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First Peoples of Canada

French Canadian Ancestors

English website dedicated to help and provide databases to find French-Canadian roots for descendants living in New England and throughout Canada.

Geographical Index to the Tribes of the United States and Canada

Henry Hudson - The life and times of Henry Hudson, explorer and adventurer

heroines.ca - A Guide to Women in Canadian History

An educational site about women in Canadian history, including biographies, historical images, news, This Month in Herstory, info about historical sites and statues, etc. The site was developed by Canadian historian Merna Forster.

Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920

Japanese Canadian History

Historical information about the Japanese Canadian experience.

Library and Archives Canada - First Nations genealogy

Library and Archives Canada - Home Children

Between 1869 and the late 1930s, over 100,000 juvenile migrants were sent to Canada from the British Isles during the child emigration movement.

Library and Archives Canada - Ukrainian Immigrants, 1891-1930

Access to 14,793 references to names of Ukrainians who arrived in Canada between 1891 and 1930.

Métis National Council Historical Database

The Database allows users to access Métis related archival information, previously only available at Library and Archives Canada (Ottawa) or on microfilm. It is intended for genealogists and Métis to construct Métis family trees using the documents in the database. Providing Métis users with access to their ancestors’ documents facilitates the process of cultural re-connection, identity reclamation, and nation building.

National Archives of Canada - Aboriginal Peoples

Native Land

A map of land and locations for native peoples throughout the world. Once you click, a number of links will appear with different nation names. By clicking on those links, you will be taken to a page specifically about that nation, language, or treaty, where you can view some sources, give feedback, and learn a little more.

NunatuKavut | Our Ancient Land

NunatuKavut is the territory of Inuit who reside primarily in south and central Labrador.

Origins Canada: Natural Mother, Natural Father, and Adoptee Support

Origins Canada is a support and advocacy group for for people separated from family members by adoption, including natural mothers (first mothers, exiled mothers) and fathers, natural relatives, and adopted persons.

Past Presence - A site for genealogists and family historians

My speciality is the history of the Chinese in Canada. An unintended but incredible benefit is being able to connect many of the historic families in Canada with my private tree (1700+ people), document archive (7400+), and image archive (38K+). My geographic focus is Western Canada: from BC to Manitoba. Finally, I am as passionate about organizing as I am about family history, and have given multiple talks on using Evernote for genealogy.

Prussian Mennonite Genealogical Resources

SEDAI: The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project

Site contains many oral histories, photographs, archival material related to the Japanese Canadian experience.

The Canadian Jewish Heritage Network

This site brings together the databases and digitized archival material of the Canadian Jewish Congress Charities Committee National Archives (CJCCCNA), the Jewish Public Library Archives of Montreal (JPL-A), the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre (MHMC), the Saint John Jewish Historical Museum (SJJHM), the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives and The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Archives.

The Knowles Collection

The Knowles Collection is group of records on the FamilySearch Community Trees Website. This database originally contained the records of a small section of the Jewish people of the British Isles. That set included less than 10,000 people. What was once a single database, has now grown to be six individual databases that now contain the genealogical records of almost 1.2 million Jewish people: The Jews of the British Isles; The Jews of North America; The Jews of Europe; The Jews of South America and the Caribbean; The Jews of Africa, The Orient and the Middle East; The Jews of the South Pacific. Read more about the collection here: FamilySearch Blog - Popular Online Jewish Genealogy Collection Surpasses One Million Entries