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Canadian Research - Internet Resources - Part 3
· Pre-requisite: Completion of Part 1 & Part 2

Teacher: Pat Ryan

After the census, the next most important series of records are more specific. Specific types, and ethnicities of persons and the records created about them. And, of course, immigration - which includes passenger lists - and Government records (which are simply amazing!). Here you may make some of your most surprising discoveries. Armed with the knowledge gained from Parts 1 & 2, you will be guided through the 'drill down' process of website layering. Again, we will concentrate on online resources from trusted sources. .

Bio: (for full biography click here )

Patricia M. Ryan MCCSG, member of Association of Professional Genealogists

Pat was born a 1st generation Canadian on the Prairies - a few years ago!

Pat now teaches genealogy classes through the City of Regina Community Associations, and on the Internet. She also teaches in the computer lab at the University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus Seniors Education Centre. When she can manage it she also teaches for the Regina Public Library Prairie History Room. Pat's courses now include beginner, intermediate, and advanced plus specialty courses covering a variety of countries and a variety of record types.

Pat has also been an invited guest speaker/lecturer to numerous genealogy seminars, and has been honoured to serve as keynote speaker. Her most recent adventure was accepting an invitation to teach in Whitehorse. The Yukon Association of Libraries and Museums were holding a symposium and Pat delivered numerous genealogical workshops. What an awesome experience!!

LESSON TITLES

Lesson 1
1. Government files
2. Introduction
3. Database
4. Search techniques
5. What can I find?
6. Access codes
7. Cabinet Conclusions
8. Métis Scrip Records
9. Order-in-Council
10. Red & Black
11. Treaties, Surrenders

Lesson 2
1. Military
2. French Regime
a) Carignan-Salieres
b) companies franches delamarine
c) troupe de terre
d) militia
e) ILL
3. British Forces
a) background
b) war office hospital, books, births, muster & pay lists
c) Admiralty
d) military & naval
e) medal registers
f) other institutions
g) research online
h) research outline
i) research in public sources
4. Loyalists
a) military & naval
b) land petitions
c) loyalists lists
d) provision lists & muster rolls
e) claims for losses
f) British headquarter papers
g) Book of negroes
h) Ward Chipman
i) Pension claims (wills, birth certificates, personal papers)
j) IIL
5. German troops
a) war office
b) Colonial office
c) Haldimand
d) Hessian & other documents
e) ILL

Lesson 3
1. Canadian forces before 1914
2. British military & naval
3. Muster rolls & pay lists
4. Officers registers 1808-1902
5. Rebellions of 1837-1838
6. Red River rebellion 1870
7. North-West rebellion 1885
8. Canadians in USA Civil War 1861-65
9. ILL

Lesson 4
1. Soldiers of the South African War 1899-1902
2. Background
3. South African Constabulary, British
4. Service files
5. Canada Orders, Decorations, medal registers
6. Land grant applications
7. Databases
8. How to search, interpret results
9. Killed in action
10. Obtain copies of documents

Lesson 5
1. Soldiers of the First World War
2. CEF
3. Attestation papers
4. Enlistment forms
5. Personnel files
6. Database
a) search screen
b) tips
c) interpret results
d) identifying correct file(s)
e) acquiring file
7. War Diaries
8. Courts-martial
9. Oral histories
10. War Brides
11. Tons of awesome web links
12. Extensive bibliography

Lesson 6
1. Special Groups
2. Home Children
3. Chinese Immigration
4. Acadians
5. Aboriginal
6. Métis
7. Russians, Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, Finns
a. Background
b. US collection
c. Canada collection
d. Database
e. Passport/identity papers [including photos]

Lesson 7
1. Immigration
2. Terminology & abbreviations
3. Evolution
4. Time of arrival
5. Border Crossing records
6. Deportations
7. Naturalizations

Lesson 8
1. Passenger lists before 1865
2. Passenger lists, 1865 1935
3. Passenger lists, 1919 - 1924
4. Miscellaneous passenger lists, 1865 - 1922
5. Irish sharecroppers
6. Births/deaths at sea; marriages, burials, inventory of deceased
7. Memorials of over 8,000 people
8. Online web sites
9. Published sources
10. Canadian Indexing project - ships passenger lists

Page last revised: 25-JULY-2007

Revised by: Micha Reisel