Canada Genealogy SleuthTM

Below is a list of sites that we use when conducting Canadian genealogy research. These are all searchable online databases or informative tools. If you find a record online marked X for which you'd like a copy of the original, please contact us, because we have access to these records. Subscriptions sites are marked $. This page updated and all links checked on 3 August 2009. Enjoy! Do you have Irish Ancestors? Try the Irish Genealogy Sleuth! You may also like to visit the United States Genealogy Sleuth page.
 

Family Tree Databases
Family Tree Searcher - Find Family Trees Easily FamilySearch
Ancestry World Tree
RootsWeb WorldConnect
 
World Family Tree $
One Great Family Database $
GenCircles

 

Miscellaneous Databases
International Genealogical Index
Search GenConnect
GenealogyLibrary.com $
Genealogy Research Library $

 

IGI Batch Numbers
Canada

 

Vital Records
Canadian Divorces 1841-1968
Canadiana Online
Canada Parliamentary Marriage and Divorces, 1867-1919 $
Canadiana Online 
Acadia French Catholic Church Records (Drouin) 1670-1946 $
(Acadian) St. Jean-Baptiste, Anapolis Royal 1702-1755
British Columbia, Canada Vitals X

Ontario French Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-1967 $
Ontario, Canada: Roman Catholic Marriages, 1827-1870 $
Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register
Ontario Births 1869-1909 $
Ontario Marriages 1800-1924
Ontario Marriages 1803-1865 
Ontario Marriages 1857-1924 $
Ontario Marriage Notices [1830-1856] $
Ontario Deaths 1869-1947 
Ontario Deaths 1869-1934 $
Upper Canada (Ontario) Marriage Bonds 1803-1865
Lower Canada (Quebec) Marriage Bonds 1779-1858
Quebec Searchable Databases 
Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 $
Quebec Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from 1621 to 1799
Châteauguay, Quebec Church Registers
(PRDH) Parish Registers 1621-1799
Filles du Roi 1660s
Marriages Lac-Sainte-Marie (Comté de Gatineau) 1881-1963 $ 
Marriages l'Enfant-Jesus de la Pointe-aux-Trembles 1674-1975 $
Notarial Records (Collection) 1647-1942 $
Misc. French Records (Collection) 1651-1941 $
Early U.S. French Catholic Church Records (Drouin) 1695-1954 $ 
New Brunswick Vital Records 
New Brunswick Delayed Births 1810-1906
New Brunswick Births 1801-1899
New Brunswick Marriages 1847-1958
New Brunswick Deaths 1920-1959 
Manitoba Vital Records
Nova Scotia Births 1864-1877 
Nova Scotia Marriages 1864-1930 
Nova Scotia Deaths 1864-1877, 1905-1955
British Columbia Birth Index: 1872 to 1899 $
British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979  $
British Columbia Marriage Index: 1872 to 1924 $
British Columbia Vitals BMD 1859-1987 X
Saskatchewan Births to 1905

Land Records
Lower Canada (Quebec) Land Petitions 1764-1841
Western Land Grants (1870-1930) 
(Canada) New Brunswick Land Grants 1765-1900 
(Canada) Saskatchewan Homestead Index 1872 to 1930

Tons o' Links Sites
Cyndi's List
About.com Genealogy Links
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox

 Search Engines
Genealogy Portal
Internet Family Finder
I Found It!
NedGen International
Geneanet

Definitions
Occupations, Old and New
Archaic Medical Terms
Wikipedia

 

CanadaGenWeb Sites
Acadian GenWeb, Alberta GenWeb, British Columbia GenWeb, Manitoba GenWeb, New Brunswick GenWeb, Newfoundland & Labrador GenWeb, Nova Scotia GenWeb, Northwest Territories & Nunavut GenWeb, Ontario GenWeb, Prince Edward Island GenWeb, Québec GenWeb, Saskatchewan GenWeb, Yukon GenWeb

 

Place Names & Maps
Canadian Gazetteer
Canadian Atlas
Canadian County Atlas Project
Expedia.com Maps
Global Gazetteer
MapQuest
Portals to the World Info
World Maps
World Place Names

 

Places in Canada
http://www.johncardinal.com/ca

 

Find Living People
Canada Phone Search
Canadian Phone and Address Directories, 1995-2002 $
Directory Assistance Plus
French White Pages
Infobel International
InfoSpace
Search Bug People Finder
Super Pages
Telephone Directories
Virtual Gumshoe
Zabasearch

 

Tools
Find Day of the Week
Find Living People Europe 
Genealogy Search Advice 
Relationship Chart
The Soundex Machine
This Day in History
Time Line Generator
What Type of e-File is it?

