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Welcome to the LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA website | Bienvenue au site Web BIBLIOTHÈQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA

Ottawa, November 10, 2008 – Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce a collaborative partnership with Canada’s leading online family history website, Ancestry.ca, which will allow the two organizations to provide unprecedented online access to the most comprehensive collection of Canadian historical records available.

As part of the agreement, Ancestry.ca will digitize and index microfilm and original records held by LAC and make these available to Ancestry.ca members. All of the digitized records will eventually be available free of charge to users of the LAC website.

The mandate of Library and Archives Canada is to preserve the documentary heritage of Canada for the benefit of present and future generations and to be a source of enduring knowledge accessible to all, thereby contributing to the cultural, social and economic advancement of Canada. Library and Archives Canada also facilitates co-operation among communities involved in the acquisition, preservation and diffusion of knowledge, and serves as the continuing memory of the Government of Canada and its institutions.

The Canadian Genealogy Centre (www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/) includes all physical and online genealogical services of Library and Archives Canada. It offers genealogical content, services, advice, research tools and opportunities to work on joint projects, all in both official languages.

ABOUT ANCESTRY.CA

Ancestry.ca was launched in January 2006 and has 410 million Canadian names in such collections as the 1851, 1891, 1901, 1906 and 1911 Censuses of Canada, Ontario and British Columbia vital records from as early as 1813, Quebec Vital Records (The Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865 to 1935 and U.S. / Canada Border Crossings from 1895 to 1956.

Ancestry.ca is part of the global network of Ancestry websites (wholly owned by The Generations Network, Inc.), which contains seven billion names in 26,000 historical record collections. To date more than 7.5 million family trees have been created and 750 million names and 12.5 million photographs uploaded. 6.5 million unique visitors logged on to an Ancestry website in September 2008.*

The Ancestry global network of family history websites - www.ancestry.ca in Canada, www.ancestry.co.uk in the UK, www.ancestry.com.au in Australia, www.ancestry.com in the US, www.ancestry.de in Germany, www.ancestry.it in Italy, www.ancestry.fr in France, www.ancestry.se in Sweden and www.jiapu.cn in China.

USB Digital Microscope

USB Digital Microscope from UK Maplin: "Magnifies 10x to 200x"
has anyone used this to examine fiche?

Wikimapia

Wikimapia - Let's describe the whole world!

for example:-
World / United Kingdom / Wales / Aberdare, 1 km from center Aberdare Railway Station
part of this discussion about an engine cleaner son of photographer HARRIS:-

WW1 medal records - soc.genealogy.britain | Google Groups

Railway Genealogy

Midland Railway Society - Genealogy: "A book worth looking at is 'Was your grandfather a railwayman? : a directory of railway archive sources for family historians' by Tom Richards, ISBN 1860060145, published by Federation of Family History Societies, 3rd edition 1995, price approx. £5.50.

The book gives brief details of railway company staff records held at the Public Records Office at Kew in London. It also contains an introduction that gives interesting insights into the lives of railwaymen in another age."

Railway Ancestors f.h.s.:

RAfhs Records: "GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY MAGAZINE
Nov 1888 Vol 1 No 1 + Dec 1888 Vol 1 No 2 + Jan 1889 Vol 1 No 3 + Feb 1889 Vol 1 No 4" and much more


"For more information contact:-

Mr. J. F. Engert,
Lundy,
King Rdward Street,
BARMOUTH,
Gwynedd LL42 1NY,
Great Britain
E-mail :- rafhs@btinternet.com
If writing to us please enclose a stamped addressed envelope"

vital records from Emgland and Wales

from
Federation - November 2008 edition of
the FFHS Ezine - Federation of Family History Societies of UK

Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates from 1 July 1837

The Family Records Centre is now closed and the General Register Office (GRO) no longer provides a facility for customers to apply for and collect certificates in central London. All certificates are issued by post via the General Register Office based in Southport, Merseyside. The service provided by local register offices remains unchanged"

Federation of Family History Societies
PO Box 8857

Lutterworth LE17 9BJ
Tel +44 (0) 1455 203133

If you require a printed copy of the FFHS Ezine please contact:
Marian French
30 The Pastures
Hardwick
CB3 7XA
Email: publicity@ffhs.org.uk
A charge will be made for this service

FFHS - Home Page: "an educational charity which exists to represent, advise and support its membership of family history societies and other genealogical organisations world-wide."