Ontario

Up-to-date copy of this post maintained at: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/ontario.html

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Archives of Ontario: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/
   Research Guides: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/guides/index.html

Ontario GenWeb: http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb/

Ontario Birth Registrations, 1869-1906: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/index.htm

Gateway to Ontario Cemeteries: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~silentguardians/

Ontario Obituaries: http://www.ontarioobits.com/

Field of Stones - Pictures of pioneer or abandoned cemeteries in Ontario: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~clifford/

Wellington County Directory and Gazetteer 1867, Ontario, Canada: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wjmartin/welling.htm

How to use the CLRI (Ontario Land Records Index): http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/land.shtml, http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/clri.shtml

Directory of all online Ontario Census records: http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/census.shtml

Ontario Genealogy Index (Olive Tree Genealogy): http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/index.shtml

The Evolution of Ontario's Borders, 1774-1912: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/maps/boundaries.htm

Marriages in Ontario, 1800-1924: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/ontmarr.htm

The Challenge of Locating Vital Records in Ontario/Upper Canada/Canada West -

Part 1: 1869-present: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29a.htm
Part 2: 1858-1869: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29b.htm
Part 3: pre-1858: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29c.htm
Part 4: more sources: http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/List001/list29d.htm
These articles were written in 1998 and some of the links may be very out of date. -Fawne Stratford-Devai

Book: Index of Passengers who emigrated to Canada between 1817 & 1849, compiled and edited by John A. Acton, pub: the Toronto Branch of OGS, 1999. Index of names, year, reference source (vol., page and NAC film no.). NAC microfilm can be ordered ILL to get the details.

Map of Southern Ontario, including counties and townships: http://www.100megsfree3.com/granny1/ontmap.html

Toronto Public Library - Early directories: http://digit.tpl.toronto.on.ca:8000/

Toronto Tax Assessment rolls (also 1901 Toronto Census): http://www.ontarioroots.com


I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - General Patton

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Scotland

Scottish Archive Network: http://www.scan.org.uk/

Scottish Wills & Testaments: http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp

The Scottish Universities - Their Libraries and Archives: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~jimjar/jimjargg.htm

Probate in Scotland, 1500 to 1901 explains how best to search and use the online index to Scottish Probate records, from the earliest surviving records to 1901 at ScottishDocuments.com: http://www.scottishdocuments.com

Clearances: http://home.clara.net/iainkerr/kerr/clearances.htm

Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre: http://www.scottishborders.gov.uk/libraries/

Borders Family History Society: http://www.bordersfhs.org.uk/

Old Scottish Borders Photo Archive: http://www.ettrickgraphics.co.uk/index1.htm

General Register Office (GRO - registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces, adoptions & census): http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/

ScotlandGenWeb: http://www.scotlandgenweb.org/

GenUKI Scotland: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/

Scottish Genealogy Society: http://www.scotsgenealogy.com/

The Scottish Association of Family History Societies: http://www.safhs.org.uk/

Scottish Words (glossary of archaic Scottish terms, modern Scottish words & phrases, terms used in law & property and possessions, such as wills and testaments): http://perso.wanadoo.fr/euroleader/wedderburn/glossary.htm

(The Scots Magazine) WIRDS - Extend Your Vocabulary with our Guide to the Scottish Language: http://www.scotsmagazine.com/words.asp

Scottish Borders Heritage: http://www.scottishbordersheritage.co.uk/

Scottish Borders Tourist Board: http://www.scot-borders.co.uk

Scottish Natural Heritage: http://www.snh.org.uk

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: http://www.rcahms.gov.uk

Historic Scotland: http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

See also Scottish Maps: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/01/scottish-maps.html

and Finding Scots: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/finding-scots.html

Gazetteer for Scotland: http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/gaztitle.html

Scottish Toolkit: http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic_cat.asp?ethnicity=Scottish

TalkingScot.com: http://www.talkingscot.com/
Meeting place for people with an interest in Scottish genealogy, history and culture


Free Charts and Forms (PDF): http://www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm
(Microsoft Word/ WordPerfect/ OpenOffice): http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/forms.htm


For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. - H. L. Mencken

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