 

Dates and Currency
Calendar Conversions
Current Value of Old Money 
Inflation Calculator
The World Clock Time Zones

 

Directories and Member Lists
(Canada) Montreal City Directory 1842-1999
England Directories 1750-1919
Periodical Source Index (PERSI) $
Intl. Catholic Parish Directory
Canadian City and Area Directories, 1819-1899 $
Canadian Civil Servants Lists, 1872-1900$
Civil Service List of Canada: 1911 $
Retired Allowances in the Civil Service of Canada: 1883 $

 

Naturalization & Passenger Lists  
InGeneas Database
Upper Canada and Canada West Naturalization Records (1828-1850)
Passenger Lists, 1865-1922
Quebec City Passenger Lists Index 1865-1900
Canada Immigration 1801-1849
Canada Immigration 1748-1906 $
Canadian Immigration 
Canada Immigrants Grosse-Île 1832-1937
Canada New Brunswick 1816-1838
Canadian Naturalizations 1915-1932
(CAN) Quebec Passenger Lists 1908-1910 
(CAN) Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers Russian Consulate Collection

 

Genealogy Software
Ancestral Quest
Ancestry Family Tree - Free
Family Tree Maker
Legacy - Free Trial
The Master Genealogist

 

Jewish
Avotaynu
DoroTree (Jewish Specialty)
Istanbul (Turkey) Jewish
JewishGen
Jewish Links 

 

Free Forms
Free Family Charts (Standard)
Free Family Tree Chart (Decorative)

 

Cemetery and Wills Sites
Cemetery Interment Lists
Find A Grave
Tombstone Transcription Project 
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
 Canada British Columbia Cemetery Aid
Canada Montreal Catholic Cemetery
Canadian Headstone Photo Project 

 

Census Sites
The First Census of New France (Québec) - 1666
1841 Prince Edward Census X
Census of 1851
1851 Census of New Brunswick
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia $
1852 Census of the Province of Canada
1861 Census of Canada $
Federal Census of 1871 (Ontario Index)
1871 Census of Canada $
Census of Canada, 1881
1881 Canadian Census
1881 Prince Edward Census X
1881 Census of Canada $
Census of Canada, 1891
1891 Census of Canada $
1891 Alberta Census
1891 Prince Edward Census
Assiniboia, Lisgar District, Manitoba Census, 1891 $
Belcourt, Lisgar District, Manitoba Census, 1891 $
East Selkirk and Varennes, Lisgar District, Manitoba Census, 1891 $
Lisgar District, Manitoba 1891 Census: SD Woodlands & St Paul $
Lisgar District, Manitoba Census, 1891: Gimli, Kildonan, Macdonald, Plessis, Rockwood, Selkirk Town $
Marquette District, Manitoba Census, 1891$
Census of Canada, 1901
1901 Census of Canada
1901 Census of Canada $
1901 Canada Census Images
1901 Alberta Census X
1906 Census of the Northwest Provinces
Census of the Northwest Provinces, 1906
1906 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta $
Census of Canada, 1911
1911 Canada Census Images
1911 Census of Canada
1911 Census of Canada $
1916 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta $

 

Military
Canadian Expeditionary Force WWI
Soldiers in the Carignan-Salières Regiment who settled in Canada June-September 1665
Canadian Soldiers WWI 1914-1918 
Canadian WWII Armed Forces Dead
Loyalist Muster Rolls
Quebec Carignan-Salières Soldiers 1665

 

Newspapers, Obituaries &
Biographies

Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Ontario, Canada Obituaries, 1999-2001: Kitchener Record and Windsor Star $
Canada Obituary Collection $
Canadian Biographies
New Brunswick: Daniel F. Johnson's Newspaper Vital Statistics

Alberta Newspapers Collection

Toronto Star, 1894-2006 $

Toronto Star, 1985-Present

 

Surname Research
Surname Springboard
GenForum
Surname Helper
Surname Origins
FamilyChronicle Surname Origins
Genealogy's Most Wanted
GenConnect at RootsWeb
Surname Search
Surname Finder

 

Archives
 Library & Archives Canada

 

Library Catalogs
Canada Digital Library
Family History Library
Canada Digital Library
Librarians' Internet Index