Free Canadian Genealogy Links - Ontario
Free Canadian Genealogy Links - Ontario
*I haven't posted about genealogy for a while and noticed many of the research links I use are now outdated or no longer exist. So I am starting from scratch with a new list of sites. If you know of a free / or own a genealogy site not listed please let me know and I will add it.
I try to stick to the free stuff and FYI...a good percentage of the records on the "Paid" sites are available for free in other places..you just have to do a little digging. I do use the paid subscription sites now and then, especially if I have a tree to do in a hurry. Paid sites like ancestry make it super easy to find information, but for my own trees, I prefer to take my time and research the old fashioned way. Genealogy is like a puzzle and to me, it is not very fun if you are given all the answers right away.
*I haven't posted about genealogy for a while and noticed many of the research links I use are now outdated or no longer exist. So I am starting from scratch with a new list of sites. If you know of a free / or own a genealogy site not listed please let me know and I will add it.
I try to stick to the free stuff and FYI...a good percentage of the records on the "Paid" sites are available for free in other places..you just have to do a little digging. I do use the paid subscription sites now and then, especially if I have a tree to do in a hurry. Paid sites like ancestry make it super easy to find information, but for my own trees, I prefer to take my time and research the old fashioned way. Genealogy is like a puzzle and to me, it is not very fun if you are given all the answers right away.
*This list of links is an ongoing Work In Progress so please check back often for updates :)
- Toronto City Directories When I first got into genealogy about 30 years ago, one of my favourite things to do was go to the Toronto Research Library and go through the old directories on microfilm. You can now view most of them online thanks to The Toronto Genealogy Society
- The Ontario Genealogy Society has a new search engine that is pretty cool. It is called The Ontario Name Index (TONI) and currently has about 5 million records indexed. TONI is an index, it doesn't contain the information, just tells you where to find the information. Most of them are cemetery records but I'm sure that will change as it is added to.
- Our Ontario - I have found a wealth of information on this site including business advertisements posted by my ancestors more than a century ago. Newspapers are one of the best sources for Genealogy and Our Ontario has a large database of local newspaper archives. They also have photos, documents, maps, all relating to Ontario history. Be prepared to get lost for hours on this page.
- Ontario and Upper Canada Genealogy and History - This is a great free resource for Ontario research. Lots of good stuff here including Insane Asylum databases.
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