Documents
- Canadian History a Distinct Viewpoint
- Canadian History - About.com
- Canadian History Time Line
- Canadian Fur Trade World of David Thompson (The)
- Canadian Orange Historical Site
- Canadian Orphanages
- Canadian West (The)
- Dictionary of Events, Places, People and Times in Canadian History
- Directorate of History and Heritage
- Directory of Grand Orange Lodge of British America, 1891
- Emigration from Iceland to North America
- First Nations Histories
- France to Canada to Acadia and Beyond
- France in America
- Francophonies canadiennes: Identites culturelles
- Heritage Canada Foundation
- Heroes of Lore and Yore
- Heroines.ca
- Highland Clearances (The) - First hand accounts and stories of where people came from and where they settled.
- Historica
- History Television Online
- Home Children and Juvenile Immigrants
- Inside Camp-X
- Last Best West (The) - The advertising of free land to farmers the United States, Britain, and Europe.
- Le Petite Canada Project
- Our Heritage - Historic trail stories and an obituary index for Southwestern Alberta of 1885-1959 and 1970-1984.
- Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration - Stories of the exploration of North America.
- Peopling of Canada - 1891-1921 (The)
- Peopling of Canada: 1946-1976 (The )
- Tracing the History of New France
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- Military(Canada)
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- Battalions, Squadrons and Regiments
- Books of Remembrance
- British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces
- Canada GenWeb Roll of Honour Project
- Canadian Air Aces and Heroes
- Canadian Military
- Canadian Military Heritage Project
- Canadian Military History Gateway
- Canadian Heroes
- Canadian Heroes 2
- Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association
- Canada's Military Heritage
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Canadian War Brides
- Canadian War Brides Of The First World War
- Canadian War Industry During the Second World War
- Canadian War Museum
- Canadian Wartime Experience (University of Manitoba)
- Chronology of Canadian Military History
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War
- Forces
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- Air Force
- Aces of Canada
- Canadian Air Aces and Heroes
- Canadian Air Force
- History and Heritage of Canada's Air Force
- Royal Canadian Air Force Memorial Museum
- Army
- British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces
- Canadian Army Homepage
- Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
- Queen's Own
- Rifles of Canada
- Queen's York Rangers
- Royal Canadian Regiment and The First World War - 1914-1919 (The)
- World War II Army Rangers
- Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)
- Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group
- Russians and Ukrainians in the C.E.F. 1914-1919
- Infantry
- Casualties of the Canadian Infantry of WWI - Quebec Regiment
- Navy
- Canadian Navy
- Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today
- Interactive History of the Canadian Navy
- Tribute to the Merchant Seamen of World War II
- French Soldiers - 1755
- Home Page of Remembrance
- Lest We forget *NEW*
- Memory Project (The) *NEW*
- Museum of the RegimentsNative Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields
- Queen's/King's Medal (The)
- For King and Empire
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Victoria Cross Reference
- War Brides
- War Brides in Canada
- War Memorials - War of 1812 (The)
- Wars and Battles
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- Korea Veterans Association of Canada
- Seven Years War Website
- Key Events & Causes: War of 1812
- War Memorials War of 1812 (The)
- War of 1812 (LearnAlberta) (The)
- War of 1812-1814
- War of 1812 Muster Rolls
- War of 1812 Website
- An Archival Look at World War 1 - Canada
- Canada and the First World War
- Canadian Great War Project
- Casualties of the Canadian Infantry of WWI _ Quebec Regiment
- Great War Research of George Laughton, M.C.
- National Film Board of Canada - WW1 *NEW*
- Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- D-Day: Normandy and Beyond
- Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War *NEW*
- Hins' World War II Collection (The)
- Juno Beach Centre: Canada in WW II
- Tribute to the Merchant Seamen of World War II
- World War II Army Rangers
- Project Roots
- Provinces
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- Alberta
- Alberta GenWeb
- Our Heritage - Historic trail stories and an obituary index for Southwestern Alberta of 1885-1959 and 1970-1984.
