Genealogy Links

Genealogy and History Links

LOCAL HISTORY & GENEALOGY

ARCHIVES

(With informtion on their collections)

Records held at the University of Windsor Archives list of holdings, hours and contact information
Windsor Community Museum
Windsor Library Archives list of holdings
Calendars from 17th to 30th Century

CEMETERY, CHURCH and DEATH RECORDS

Cemetery Headstone Photos and Transcripts (Canada GenWeb Project)

Bill Martin's Early Ontario Records links

LOCAL HISTORY & GENEALOGY RESOURCES

Essex Biographical Record, Searchable
Essex County Library Archives
Essex County Library - Digital Archives
1901 Census - Town of Essex Section 1, Section 2, Section 3
1911 Census - Town of Essex Section 1, Section 2, Section 3
Ancestral Notes A very interesting Blog by Earline Hines Bradt
The Tomato Capital of Canada by Earline Hines Bradt
Amherstburg Town History
Tecumseh Town History
Leamington Town
Belle River & St. Simon St. Jude Church
Tecumseh Town, St. Clair Beach and Sandwich South History
Tecumseh By-Laws and Council & Committee Minutes
Old Tecumseh By-Laws and Council Minutes
St. Clair Beach By-Laws and Council Minutes
Sandwich South By-Laws and Council Minutes
Lakeshore Town
LaSalle Town
International Metropolis Blog (excellent -Architecture and History of Windsor and the Boarder Region)
Essex GenWeb
Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS)
Essex County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Essex County Message Board at Ancestry
Other Historical Societies in Essex County
Boblo Boats
Essex Terminal Railroad
Windsor Transit Systems
The French Culture in Windsor
Harrow Fair History
Vineyard and Wine History of Essex County
University Archives - Tony Techko
Upper Canada Genealogy - Townships and Towns
Essex History Group on Facebook
Old Time Corner on Facebook

MAPS

ESSEX COUNTY MILITARY

NEWSPAPERS

Newspapers in Essex County pre 1960's

List prepared and updated by the University of Windsor

Searchable

Newspaper Collection at OurOntario.ca

The British Whig (1834 - 1836, 1844-1850)

The Essex Free Press (1895 - 1968)

The Flesherton Advance (1881 - 1950)

The Kingston Chronicle (1826 - 1832)

The Kingston Chronicle and Gazette (1835 - 1837, 1841 - 1847)

The Kingston Gazette (1810 - 1820)

The Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1857)

The Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)

Essex Free Press

Scribd -documents, ebooks, books from Project Gutenburg. Download or upload documents you have.

First Nations

Tracing First Nations Ancestry
Aboriginal Treaties and Relations
Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements
Electric Canadian website good collection of older books and writings relating to First Nations peoples.
Global Genealogy - Books for sale
First Nations History - Northwest Ontario
Genealogy First
Aboriginal Connections
Looking for Kin Genealogy - Native American
A Canadian Family (with comments sections for those requesting help)
Kateri (Catherine) Tekawitha – Lily of the Mohawks
Saskatchewan Gen Web
Métis and First Nations
Aboriginal Peoples - Genealogy- Toronto Public Library
Idle No More

Algonquin Nation

Snimikobi Algonquin First Nation

Lenni Lenape (Men of Men) "Delaware Nation"

The Delaware Indians by Richard C Adams short book on Thanksgiving ceremonies.
Information on the Delaware Nation
Delaware and Iroquois Nations

Haudenosaunee "Iroquois Nation"

Kahniakehaka "Mohawk Nation" Land where the partridge drums

Akwesasne Website
Tsikaristisere or “Dundee lands”
Our Path to Entewatatha:wi The Indian Act and You

African American History

Buxton Museum has a list of their Books and Research Material Online.
Low Country Africana - records that document the family and cultural heritage of African Americans in the historic rice-growing areas of South Carolina, Georgia and extreme northeastern Florida
AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy. devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general. It is also an African Ancestry research community featuring the AfriGeneas mail list, the AfriGeneas message boards and daily and weekly genealogy chats.

CANADA & ONTARIO

CanadaGenWeb

Immigrants at Grosse Ile

Canadian County Atlas Digital Project

Our Roots - Canadian Local Histories

Canadian Genealogy & History

A well organized resource for the Canadian Researcher divided in topic areas - RSS Feed

Cyndi's List

Virtual Reference Library: Toronto Public Library: (Was Bob's Your Uncle)

Archives of Ontario - source guides

Our Ontario Digital Archives -Search across hundreds of sites – digital collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, community groups, government agencies, and content organizations – in seconds.

Early Ontario Records

University of Windsor - Leddy Library

Ontario History and Genealogy Links

Historical Newspaper Collection

Ontario GenWeb

Canadian County Atlas Digital Project

Marriages of the Western District

United Empire Loyalists

Family Bible Project - transcription project

Personal Thoughts Personal Treasures - sharing between generations

Bill Martin's Genealogy Pages

County of Elgin Tweedsmuir Histories

Olive Tree Genealogy - Vital Records Exchange (free)

Population in Ontario and Canada wide

Durham Genealogical Resources

Military

Fenian Raids - 1866-1870

British Merchant Navy - List of Ships

Battle of Britain

German P.O.W. Camp

Canadian Corp of Firefighters in England During WWII

Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Books of Remembrance

WW2 Australia Service Info

Royal Canadian Air Force Honours & Awards

Stalag VIIIB - Lamsdorf, Poland, POW's WWII

Stalag Luft I

Royal Canadian Navy World War 2 Ship Losses

United Kingdom

United Kingdom - Births, Marriages and Deaths

History of Villages

U.K. Digital Library of Historical Directories

Archives of Ireland - 1901 and 1911 Census

USA

Footnote - growing list of records (New- Native American documents and photos)

ARIAS (Archive Records Information Access System)

Census Online - links to online census transcriptions

Cyndislist.com

Bill Martin's Genealogy Pages

Obituaries Help - An informative and respected website designed to offer resources for obituaries, funerals and genealogy search March 2009 USA Resources only but will soon contain Canadian resources.

Ancestry (fee)

Sepia town uploaded photos on google map