The Women’s Institute of Ontario is digitizing their community history collections thanks to funding from the Government of Canada. You can find the collection here.
Tweedsmuir Collection being Digitized
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FamilyRoots 2017 Conference
AFHS FamilyRoots 2017; Our Canada Our Stories
The Alberta Family Histories Society is hosting a FamilyRoots Conference featuring Dave Obee, Lesley Anderson from Ancestry, and local speakers. There are sessions for beginners and advanced family historians.
Date: Saturday, September 23
Place: SAIT, Calgary Alberta
Time 8:30 – 5:00 p.m.
For information and to register go to FamilyRoots; Our Canada Our Stories
Newspaper website
Here is a great website with information on newspapers in Ontario and more. Check it out!
Free Ancestry Acess this Weekend
Ancestry is offering free access to it’s Commonwealth record Easter Weekend
Celebrating its 150th birthday this year, Canada is a country built by immigrants. Amongst the first wave of new Canadians, from the 1800s well into the 20th century, were people from the British Commonwealth, including England, Ireland, and Scotland. And although we are proudly independent today, it still has a special place in the hearts of Canadians.
This Easter weekend, explore your family’s history with our Commonwealth Records Collection. From the 1500s to the 1900s, the collection includes 16th‑century Caribbean burial records to accounts of French high seas voyages to records from British boarding schools.
Free Family Tree Webinars this Weekend
To celebrate it’s 500th webinar, Legacy FamilyTree is allowing free access to anyone who wants to view them. It starts Friday and ends Sunday evening.
Ontario Marriage Records
The Ontario County Marriage Registers (1857 – 1869) are indexed with an original image on familysearch.org. Finding these records will now be less complicated than having to search through the microfilms. Researching your family is getting much easier.
These records usually have the name, age, and residence of the bride and groom, witnesses names, and often include the names of the parents.
The Ontario District Marriage Records (1801 – 1858) are also indexed on familysearch.org and have an original image attached. The records usually have the name of the groom and bride, date of marriage, place and witnesses names.
Upper Canada Settlers Index
Here’s a great website for finding the land where your ancestors lived in Upper Canada (Ontario). The list will tell you the land your family owned by lot and concession number in a specific year. It’s organized by township and surnames are alphabetical so if you know where your family lived it will be easy to find. Otherwise you’ll have the fun of going through each township in the county or possibly the entire list to find your family.
I recommend you look at land records, you never know what you’ll find. This database can be a beginning to find those records.
Upper Canada Land Registry Index
