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=== How Each Column Helps You With Your Research === | === How Each Column Helps You With Your Research === | ||
1. '''POPULATED PLACE '''column: | 1. '''POPULATED PLACE '''column: names the "populated place" or "location" of interest. | ||
2. '''FORMER | 2. '''FORMER NAME, if applicable''' column: if the location was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known). | ||
3. | 3. '''TYPE''' column: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - the size definition varies per province. | ||
4. '''FHL CATALOG '''column: | 4. '''FHL CATALOG '''column: links the "catagories of sources" available in the FamilySearch Library for this populated place or location. | ||
5. | 5. '''WIKIPEDIA''' column: links to background information regarding this location or its county if Wikipedia does not have an article for that specific place. | ||
=== Useful Websites === | === Useful Websites === | ||
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*[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/name.php Canadian Geographical Names Data Base] (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.<br> | *[http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/name.php Canadian Geographical Names Data Base] (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.<br> | ||
*[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ontario/@49.7817852,-90.4623723,5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cce05b25f5113af:0x70f8425629621e09 Google Maps] - | *[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ontario/@49.7817852,-90.4623723,5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cce05b25f5113af:0x70f8425629621e09 Google Maps] - shows the whereabouts of places on a map. <br> | ||
*[http://www.google.com/imghp Google Images] - | *[http://www.google.com/imghp Google Images] - shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of a place. <br> | ||
*[https://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] - | *[https://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] - shows sources (books, maps, etc.) at various libraries/repositories, etc. for a place. | ||
=== Notes === | === Notes === | ||
*Listed below are the Populated Places in this district, according to the ''Gazetteer of Canada: | *Listed below are the Populated Places in this district, according to the ''Gazetteer of Canada: Ontario'' of 1962.<ref>''Gazetteer of Canada. Ontario'', (Ottawa, Ontario: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962). {{FSC|294181|item|disp=FS Library book 971.3 E5c}}</ref> This gazetteer is used for the sources of locations or Populated Places in the FamilySearch Library Catalog for the Province of Ontario. <br> | ||
*If you wish the <u>current</u> division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base listed above. | *If you wish the <u>current</u> division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base listed above. | ||
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'''POPULATED | '''POPULATED PLACE''' | ||
| bgcolor="#99ff00" | '''FORMER NAME, if applicable''' | | bgcolor="#99ff00" | '''FORMER NAME, if applicable''' | ||
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| | | Dryden | ||
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| | | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Dryden|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryden,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Ear Falls | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Township | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Township | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Ear Falls Township|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_Falls,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| | | Fort Hope | ||
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| | | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Fort Hope|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hope,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Ignace | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Fort Hope|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| | | Keewatin | ||
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| | | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Keewatin|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keewatin,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Kenora | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Kenora |place|disp=Link}} | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenora,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| | | Red Lake | ||
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| | | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Red Lake|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Lake,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | Wabigoon | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Wabigoon|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabigoon,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| | | Wainwright | ||
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| Township | | Township | ||
| | | {{FSC|Canada, Ontario, Kenora District, Wainwright Township|place|disp=Link}} | ||
| | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Oxdrift,_Ontario Link] | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | '''ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FS Library CATALOG???''' | ||
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| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | ||
| bgcolor="#ffffcc" | | | bgcolor="#ffffcc" | {{FSC|172981|item|disp=Link}} | ||
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Canada Ontario
Kenora District
How Each Column Helps You With Your Research[edit | edit source]
1. POPULATED PLACE column: names the "populated place" or "location" of interest.
2. FORMER NAME, if applicable column: if the location was known by another name, it is listed here (a year of name change is given, if known).
3. TYPE column: gives type of location (i.e. village, town, city, etc.) - the size definition varies per province.
4. FHL CATALOG column: links the "catagories of sources" available in the FamilySearch Library for this populated place or location.
5. WIKIPEDIA column: links to background information regarding this location or its county if Wikipedia does not have an article for that specific place.
Useful Websites[edit | edit source]
- Canadian Geographical Names Data Base (CGNDB) - gives brief information about a place, including historic names/places. For historic information, scroll to #3, and click Formerly Official, also try with All.
- Google Maps - shows the whereabouts of places on a map.
- Google Images - shows pictures/photos/old maps (sometimes) of a place.
- WorldCat - shows sources (books, maps, etc.) at various libraries/repositories, etc. for a place.
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Listed below are the Populated Places in this district, according to the Gazetteer of Canada: Ontario of 1962.[1] This gazetteer is used for the sources of locations or Populated Places in the FamilySearch Library Catalog for the Province of Ontario.
- If you wish the current division, where your Populated Place now exists, check the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base listed above.
Populated Places Table[edit | edit source]
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
POPULATED PLACE |
FORMER NAME, if applicable | TYPE |
FHL CATALOG |
WIKIPEDIA |
Dryden | Link | Link | ||
Ear Falls | Township | Link | Link | |
Fort Hope | Link | Link | ||
Ignace | Link | Link | ||
Keewatin | Link | Link | ||
Kenora | Link | Link | ||
Red Lake | Link | Link | ||
Wabigoon | Link | Link | ||
Wainwright | Township | Link | Link | |
ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FS Library CATALOG??? | Link |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gazetteer of Canada. Ontario, (Ottawa, Ontario: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1962). FS Library book 971.3 E5c
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