Until November 1st,
Ancestry.ca is
offering FREE access to French records in celebration of All Saints Day. Included are Quebec Land Grants, the Drouin Collection and immigration records.
New Online Resources
At
Library & Archives Canada:
Upper Canada Land Petitions 1763-1865
New version of the Canadian Naturalization database
At FamilySearch:
New Brunswick Births & Late Registrations 1810-1906
New Brunswick Death Certificates 1920-1934
New Brunswick Death Certificates 1935-1938
New Brunswick Provincial Return of Deaths 1815-1919
Newfoundland Vital Statistics 1753-1893
Prince Edward Island Baptismal Card Index 1721-1885
Prince Edward Island Death Card Index 1721-1905
Prince Edward Island Marriage Registers 1832-1888
Source: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
At Manitoba Archives:
Biographical sheets of Hudson Bay Company & North West Company employees
Source: Anglo-Celtic Connections
At Olive Tree Genealogy:
Surgeon's Journal for Ship Elizabeth Ireland to Quebec 1825
Extracts of Names from Surgeons' Journals of 8 ships from Ireland to Upper Canada 1825
At BC Archives:
The Amazing Time Machine now includes the history of ghost town Ocean Falls
Source: Times Colonist
Nova Scotia Archives has debuted a YouTube channel featuring historic films
At Ancestry.ca:
FREE access to 200 selected service records of those who served in the two world wars
Quebec, Land Grants, 1763-1890 free access until November 1st, then part of an Ancestry.ca subscription.
Contests
NovaScotia.com is offering the 'Discover Your Nova Scotia Roots Contest'. Winners will receive a trip to Nova Scotia and a private session with a local genealogists. Contest closes November 30th.
CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt' is seeking webpages, blog posts, etc. commemorating British Columbian veterans. Those who wish to participate have until November 11th.
Volunteer Opportunities
CanadaGenWeb's Cemetery Project
Live near a Canadian cemetery? Our cemetery project's main focus is creating a directory of Canadian cemeteries but we also accept & post photographs of Canadian cemeteries. Help is needed to photograph older cemeteries before their inscriptions disappear forever.
FamilySearch Indexing
Canada - 1871 Mortality Census
Canada - Passenger Lists 1881-1922
Canada, New Brunswick - Deaths 1815-1938 [Part A]
Canada, Ontario - Deaths 1933-1937
Canada, Ontario - Marriages, 1869-1927 [Part A]
Canadian 1861 Census
Toronto OGS, in collaboration with FamilySearch Indexing, are indexing the burial registers of the "Toronto Trust Cemeteries". The project will involve four Toronto cemeteries with burials ranging from 1826-1935.
Job Offerings
Toronto's Columbus Centre is seeking a Research Assistant
Association of Professional Genealogists need a Webmaster/Listmaster
Ontario Archives (Toronto) seeks a Senior Archivist
Source: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
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