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Crime and Punishment in Upper Canada: A Researcher's Guide

A book by Janice Nickerson describing the early criminal justice system in ontario and its records. Publisher: Ontario Genealogical Society and Dundurn Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1554887705.

FamilySearch Wiki - Ontario First Nations

Findmypast - Ontario, Canada- David Zeisberger and His Delaware Indians $

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Findmypast - Ontario, Canada- Pioneer Politicians, London $

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Findmypast - Ontario, Canada- The Canadian Biographical Dictionary, 1880. $

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Findmypast - Ontario, Canada- The Ethnographical Elements of Ontario $

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Findmypast - Ontario, Canada- The Pioneers of Old Ontario $

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Findmypast - Ontario, Canada- The White Chief of the Ottawa $

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Findmypast - Ontario, Canada- Tribal Divisions of the Indians of Ontario $

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Hoffman Photo Index

An index of old photographs mostly pre-1900 of identified people mostly Ontario. Linking portraits with interested researchers who would like the original or a copy.

Kevin LEE's Family Homepage

A Study of some Pioneer Families of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: LEE, ROLFE, CAMERON, FREEMAN, MISENER, LANG, LAING, BELLING, HOADLEY, HILS, MILLS, PEARSON, BERRY, LEFEVRE, LEFEVER, LEFEBURE, HUBARD, PETTITT, ROBILLARD, WILLIAMS, BRANTON, GOWER.

Library and Archives Canada - Home Children, 1869-1932

Between 1869 and 1932, over 100,000 children were sent from Britain to Canada through assisted juvenile emigration. These migrants are called “home children” because most went from an emigration agency's home for children in Britain to its Canadian receiving home. The children were placed with families in rural Canada.

Long Point Settlers

Dedicated to the history and genealogy of the early families in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada. R. Robert Mutrie, researcher, writer and historian has created this site to help family researchers in their quest for ancestral knowledge.

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.

Ontario Heritage Trust - Slavery to Freedom

During the 19th century, thousands of enslaved and many free African-Americans fled the United States and made their way to freedom in Canada. The province of Ontario was one of their primary destinations.

Ottawa Valley Irish

A family history weblog and genealogy database, focusing on Irish and French Canadian families in the Ottawa Valley area (Ontario and Qu

Researching Metis Ancestors in Ontario: Genealogy and the Law

St Joseph Island BISHOPs

History of John BISHOP and Barbara CALVIN, first BISHOPs on St. Joseph Island, Ontario, Canada.

The Metis Nation of Ontario