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
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
Free Access Terms and Conditions Access to all records included in the ‘free access’ (see below) will be free to access from 12pm ET on Thursday 30th April until 12pm ET on Friday 1st May. To view these records you will need to register for free with Ancestry.ca with your name and email address. We Read More
Free Access Details Access to Newspapers.com will be free from 28 April at 2am EDT until 30 April 2020 at 01:59am EDT. Free Access available via this link only: http://nwspprs.com/canada. After the free access period ends, you will only be able to view papers using a Newspapers.com paid subscription. Five Top Tips on using Newspapers.com Read More
This is a guest blog post by Linda Yip, member of the Ancestry Canada Advisory Board. I am fascinated by the lives of my ancestors. To me, genealogy only begins with the documents – those birth, marriage, and death records – because what I want most to know is the story. Who were they, Read More