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Goal 2: Learn about Canada vital records.
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ALearn about Canada vital records.
- FamilySearch: Learn about Canada Vital Records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Canada Vital Records
- Provincial Resources: Learn about civil registration records available in Canadian provinces.
Civil Registration - Statistics: Learn about vital statistics for birth, marriage, and death records in this article.
Vital Statistics: Births, Marriages and Deaths
BLearn about alternatives to vital records.
- Adoption: Explore
Canadian adoption records on the Origins Canada site. - Divorce: Learn about divorce records in Canada.
Divorce Records - Learn how to find Canadian divorce records by province.
CExplore BMD (Birth, Marriage, Death) records.
- Search Tips: Get tips on searching for birth, marriage, and death records.
How to Search for Birth, Marriage and Death Records - 2012 - BMD Records: Use the Birth, Deaths, and Marriages Exchange on the Olive Tree Genealogy site. Scroll down to see BMD records for particular counties.
- Death Records: Access Canadian death records on the AncestorAtRest site. Scroll down to see records for eastern provinces.
- Death Indexes: Find Canadian online death indexes at DeathIndexes.com.
- Obituaries: Explore the Canadian Obits site for obituaries and death records in Canada.
- Find additional obituary resources in the Vancouver Public Library site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for vital records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Gladys Rose Musk was born in Canada. Use the "FS: Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was Gladys born?
- Where was she born?
- What is her mother's name?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Gladys Rose" as the first name and "Musk" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Gladys Rose Musk.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Gladys was born 7 Dec 1903.
- She was born at Rainy River, Ontario, Canada.
- Her mother is Rose Hemstead.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- FS: Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959 (More)
- FS: Canada Marriages, 1661-1949 (More)
- AC: Canada, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999
- FS: Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955 (More)
- AC: Canada, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
- AC: Canada Obituary Collection, 1898-2017
- MH: Canada Obituary Index from OldNews.com™
- AC: Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
- AC: Acadia Vital and Church Records, 1670-1946