Facebook for Canadian Genealogy is a list of more than 1,000 Facebook groups and pages that can help genealogists research their ancestors who lived in Canada. In addition to listing resources for all Canadian provinces and territories, I have included genealogical and historical societies, national and provincial archives, museums, military, photos, New France, British Home Children, First Nations, United Empire Loyalist groups, vintage photos, military history, and special interests — in English and French.
I encourage you to share my Facebook for Canadian Genealogy list in its entirety, but please give me credit. I also appreciate receiving suggestions for the list.
Katherine R. Willson, who inspired me to produce the Canadian list, has assembled an international Facebook on Genealogy list that contains more than 13,000 groups and pages available in English.
For those with ancestors who lived Down Under, I encourage you to take a look at Alona Tester’s Australian History and Genealogy Groups and Pages on Facebook.
If you have suggestions for the Facebook for Canadian Genealogy list, please leave a comment here, or send me an email at the address on the Contact page.
What a wonderful thing for you to do.
Great chance for those of us who are really at a loss as to our ancestors. Thank you for putting this together and allowing it to be public.
Thank you Gail!
I’m sharing with two FC face book groups!
Thanks so much for all the hard work you have done here. I look forward to exploring your links.
Aboriginal Genealogy Network is at facebook/aboriginal.ancestors
mostly southwestern BC, but we encourage anyone searching for aboriginal, Metis, or Inuit roots to contact us
Good addition to the list. I hope to release an updated list soon.
Thanks Gail for the updated FB group list! I have placed this link on my report template included on my final research reports for queries sent to the Niagara Peninsula Branch- The Ontario Genealogical Society. Thanks for continuing to improve your site and educating fellow genealogists of the events happening in Canada.
Thanks for sharing the list, Bill.
Carleton County, New Brunswick Family Trees is at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Carletoncountyfamilies/
Thanks, Peter! I will add to the list for the next edition.
Thanks. I added your suggestion and updated the list.
Thanks! Shared with the Seventh Town Historical Society on FB.
Glad to know you shared the list. Thanks!
There’s the Société du Patrimoine de Saint Antoine-de-Tilly at https://www.facebook.com/societedupatrimoinestantoinedetilly/
Thanks, Vicky! Bonne suggestion.
Calgary-based SGGEE – the Society for German Genealogy in Eastern Europe – http://www.sggee.org also has a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/SGGEE-German-Genealogy-in-Eastern-Europe-450920501736548
Thanks. I added your suggestion and updated the list.
This is tremendous! Thank you so much for the hard work and dedication you have put into this. I’m positive I will now have some new leads to follow, from your list. Off to my computer. ?
Hi Gail! Another page for the the list is for the island of Campobello, NB. The link is at https://www.facebook.com/groups/153889861417376/851882548284767/?notif_t=like¬if_id=1487722632315305 Campobello Genealogy.
Thanks.
Heather
This is great. I had a few ancestors living in Canada so this is going to help.
Thanks so much, Gail, for all your hard work. I actually found a cousin in the USA via Facebook. Social Media has much to offer if used correctly.
Thank you Gail, for sharing this information. I am grateful for your blog you always have great information. Have a great 2018!
I tried the link for “Canada East-Guild of one name studies.” It does not work and I could not find the page.
Thanks for the heads up. I have posted a message on the Guild of One Name Studies to find out if the Canada East group has been discontinued or moved.
Thank you, Gail. What a lot of work, even for a person so dedicated to Canadian research for genealogists. I’ll put this link on one or two of my blogs. Happy New Year.
great list which I will share with our group. Please add facebook page Genealogy Group Agassiz. We do not have a website. We meet once a month (first Thursday at 10:30 am) at the FVRL Agassiz Public Library. Thanks for compiling and sharing.
Please add the group ‘Saskatchewan Genealogy’ to your list. S
Great list Gail. thank you. You’re a legend.
Thanks so much Gail. I feel encouraged each time I read your daily posts. This collection is such a gift……thank you.
Great site! Another link for your list is Victoria County, NB Genealogy & Family Trees, https://www.facebook.com/groups/132361937549011/.
Once again you have unselfishly provided us with such a treasure trove of information.Thank you for all you do.
Please add in your list for Quebec OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
CARREFOUR ADN
and our web site if you wish
at
http://www.carrefour-adn.weebly.com
thanks
Lucien Provost Pilotte-Lewis
How do I find the Australian listing please?
You will find the Australian, Canadian, and world list here: http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?page_id=10169 Have fun!
Thank you Gail great site.
Regards Gloria
Can I request help with ancestors that seem to have vanished with no trace? I have lots of info but have hit a brick wall. Is this a place I can do that?
Join a couple of the Facebook groups listed in Facebook for Canadian Genealogy. I’m amazed at the number of times people have helped me.
Thank you!
You have the finest collection of FB genealogy links I’ve found in years of searching. Thanks for what you bring to the genealogy community, Gail.
Very kind of you to say that. Thank you.
I’ll add the link to both my personal blog and to the library’s genealogy page 🙂
Sounds good.
Two more for the Resources category:
RootsMagic users group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RootsMagicUsers/
Legacy users group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LegacyUserGroup/
Thanks!
For BC: https://www.facebook.com/AlderGroveHeritageSociety/ Alder Grove Heritage Society. The museum is primarily full of telephone objects & history as the building was once the Aldergrove Telephone Office, but we have an extensive collection of local history stories, photos and artefacts in the process of being catalogued, digitized and eventually indexed, including 70 years of The Aldergrove New/Aldergrove Star newspaper. The Society almost died last year, but we’re making a slow & progressive comeback.
Thanks for the tip!
Gail, thank you so much for this wonderful resource. I appreciate all of your efforts.
you can add this one too 🙂
https://www.facebook.com/groups/347416719107289/
Thanks!
Thanks for doing this! it in itself is a fantastic resource!
Thank you , Gail, for doing all this to make searching simpler and quicker for all of us who admire your your hard work. Bravo!
You may wish to include
Eastern European Roots https://www.facebook.com/groups/1229238490426654/
Thanks for including Exploring French Roots in North America, the other genealogy Facebook group for which I am an administrator.
the link for Halifax & District Genealogy (Nova Scotia) is for Halifax in England, not Nova Scotia.
Great catch. Thanks! I’ve removed it from the next edition that will be published here in a few weeks.