- British Columbia
- British Columbia GenWeb
- Manitoba
- Manitoba GenWeb
- New Brunswick
- 1833 New Brunswick Special Census of the Madawaska Settlement
- 1901 Census of Canada
- Acadieville
- Canadian Births, Marriages and Deaths Exchange
- Canadian Census Links
- Canadian Vital Records
- Carleton County Historical Society
- Germany-Canada Migration
- Grand Falls Genealogy Files
- Grand Manan Island Genealogies
- Grantbook Database - Land settlement records from 1765-1800.
- Heritage Charlotte - Charlotte County site.
- Journeys of Samuel Hearne (The)
- Madawaska Historical Society
- Madawaska Public Library
- Miramichi Branch
- Miramichi River Genealogy
- New Brunswick Family Research
- New Brunswick Genealogy Society
- New BrunswickGenWeb
- New Brunswick Genealogy Society
- New Brunswick Gravemarker Gallery
- New Brunswick Headstone Photo Project
- Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
- St. Timothee de Shemogue Parish, LeBlanc Marriages from 1819 to 1889
- University of Moncton
- Upper St. John River Valley
- Voici the Valley Cultureway - The St. John valley.
- L'Ardoise Church Records Index
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Newfoundland and Labrador GenWeb
- Northwest Territories
- Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb
- Nova Scotia
- Argyle Township Courthouse and Archives
- Cape Breton GenWeb Archives
- Church of the Holy Guardian Angel - l'Ardoise
- Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
- Nova Scotia GenWeb
- Ontario
- Francophonies canadiennes: Identites culturelles
- Ontario GenWeb
- Prince Edward Island
- Prince Edward Island Family Lineages
- Prince Edward Island GenWeb
- Quebec
- Acadia & New France (Quebec) Genealogy
- Beauharnois Church Registers - 1823-1899
- Casualties of the Canadian Infantry of WWI - Quebec Regiment
- Drouin Genealogical Files
- Francophonies canadiennes: Identites culturelles
- Les Filles du Roy
- La Societe d'histoire des filles du roy
- Quebec - Conservapedia
- Quebec GenWeb
- Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan GenWeb
- Yukon
- Yukon GenWeb
- Record Types (Canada)
- Canadian Gravemarker Gallery (The)
- Canadian Health Obituaries
- Canadian Letters and Images
- Canadian Obituary Links
- Cemetery Burial Records and Tombstone Inscriptions of Canada
- Cemetery Photo Volunteers for Canada
- Finnish Gravemarkers in Canada
- Generations: Memorials That Live On
- Jewish Cemetery Project - Canada
- Obituary Daily Times
- Obituary Depot of Canada
- Photos
- PRDH Programme de recherche en demographie historique - Quebec Genealogy up to the 1800's.
- Saving Graves : Canada
- Ships They Came On - Immigration by Ship to Canada
- Society Hill - Canadian Directory
- Ukrainian Internments
- RCMP Historical Highlights
- Research Outline - Canada
- Roots-L Canadian Resources
- Zichydorf Village Association - Canadian Surname Index
- England
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- Clergy of the Church of England Database
- Family Deeds
- Family History Online
- Free BMD UK - Birth, Marriage and Death Records.
- Free CEN - Census records.
- GenUKI
- Parish Registers - Tracing your Family History before 1837
- Joiner Marriage Index (The)
- Society of Genealogists
- Lincolnshire
- Will Transcriptions Online
- Scotland
- Wales
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- Ancient Wales Studies
- Gwynedd Friends' Meeting - Welsh Quaker ancestry.
- Welsh-American Genealogical Society
- United States
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- American Antiquarian Society
- American - Canadian Genealogical Society
- American _ French Genealogical Society
- Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants
- Colonial Ancestors - Researching the original thirteen colonies.
- Directory of Grand Orange Lodge of British America, 1891
- Emigration from Iceland to North America
- France in America
- National Archives and Records Administration- USA
- New England Historic Genealogical Society
- Online Newspapers Archive
- Passages: A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration - Stories of the exploration of North America.
