You will soon discover there is an unlimited number of web sites. Often you
may forget how you found a site, or you may find a particular site more useful
than anothers. When you find a web site you like, be sure to write down the
address for future research. The following are some examples of genealogical
web sites.
Canadian Genealogy Resources
Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario
Archives of Ontario
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http://www.gov.on.ca/MCZCR/archives
Includes major genealogical holdings for Ontario such as:
- vital statistics (birth, death, marriage)
- court records and wills
- land records
- links to other genealogical resources
Worldwide Census Related Sites and International Census Resources
Everton's Genealogical Helper Web Site
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http://www.everton.com/
US genealogical resources, valuable information for those tracing their US
ancestry.
- Loyalist Troops in the American Revolution
- The United States Merchant Marine web site
- US Mexican War 1846-1848
- American Civil War 1861-1865
- Queries/Lookups and Genealogy Vocabulary
- Immigration and Passenger Arrival Records
- Resources for genealogical research outside the U.S.
- Links to other sites and historical societies worldwide
Salt Lake City Here We Come!
Quaker Roots
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/index.htm
A repository of resources for enhancing your Quaker genealogical research.
- Web sites of Quaker family associations.
- National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
- Quaker Family History Society
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants
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http://www.mayflower.org/
Includes how to contact the Society, who is eligible and how to apply, as well
as Mayflower passenger list.
United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada
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http://www.npiec.on.ca/~uela/uela1.htm
Canadians who can prove through their ancestry that they are directly descendant
from an original Loyalist are entitled,under law in Canada, to place the letter
U.E. after their name. It is the only hereditary title in Canada.
- Loyalist Gazette/Membership
- Branches and Loyalist links
Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
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http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/
The site contains the genealogy of the British Royal family and those linked to
it via blood or marriage. Includes database in excess of 30,000 names from
earliest times to the present.
- Roman and Byzantine worlds
- The Barbarian West
- The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
- Europe/Eastern Europe/Russia
- British Isles/Ireland
- The Iberian Peninsula
- German speaking countries
- Scandinavia
- Crusader states
- Islamic dynasties
Obsolete Occupations
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~ote/occs.htm
Medieval and obsolete English trade and professional terms, used from 1086-1400
as well as some late 17th and early-18th-century trades used in the New World.
Glossary of Diseases
Deciphering Old Handwriting
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