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Canadian Headstone Photo Project

This volunteer staffed non-profit corporation is capturing both digital images and transcriptions of headstones in Canada. It is presented and managed by the Ontario Genealogical Society. You can name search over 1,986,722 gravestone photo records by province or all of…

China Families 1850s-1940s

This site by the Bristol University offers searches of 60,000+ names of the men and women of many different nationalities, professions and ages, who lived and worked in China from the 1850s and 1940s. These records include government department lists,…

Arolsen Archives – Germany

The Arolsen Archives International Center on Nazi Persecution, formerly the International Tracing Service, holds the world’s most comprehensive archive on the victims and survivors of National Socialism. The collection has information on 17.5 million people and belongs to UNESCO’s Memory…

British Home Children Registry, Canada

From 1869 through to 1939 (1948 to British Columbia) it has been estimated over 100,000 children were emigrated from the United Kingdom to Canada to be used as indentured farm workers and domestic servants. Believed by Canadians to be orphans,…

uboat.net – German U-boats of both World Wars

This site lists all the German U-boats of both World Wars, their commanding officers and operations including all Allied ships attacked, technological information and much more. You can also browse our large photo gallery and thousands of U-boat books and…

Canadiana Online

This site is a merger between Canadiana.org and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. It offers access to 60+ million pages of Canadian heritage with no charge to users. It includes Canadian monographs, periodicals, government publications, newspapers and annuals. It is…

Library and Archives Canada – Photos on Flickr

Library and Archives Canada collects and preserves Canada’s documentary heritage. There are 7,514+ images on FlickrTIP: This photostream can be searched using the magnifying glass icon located under the menu bar on the right side.New

Czech Genealogy for Beginners

A blog for those who are interested in Czech genealogy, who have ancestors in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia. There is an excellent how to begin guide plus a vast array of information and help.

Old Newspaper pages from US & Canada

This site by Tom Tryniski offers free access to, and searches of, 50,000,000+ scanned newspaper pages from United States and Canada. Coverage includes New York State, Minnesota, Kentucky, Washington and Pennsylvania plus others. You can browse the pages that are…

Library and Archives Canada – Voilà

Voilà, the National Union Catalogue, is a single point of access to the collections of libraries across Canada. Included are books, magazines, maps, music, and more, including works in special format (e.g., braille, large print, talking books, captioned videos, etc.),…