- California
- Connecticut
- Maine
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- Madawaska Historical Society
- Madawaska Public Library
- Maine State Archives
- Maine Vital Records
- Dana Rae's Little corner - Includes cemeteries, photos and more.
- The Valleys of the Upper St. John, Allagash, and Fish Rivers, Northern Aroostook Co.
- Voici the Valley Cultureway - The St. John valley.
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Wisconsin
- B
- C
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- (Cadwalader) Colonel John Cadwalader to George Washington (December 31, 1776)
- (Cadwalader) John Cadwalader letters for the years 1776 thru 1778
- (Cassirer) - Histories, Families and the Cohen and Cassirer descendants
- Charron and LaFerriere Family History
- (Chatterton) - Flowers, Chatterton, Thompson, and Related Families
- Coburn, Jewett and Related Families
- (Cohen) - Histories, Families and the Cohen and Cassirer descendants
- The Cole / Cox Loyalist Home Page
- (Corbin) - Diana - Goddess of the Hunt
- Cete's of North America (The)
- CousinConnect.com
- D
- H
- J
- K
- L
- M
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- (MacDonald) - George MacDonald: 1881-1955
- (MacMillan) - Clan MacMillan
- (MacLean) - LeBlanc and MacLean Families of Nova Scotia
- McKinney Family
- McLeod Family
- Meek/Meeks Family Genealogical Clearinghouse - Largest collection of Meek/Meeks genealogies
- Melanson Acadian Genealogy and History
- (Moore) - Descendants of Thomas Moore Sr.
- Morgan Log House - History
- R
- S
- T
- A List of Compilation Name Sites
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- A Thousand Genealogy Links
- AllAreFamily.com
- Ben R. Londeree Home Page
- Descendants of Jean Nicolas Durand and Pierre Genereux (The)
- Gedcom Index
- Homepage of Bob Turcott (The )
- Irene's Genealogy Page
- Maxwell-Strout Genealogy
- McKinneys Family
- Oxford Family from Scotland
- Ray Lamoureux and Bev Port Genealogical Web Site
- Surname Web
- Burials, Graves and Tombstones
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- Canadian Gravemarker Gallery (The)
- Cemetery Burial Records and Tombstone Inscriptions of Canada
- Cemetery-Photo Volunteers
- Dana Rae's Little corner
- Find A Grave
- Finnish Gravemarkers in Canada
- Jewish Cemetery Project - Canada
- Monongahela, Pennsylvania Cemetery
- Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Website
- Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission
- Saving Graves : Canada
- GenWed
- Census
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- 1833 New Brunswick Special Census of the Madawaska Settlement
- 1852 and 1881 Historical Censuses of Canada
- 1901 Census - Canadian Doukhobor Village Index
- 1901 Census of Canada
- Canadian Census Links
- Census Finder - Canada Census Records
- Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906
- Doukhobor Census Index in Canada
- French Canadians in the 1842 Oregon Census
- Index to the 1901 Census of Canada
- Church and Parish Records
- Correspondence and Diaries
- Deeds
- Immigration
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- Ancestors on Board - Passenger Lists.
