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Summary Birth, Marriage, and Death records form the foundation of family history research, marking key milestones in the lives of our ancestors. But how do we fill in the blanks between these dates to discover more about the lives lived between the dashes? From tracing travel patterns through border crossing records to finding love birds Read More
Par : Dwayne Meisner, Mon épouse est née en Ontario, mais les membres de sa famille maternelle sont nés au Québec et plus tard, certains ont déménagé à Cornwall, en Ontario. Ancestry a déjà numérisé et indexé les Naissances, mariages et décès pour l’Ontario , et les a mis en ligne pour que nous puissions Read More
By: Dwayne Meisner, My wife was born in Ontario, but her maternal family members were born in Quebec and later, some moved to Cornwall, Ontario. Ancestry has already digitized and indexed the Births, Marriages and Deaths for Ontario, and placed them online for us to search. Quebec records, on the other hand, are to be Read More
Les archives notariales du Québec sont précieuses pour les chercheurs en histoire familiale, en raison de la multiude de détails et de leur richesse sur les données personnelles qu’elles contiennent. Vous consultez ces archives et vous n’êtes peut-être pas certain de quelque chose ? De nombreuses archives notariales sont numérisées dans la collection d’Ancestry, Québec, Read More
Guest blogger: Sharon Callaghan Quebec notary records are valuable to family history researchers, because of the wealth and rich details of personal data found in them. Are you looking through these records and perhaps unsure of some things you’re seeing? Many notary records are digitized in Ancestry’s collection, Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1626-1935. This online Read More
Résumé Luc Lépine propose une introduction à la généalogie à travers les documents et les outils de recherches disponibles sur Ancestry.ca. Vous découvrirez vos origines canadiennes-françaises jusqu’à l’arrivée de votre ancêtre en Nouvelle-France. Vous n’avez pas besoin de vous inscrire, il suffit de se rendre sur la page Facebook d’AncestryCA à 10 h 00 HNE Read More
Summary From the Scottish Highlands to the cliffs of Dover, many Canadians can trace their roots back to the United Kingdom. To celebrate Victoria Day, we’re hosting a very special webinar at 10 AM EDT on MONDAY, May 18th with Ancestry ProGenealogists Celia Heritage. Follow along with us as Celia shares her tips and tricks for uncovering Read More
Summary Finding your immigrant ancestors can be tricky. Cara MacDonald, Manager of Reference Services at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, shares her research process and tips for locating those hard-to-find immigration records. From the “why” behind being unable to locate difficult records to effective wildcard searching and gathering information from non-immigration sources, Read More
Free Access Terms and Conditions To support the ‘Researching British Home Children’ video tutorial (hosted the Ancestry Canada Facebook page), we will be providing free access to the following collections from Tuesday 12th May at 10am EDT – Wednesday 13th May 10am EDT. To access these collections please click on the links below. Free Access Read More
Free Access Terms and Conditions To commemorate VE Day, we will be providing free access to the following collections from Monday 4th May – Friday 8th May. To access these collections please click on the links below. Note – you can only access the free access to Newspapers and Fold3 by clicking on these links. Read More