The Family Attic

Genealogy Links for Atlantic Canada

Last Updated: September 20, 2008



ABCgenealogy: Regional/Canada/Maps: Canadian Maps from various years.

Association of Gravestone Studies: The Association for Gravestone Studies (AGS) was founded in 1977 for the purpose of furthering the study and preservation of gravestones. AGS is an international organization with an interest in gravemarkers of all periods and styles. Through its publications, conferences, workshops and exhibits, AGS promotes the study of gravestones from historical and artistic perspectives, expands public awareness of the significance of historic gravemarkers, and encourages individuals and groups to record and preserve gravestones. At every opportunity, AGS cooperates with groups that have similar interests.

Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives:  Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives is designed to make some of Atlantic Canada's rich archival sources available on the Internet. Letters and diaries of two families - the Loyalist Winslows and the Pictou County McQueens - are now accessible both in image and text.

Canada Death Penalty Index: The aim of this site is to list all persons executed in Canada. Names of most persons executed under Canadian jurisdiction between 1867 and 1962 plus many others before Confederation have been found. We are in the process of entering the names from our database onto the site. To date 836 names are entered.

Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants: The CSMD is an active society interested in hearing from those of you who are Mayflower descendants. Membership is open to any person over the age of eighteen who can document their blood line descent back to a passenger aboard the ship Mayflower which arrived in New England in 1620.

Down to the Sea in Ships: A wonderful website dedicated to the man men who were lost at sea, most of them fisherman from all along the Eastern Sea Board of the United States and Canada. This is part of the large, "Out of Gloucester: website: http://www.downtosea.com/index.htm


Free BMD: FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. It is a part of the FreeUKGEN family, which also includes FreeCEN (Census data) and FreeREG (Parish Registers).

Friends of the Loyalist Collection at Brock University:  Contains data for Loyalist research.

Gen UKI: The  United Kingdom and Ireland Gen Web pages.

Gordon Watts Reports: Read the latest issue of the Gordon Watts Reports, an on-line genealogy newsletter.

History of Print: The history of printed newspapers in Canada.

Home Page of Stephen P. Morse: Morse of San Francisco, USA, has created dozens of links to databases, including the 1901 Canadian Census, 1841-1901 British Census and the 1901 British Census. The entire website is searchable.

Immigrant Servants Database: A searchable database to help locate immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1607-1820 as indentured servants. It is estimated 75% of immigrants arrived in this manner. About 16,051 names are included in the database that continues to grow.

Information Wanted: A Database of Advertisements for Irish Immigrants Published in the Boston Pilot: From October 1831 through October 1921, the Boston Pilot newspaper printed a “Missing Friends” column with advertisements from people looking for “lost” friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States. This extraordinary collection of 31,711 records is available here as a searchable online database, which contains a text record for each ad that appeared in the Pilot.

Library and Archives of Canada: Provides information on the archive's holding and has many on-line databases.

On-Line Institute for Advanced Loyalist Studies: Within you will find a combination of information believed to be unique among sites dealing with the Loyalists of the American Revolution. The website’s goal is to provide reliable, high quality material on the Loyalists in the fields of:  Military Research, Genealogy and Living History. While the material contained herein is for use by anyone interested in this aspect of the American Revolution, it is primarily intended for those with a working background in Loyalist studies.

Our Roots, Canada’s Local Histories: Contains digitized Canadian history and genealogy books.

Passengers List 1865 to 1922: Passenger lists (RG 76) were the official immigration documents from 1865 to 1935. The lists contain information such as the name, age, country of origin, occupation and destination of each passenger. The lists are organized by port and date of arrival. This database provides access to passenger lists for the ports of Québec (1865-1921), Halifax (1881-1912, to 1922 shortly), to Saint John (1900-1912), North Sydney (1906-1908), Vancouver (1905-1912) and Victoria (1905 to 1912), shortly.

Perpetual Calendar: Enter the month and year and see the calendar.

Scottish Names Research: Information on the Scottish that settled Canada, United States and Australia.

Uniforms of the American Revolution: Excellent examples of what was worn in words and wonderful photographs.

Welcome to Tweetybird's Genealogy Tree: Contains Tweetybird’s genealogy, but more specifically, it contains passenger lists and information for British Home Children.



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