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Each province has one or more genealogical societies. There is, however, no nationwide genealogical society for Canada. | Each province has one or more genealogical societies. There is, however, no nationwide genealogical society for Canada. | ||
The Canadian Genealogical Centre at Library and Archives Canada has a partial [http://www. | The Canadian Genealogical Centre at Library and Archives Canada has a partial [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/Pages/links-related-research.aspx#a list of Canadian genealogical societies] with website links. These are the main ones; there may be smaller, local societies as well. | ||
A guide to genealogical societies in Canada is: | A guide to genealogical societies in Canada is: | ||
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Some publications produce their own indexes. These can take the form of every-name listings (the best possibility), very sketchy indexes or sometimes contents only. Even the last can be useful, because they allow the researcher to skim through the list to see if any article looks good. | Some publications produce their own indexes. These can take the form of every-name listings (the best possibility), very sketchy indexes or sometimes contents only. Even the last can be useful, because they allow the researcher to skim through the list to see if any article looks good. | ||
These indexes may be annual or regular in some other time period, or may be retrospective, covering many years. One way of finding the latter is similar to finding a newspaper index: look in a large catalogue or database, doing a subject search using the name of the periodical. Be sure to use the correct formal name.<ref name="de">de Groot, Susanna, "Canada Genealogical and Historical Societies' Publications (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Canada_Genealogical_and_Historical_Societies%27_Publications_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | These indexes may be annual or regular in some other time period, or may be retrospective, covering many years. One way of finding the latter is similar to finding a newspaper index: look in a large catalogue or database, doing a subject search using the name of the periodical. Be sure to use the correct formal name.<ref name="de">de Groot, Susanna, "Canada Genealogical and Historical Societies' Publications (National Institute)," ''The National Institute for Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Canada_Genealogical_and_Historical_Societies%27_Publications_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
== Historical Societies == | == Historical Societies == | ||