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CANADA
    
Resources,  Researchers   &  Links      


NATIONAL:

CWGC  Commonwealth War Graves Commission  Amazing site that contains database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations world-wide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War. Sample information contains Name; Initials; Nationality;  Rank;  Regiment;  Unit;  Age;  Date of Death;  Service No.;  and sometimes the parents names.

Census, Canadian Federal 1871, 1881, 1891 - on-line database
    http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/census/index-e.html

Census, Canadian Federal 1852, 1901 & 1911on-line - searchable at AutomatedGenealogy.com
    http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html

Canadian Genealogical & History Listings/Links:
    http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2012/canadian-history-immersion/

         Canada Gen-Web:
              http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/

         Canadian Historical Association:
              http://www.cha-shc.ca/english/welcome.html       

         National Archives of Canada:
              http://www.archives.ca/08/08_e.html

         Canada Research - Links:
              http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~somers/research.htm

          Looking for Links & Chat; Covers numerous countries with loads of Links
              http://www.looking4kin.com/  


ONTARIO

      Ontario Birth Registrations       
           
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~births/index.htm

        Ontario Marriage Registrations
             http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~maryc/thisisit.htm

        Census, Ontario 1871 - Government -
           
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02010803_e.html

        Census, Ontario 1871 Queen's University - searchable database
          http://db.library.queensu.ca/census/      

        Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid:
         http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/

       Ontario Listings and Links:
         http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/ontario.html

       Ontario Gen-Web:
          http://www.rootsweb.com/~canon/

       Ontario Digital Atlas:  You have to check this out Maps - People
          http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/

       Ontario, Archives of:
         http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/index.html

        BRANTFORD       

          Brantford Public Library  BMD 1852 to 2003  -  Unbelievable site and amount of work put into this!!!

        OSHAWA   

          Robert McLaughlin Gallery:
            http://www.rmg.on.ca/

        TORONTO

          Toronto Public and Reference Library:
            http://www.tpl.toronto.on.ca/index.jsp


BRITISH COLUMBIA

    British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid: 
       http://www.islandnet.com/bccfa/