Web Sites - (Canadian)

There are lots of genealogy web sites, and more and more all the time. Use search engines such as Google to look for the specific areas you're interested in. These are some we're aware of (note: web site addresses may change from time to time).

Ancestry.com                              www.ancestry.com              $ (indicates not free of charge)

• census, birth, marriage, death, etc.

• U.S., U.K. & Ireland, Europe, Canada, Australia

• subscription databases but available free at Ottawa Public Library branch computers and the Rideau Archives computers.

Anglican Archives   www.ottawa.anglican.ca/about/departments/General-Secretary/archives/

Archives of Ontario    www.archives.gov.on.ca

ArchiviaNet      www.collectionscanada.ca

• Library and Archives Canada site; includes census, military, etc.

CanadaGenWeb     www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw

• user-submitted, data, Canadian history, tips on Canadian research

Canadian Genealogy Centre           www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogylindex.htm

• genealogical information of Library and Archives Canada

• census, immigration, military, etc.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LOS)                www.familysearch.org

• lots of vital record data

• 1881 census for Canada, U.S., England

• Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index, etc.

Genealogy.com                www.genealogy.com     $

• subscription databases, message boards

Genealogical Research Library  

 www.grl.com         $

• source of Canadian genealogical data

• 15 million names

• census, directories, vital statistics, immigration, military, etc.

Granny's Garden                                www.granniesgenealogygarden.com

• index to various Ontario census plus other stuff.

Index to Census     http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/NationalSummary.jsp

• index to 1901 Canadian census

Ontario County Maps          http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas

• digitized county maps c. 1880

• search by county/township or by name

• shows name of owner, of land on map

Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid            www.islandnet.com/ocfa

• search by name to find where your ancestor is buried

OGS Ontario Cemetery Ancestor Index and Cemetery Locator 
                                                                                              http://ogs.andornot.com/CemMenu.aspx

RootsWeb           www.rootsweb.com

• volunteer-submitted databases, pedigree files, message boards