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Research Strategies

Canada Research Strategies

• Guided Research
• Getting Started
• Finding Town of Origin
• Online Videos
• Record Finder
• Canada Previous Research
• How to Locate Your Ancestor in Canada
• How to Recognize your Canadian Ancestor
• Canada Online Genealogy Records
• British Columbia Archives Research Guide to Genealogy
• BYU Canada Research Outline largely duplicates these Wiki pages. Includes some bibliographic lists from BYU Library, 2001.
• Tracing Family History: Canada Immigration and Citizenship - Genealogy Guide
• The Canadian Genealogical Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Your Ancestors in Canada. by Eric Jonasson. Winnipeg: Wheatfield Press, 1978.

Canada Research Tips

• Name Variations in Canadian Indexes and Records
• Canadian Geographical Names Database - (CGNDB) helps to find the location of a place in Canada