Genealogy
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com offers access to several databases including The Ancestry
World Tree which is composed of pedigree files submitted by visitors to the
site. It is the largest collection
of its kind on the Internet.
ArchiviaNet
ArchiviaNet
is an automated research tool that allows you to access a vast amount of
information from various databases and automated systems created by the National
Archives of Canada. Several different databases make up ArchiviaNet including
“Files Created by Government Depts. and Agencies,” “Inventory of
Governmental Archive Groupings,” “Canadian Expeditionary Force (First World
War),” “Ontario 1871 Census Index,” “Post Offices,” “Dominion Land
Grants,” as well as links to films, videos, photographs, works of art, and
soundtracks of national importance.
Archives of Ontario
The Archives of Ontario is a government site outlining the resources and
services available at the archives. Click
the “Genealogical Research” link to get started.
Birth, Marriage and Death Records of Ontario
This site provides a helpful explanation of the Archives of Ontario Vital
Statistics index films. It also cross-references their numbers to the
corresponding LDS film numbers for Ontario Birth, Marriage and Death
Registrations.
Bob’s Your Uncle, Eh!
Developed by staff at the Metro Toronto Reference Library, this site is a
search engine that connects users to Canadian genealogical websites and other
websites of interest to Canadian genealogists.
Build your search by combining three options (topics, people and places),
and the search engine takes you to the relevant websites.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces
The Canadian Expeditionary Forces site lists 600,000 Canadians enlisted
in the CEF during the First World War.
Canadian Genealogy & History
This site offers a listing of genealogical and historical Web sites for
all of Canada. Over 1800 listings
are included and the site is searchable. The
listings are organized by province or territory.
Additional links to cemeteries, military, Loyalists, census, archives,
organizations and societies are also included.
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Cyndi’s list is a comprehensive site with over 61,850 links and more
than 120 categories including family Bibles, land records, deeds, homesteads,
and countries around the globe. To
help researchers find information more easily, the site is organized into
several categories, and it has a search engine to help zero in on specific
topics.
Everton’s Genealogical Helper
Everton’s is a commercial site, but a great deal of information at this
site is free. The “Resources for
Genealogical Research Outside of the United States” is very useful in pointing
out sites from Australia to Wales. To
find this page click on the “Genealogy Reference” link on the home page,
then find the column labeled “International,” and click the “Countries”
link.
Family Tree Maker
This site lets you check to see if there are already branches of your
family tree online. You can also
establish your own family tree on the site and share your family history with
others. If you decide to post
personal information, you are giving Family Tree the right to repackage and sell
the data.
Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario
This
database contains the names of the heads of households in the Province of
Ontario as they were recorded in April 1871 in the official enumeration of the
population of Canada.
GENUKI Home Page--UK & Ireland Genealogy
GENUKI
is a large index of genealogy resources that supplies links to genealogy
resources in the British Isles. Help
information for new genealogists is included on the site.
Kindred Konnections
Kindred Konnection is a family history research centre providing links to
helpful sites such as the U.S. Social Security Death Index, and the genealogy
Cornwall census. Moreover their
searchable database contains 43 million surnames.
Other fee-based services are available.
Lambton
County Branch (Ontario Genealogical Society)
The Lambton County Branch is an association of people who share an
interest in family history and genealogy.
Land
Records of Ontario
This site explains how land in Ontario was divided and how to determine
the lot and concession numbers of your ancestors. It further explains the types of land records
available—crown land grants, instruments, wills, township papers, heir and
devisee commissions records, assessment rolls, and how to find them. It also provides links to Ontario Land Registry Offices.
LDS Family History
Library
Sponsored
by the Church of Christ of Latter-Day Saints, The Family Search Internet
Genealogy Service allows users to search for ancestors.
Ancestor Search searches Ancestral File, International Genealogical
Index, Pedigree Resource File, and web sites (by last name only).
Links to key genealogical sites are included.
National
Archives of Canada
The
National Archives of Canada preserves Canada's archival heritage. Founded in
1872, the Archives' collections today include millions of records to assist the
genealogist, including texts, photographs, films, maps, videos, books,
paintings, prints and government files, that bring the past to life.
Ontario
Cemetery Finding Aid
The cemetery index is a searchable database of over 2 million interments
in Ontario.
Ontario
Genealogical Society, Lambton County Branch
Organized in 1984, the Lambton County Branch is a non-profit organization
of people sharing an interest in family history and genealogy.
Parent
Finders of Sarnia-Lambton
Parent Finders is an organization that helps reunite adoptees with their
birth families. The web page gives
tips on starting the search for your birth family.
RootsWeb.com Home Page
Claiming
to be the Internet’s oldest and largest free genealogy community, RootsWeb has
over twenty million individuals on file in RootsWeb's World Connect
Project. The site includes links to
other sites, information on how to get started with genealogical research, and
access to the RootsWeb Surname List containing over 806,000 surname entries.
Utah Genealogical
Association
The UGA provides genealogical information, sources, and education on
world-wide topics through personal instruction and publications.
The USGenWeb Project
It is the goal of The USGenWeb Project to provide Internet websites for genealogical
research in every county and every state of the United States. Organization is
by county and state, and this website provides you with links to all the state
websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties.
Vital Records
Information for the United States
This page contains information about where to obtain vital records (e.g.
birth, death, and marriage certificates, and divorce decrees) from every state,
territory, and county in the United States.
It also contains links to vital records web sites in countries besides
the U.S.
World
Biographical Index
In World Biographical Index the publisher, K.G. Saur, has provided free
access to more than two million brief biographical entries for “eminent
individuals” of the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania.
Entries give birth and death dates, occupation, and titles of sources
with additional biographical information. Sources
date from 1601 and stop at mid-twentieth century.