Past Articles

Finding Your Irish Ancestors – 10 Places to Start Your Search

Author: Lesley Anderson There are more than 4.6 million people of Irish descent in Canada — over 15% of the nation’s population. With 146 million Irish family history records available online at Ancestry.ca, Canadians can discover more about their ancestors from the Emerald Isle to find out how they fit into their family tree. Irish Read More

Meet the AncestryⓇ Canada Family History Advisory Board

Canada has a thriving family history community, many of whom have made genealogy a life-long passion, or even a career. We’re lucky to count some of these experts as members of the ‘AncestryⓇ Canada Advisory Board’, a network of Canadian genealogists from British Columbia to Nova Scotia (and most provinces in between!) with expertise in Read More

Ancestry® Unveils Over 225 New Communities for Members Who Have Ties to France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand

At Ancestry®, we leverage the latest cutting-edge DNA science and technology to deliver detailed historical insights that empower you to uncover more about your family’s origins. Today, we released over 225 new AncestryDNA® communities to help our members who have ties to France, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, empowering them to unlock Read More

Researching your D-Day ancestors on Ancestry

The following post was written by Glenn Wright, a member of Ancestry Canada’s Advisory Board.   It is the most significant date in the history of the Second World War. On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, launching the  eventual liberation of France and all of Europe from Nazi oppression. Read More