Just in time for the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation on July 1, Who Do You Think You Are? magazine features the article, Best websites Canada.
The article about finding Canadian roots appears in the July 2017 issue of the British genealogy magazine and it lists what author Jonathan Scott considers to be the top five online resources for Canadian research. Heading the list is Library and Archives Canada’s website.
Who Do You Think You Are? magazine, July 2017, features top websites to search for your Canadian roots.
Lori Oschefski, founder and chief executive officer, of the British Home Children Advocacy & Research Association (BHCARA) was pleased when she learned the association’s website, British Home Children, was among those listed in a sidebar, More great websites, in the article. The sidebar begins with the BHCARA’s website, and it also includes TheShipsList about passenger lists and ships, along with a couple of other online resources.
Another sidebar, written by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, features online Canadian newspapers for nine out of ten provinces and all three territories. For some unknown reason, the editor removed Quebec from the sentence. I guess WDYTYA? doesn’t know Quebec was one of the first four provinces to join Confederation with Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick on July 1, 1867. C’est la vie.
Of course, I would love to share the other four websites that made the top five list, but that would be unfair to the magazine’s publisher. To find out, you’ll have to buy the issue on the newsstand or take a sneak peak on the WDYTYA? website.
What I can say about this list is, as with most other top five and top ten lists, this one will be just as controversial among genealogists.
Hello Gail, I actually bought a copy of this issue and was pleased as well to see Jonathan’s review of the many very good websites for Canadian genealogy. I have to say that I did write to the magazine stating my concern over the use of ‘state’ vs ‘province’. This is something that many UK genealogists are not clear about as I had to clear this up a few times at WDYTYA. Their comment to me – “aren’t they the same thing?” My comment to the magazine was “I’m sure that our fellow United States genealogists will agree with me when I say that Canada is not the united states of Canada, but a country with ten provinces and three territories.” Otherwise, a good list for starting Canadian genealogy. Many thanks.
Thanks for trying to educate the editors.
What if they called them Provinces when they are called States in other countries..