After what seemed like a dry spell for Canadian genealogy research, Ancestry’s database exploded this week with the addition of 16 Canadian collections from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, and Alberta.
Nova Scotia, Canada, Antigonish Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1823-1905
Newfoundland, Canada, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1757-1901
Newfoundland, Canada, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1850-1949
Newfoundland, Church Records, 1793-1899
Newfoundland, Canada, Census, 1935
Newfoundland, Canada, Census, 1945
Newfoundland, Canada, Census, 1921
Prince Edward Island, Canada, Marriage Registers, 1832-1888
Prince Edward Island, Canada, Death Card Index, 1810-1913
Prince Edward Island, Canada, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1780-1983
New Brunswick, Canada, Births and Late Registrations, 1810-1906
New Brunswick, Canada, Marriages, 1789-1950
New Brunswick, Canada, Deaths, 1888-1938
Alberta, Canada, Deaths Index, 1870-1966
Alberta, Canada, Births Index, 1870-1896
Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1942
The Alberta birth, marriage, and death indexes are available on the Provincial Archives of Alberta website in PDF, a format that is browsable, but not as easily searchable as on Ancestry. Most of these Nova Scotia and New Brunswick records now on Ancestry can also be found on FamilySearch.
