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=== Next Steps === | === Next Steps === | ||
Once you have determined the area and time period, you can then direct your search towards the source that will be of most value to you. | Once you have determined the area and time period, you can then direct your search towards the source that will be of most value to you. | ||
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A historical map and directory of the area will help you locate the closest church. One online source for this is the “In Search of your Canadian Past: [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/default.htm The Canadian County Atlas Project]” website which shows maps as of 1880 and can be searched by county, township, town or people’s names. Churches of the time are located on the maps. People often attend the most convenient church. Traveling was not easy and often churches were few and far between in the early years. As mentioned before, the Methodist preacher in particular would travel from place to place, holding his meetings wherever his congregation could gather. | A historical map and directory of the area will help you locate the closest church. One online source for this is the “In Search of your Canadian Past: [http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/default.htm The Canadian County Atlas Project]” website which shows maps as of 1880 and can be searched by county, township, town or people’s names. Churches of the time are located on the maps. People often attend the most convenient church. Traveling was not easy and often churches were few and far between in the early years. As mentioned before, the Methodist preacher in particular would travel from place to place, holding his meetings wherever his congregation could gather. | ||
=== Finding Records === | === Finding Records === | ||
Now that you have established where the family was and what their religion was, the next step is to find out what records were created during this time period and where they are today. In order to ascertain this, you will need to do some research. | Now that you have established where the family was and what their religion was, the next step is to find out what records were created during this time period and where they are today. In order to ascertain this, you will need to do some research. | ||
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