CANADA Canada is an Indian word meaning “Big Village”
Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.
Abbreviations – common place abbreviations
U.C., U, Canada Upper Canada (now Ontario)
L.C., L. Canada Lower Canada (now Quebec)
C.W., Canada W. Canada West (now Ontario)
C.E., Canada E. Canada East (now Quebec)
Canada Eng English Canada (Ontario)
Canada Fr. French Canada (Quebec)
B.C. British Columbia
N.W. or NWT Northwest Territories
N.B. New Brunswick
N.S. Nova Scotia
P.E.I. Prince Edward Island
B.W.I. British West Indies
Abbreviations – common religious denominations
B.C. Bible Christian Church
C.E. Church of England
C.P. Canada Presbyterian
C.S. Church of Scotland
E.M. Episcopal Methodist
F.C. Free Church of Scotland
N.C. New Connexion Methodist
R.C. Roman Catholic
U.B. United Brethren
W.M. Wesleyan Methodist
BLOGS – Best Canadian Genealogy Blogs – Janice Nickerson looks at some of the top blogs and
newsletters for Canadian researchers.
“Internet Genealogy,” Vol. 4, No. 6, Feb/Mar 2010, pp 26-27
Book Reviews - Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register: Out of Ontario 1826-1909. A Transcription. 104 pages, Index. Spiralbound, CAN$18. (The book as the title suggests covers all entries outside of Ontario.)
Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register Master Index. Over 1750 pages, 26 Microfiche. CAN$40. Transcribed by Ontario Genealogical Society, Published by the Ontario Genealogical Society, 40 Orchard View Boulevard, Suite 102, Toronto, Ontario M4R 1B9, Canada. 2004 (the Index is important as many of these events occur before civil registration begins.)
Book Review - The Atlantic Canadians, 1600-1900 : an alphabetized directory of the people, places and vital dates / edited by Noel Montgomery Elliot.
Book is part of the Pomona City Library genealogical collection
R 929.3715 ATL Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3
Book – In Search of Your Canadian Roots – Tracing Your Family Tree in Canada, by Angus
Baxter R929.107271 BAX 1994
Book is part of the Pomona City Library genealogical collecti
Books Online—over 250,000 books have been digitized—U of Toronto library
http://www.archive.org/details/university_of_toronto
Canadian Genealogy Centre - http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html
The combined Ancestors Search covers naturalizations, immigration records, vital records, censuses
including the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces are part of the Canadian research from Library and
Archives Canada.
Canadiana-- www.canadiana.ca Home to the Early Canadiana Online and Canadiana Discovery Portal,
this site taps more than 60 million pages from libraries, museums, universities and
government agencies.
Canadians in the US - A research guide to finding Canadians in the US by Elizabeth LaPointe
“Everton’s Genealogical Helper,” Vol. 61, No. 6, Nov/Dec 2007, pp 26-29
CanGenealogy - A Research Guide to Finding Canadians in Canada by Elizabeth LaPointe
Everton’s Genealogical Helper, Vol. 61, No. II, March/April 2007, pp 84-88
CanGenealogy - Dave Obee has revived the site as
www.cangenealogy.com/armstrong/index.htm
Censuses – Canadian census for 1851 – 1871 – 1891
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start
Censuses—Census Savvy: Canadian Databases online—According to Janice Nickerson, one just
isn’t enough!
“Internet Genealogy,” vol. 5, no. 3, August/September 2010, pp46-47
Census Records – www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/census/index-e.html
Census Records – Understanding Canadian Census Records – Janice Nickerson looks at one of
Genealogy’s most vital resources for researching your Canuck ancestors!
“Discovering Family History,” Vol. 2, No. 4, Nov/Dec 2009, pp 13-15
Chinese-Canadian – Uncovering Chinese-Canadian Resources! – Elizabeth LaPointe shows you
how to trace your Chinese-Canadian Ancestors
“Internet Genealogy,” Vol. 3, No. 5, January 2009, pp 20-25
-- Chinese-Canadian Genealogy
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