Name | Notes |
The Ancestor Hunt |
Helpful resource guides.
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Ancestry Library |
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The Canadian County Atlas Project (McGill University) |
- 1880 Ontario County maps available with land and lot owner information. Searchable and exportable database by name, county, township, town, on the map.
- Walkers and Miles Atlases
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Canadiana |
Early Canadiana Online (ECO) collection – full-text historical content including books, magazines and government documents
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Cyndi's List |
- List of online genealogical sites and resources.
- Updated almost daily; categorized and cross-referenced
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David Rumsey's Map Collection |
- Contains more than 150,000 maps from rare 16th century maps to 21st century maps (global content, North American content)
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DNA Painter |
- Tool that helps genealogists make sense of DNA testing
- Includes shared CMV4 tool to help interpret centimorgan results (DNA/Ancestral linkage)
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Family Search |
- Free Membership
- Research Wikis especially helpful.
- Use catalogue function – i.e Vernon’s Directories
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrow able Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine |
- Non-profit library
- Digital copies of books and publications including ”Beers Book”, directories, newspapers, yearbooks, audiovisual, and more.
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Last Post Database
(Legion Magazine)
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Service Files for WWII War Dead |
Library and Archives Canada
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Of special note: access to online directories in PDF; census records 1666 - 1926; military service files |
ONLAND
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- Ontario Land Property Records Portal
- Digital access to historical books
- Searchable by lot/concession/plan, which can be obtained via address, pin or by using map.
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Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
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Searchable database for Ontario graves.
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Ontario Heritage Property Index
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- Searchable database and map for heritage properties in Ontario.
- Pre-Confederation Maps and Ancestors Database
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Ontario Historical County Maps Project (University of Toronto) |
- Map application – geospatial database of land occupancy, cultural information and environmental change
- Historical maps are overlaid to help navigate with present-day configurations.
- Searchable with location query or by name.
- Currently no maps of Lambton.
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Our Roots |
- Formerly hosted by University of Calgary & University Laval – content is being moved to new digital platform (not currently online)
- Formerly a free digital library of local histories.
- Transitioning to new host site.
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ProQuest |
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TONI - The Ontario Name Index |
- OGS site
- Searchable name index
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