- British Home Children
- British Home Children Society
- Doukhobor Passenger Lists
- Doukhobor Ship Passenger Lists
- Emigration from Iceland to North America
- Home Children and Juvenile Immigrants
- Immigration Records (1925-1935)
- inGeneas Canadian Genealogical Research and Searchable Databases
- Montcalm Passenger List, July 16, 1936
- Ship's Passenger Lists and Indexes
- Ships List (The)
- Marriage
- Military
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- Batallions and Regiments
- Canadian Peacekeeping Veterans Association
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial
- Forces
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- Air Force
- Aces of Canada
- Air Force Honours & Awards
- Canadian Air Aces and Heroes
- Canadian Air Force
- History and Heritage of Canada's Air Force
- Army
- British Empire and Commonwealth Land Forces
- Canadian Army Homepage
- Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
- Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
- Expeditionary Force
- Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Canadian Expeditionary Force Study Group
- Navy
- Canadian Navy
- Canadian Navy of Yesterday & Today
- Interactive History of the Canadian Navy
- Inside Camp-X
- Library and Archives Canada: War and Military
- Military History
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- Canada's Military Heritage
- Camp X Historical Society
- Canadian Heroes
- Canadian Military
- Canadian Military Heritage Project
- Canadian Military History Gateway
- Canadian War Brides
- Canadian War Museum
- Canadian Wartime Experience (University of Manitoba)
- CBC Archives: Conflict and War
- Chronology of Canadian Military History
- Directorate of History and Heritage
- For King and Empire
- For Posterity's Sake Genealogy
- French Soldiers - 1755
- Lest We forget
- National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution
- Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields
- Miscellaneous
- Record Types
- Wars and Battles
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- Key Events & Causes: War of 1812
- Korea Veterans Association of Canada
- An Archival Look at World War 1 - Canada
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- Canada and the First World War
- Canadian Great War Project
- Canadian War Brides Of The First World War
- Casualties of the Canadian Infantry of WWI - Quebec Regiment
- Great War Research of George Laughton, M.C.
- National Film Board of Canada - WW1
- Researching Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
- Canadian War Industry During the Second World War
- D-Day: Normandy and Beyond
- Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War
- Juno Beach Centre: Canada in WW II
- Russians and Ukrainians in the C.E.F. 1914-1919
- Seven Years War Website
- Hins' World War II Collection (The)
- Memory Project (The)
- Queen's/King's Medal (The)
- Royal Canadian Regiment and The First World War - 1914-1919 (The)
- Tribute to the Merchant Seamen of World War II
- Unofficial Homepage of 424 Squadron
- Unofficial Homepage of 439 Tiger Squadron
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Victoria Cross Reference
- War Brides
- War Brides in Canada
- War Diaries of the First World War
- War Memorials War of 1812 (The)
- War of 1812 (LearnAlberta) (The)
- War of 1812-1814
- War of 1812 Muster Rolls
- War of 1812 Website
- World War One - Josiah Chancellor Kennedy
- World War II Army Rangers
- Newspapers
- Obituaries
- Pensions and Social Security
- Photos
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- Canadian Letters and Images
- Cemetery Photo Volunteers for Canada
- Dana Rae's Little Corner - Includes cemeteries, photos and more.
- Family Old Photos
- Images Canada
- Photos
- Wikimedia Commons Search - Tombstones (see Burials, Graves and Tombstones)
- General
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- Ancestry.com
- There are also other region specific sites - Ancestry.ca, Ancestry.co.uk and Ancestry.com.au.
- Archives.com
- Fold3
- Geneology.com
- Genes Reunited
- Free names search.
- Global Genealogy Supply - Supplier of genealogy resources including books, maps, archival supplies, forms, charts, software and CDs.
- Google eBooks
- Kindred Konnections
- One Great Family
- Origins Network
- World Vital Records
- Ancestry.com
- Free
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- 1000 Memories
- Adoptee Searcher's Handbook
- A Guide to Genealogy Dates
- Ancestor Search
- Birth Date Calculator
- Canada GenWeb Online Historical Map Digitization Project
- Canadian Archival Information Network
- Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry
- Canadian Library Index
- Gedcom Index
- Genealogy Search Canada
- GeneaSearch.com - Your Internet Genealogy Guide
- Genetic Genealogy
- Google Language Tools
- Internet Archive - A site to access cached websites that have since gone offline.
- Long Lost Family Bulletin Board
- Tree Maker / Elegant Family Tree Charts (The)
- Research Outline - Canada
- Seeker, Reuniting The World! (The)
- Yahoo Genealogy Sites Directory
- Paid
- Publications
- Researchers
- Cultural Research
- Location Research
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- Quebec
- Quebec Researcher - Marlene Simmons
- Davies (Quebec) Genealogy Research
- Jereme Malhache - Paris and Ile de France.
- Laurence Abensur-Hazan, genealogiste -- Jewish Genealogy in Paris
- Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Genealogical Research Services
PAID GENEALOGY LINKS