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A guide to genealogical societies in Canada is: | A guide to genealogical societies in Canada is: | ||
*Meyer, Mary K. ''Directory of Genealogical Societies in the USA and Canada''. 11th ed. Mt. Airy, Md.: M. K. Meyer, 1996. (Family History Library Ref book {{FHL| | *Meyer, Mary K. ''Directory of Genealogical Societies in the USA and Canada''. 11th ed. Mt. Airy, Md.: M. K. Meyer, 1996. (Family History Library Ref book {{FHL|106426|title-id|disp=970 C44m}}.) A separate section for Canada lists names and addresses of more than 100 genealogy and family history societies and branches. The list is organized by province. | ||
===Genealogical Society Websites=== | ===Genealogical Society Websites=== | ||
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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 == | ||