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Goal 4: Learn about Canadian church, religious, and cemetery records.
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ALearn about Canadian church records.
- FamilySearch: Learn about Canadian church records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Canadian Church Records
- Parish Registers: Learn about Canadian parish registers these articles.
Church and Parish Registers
- Jewish: Explore Jewish genealogy in Canada in this guide from the
Center for Jewish History site. - Explore the Jewish Genealogy Encyclopedia for Jewish resources in Canada.
- Christian Denominations: For information on church records for Christian denominations Canada, see the Catholic and Protestant sections in Faiths menu.
- Explore the Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives site.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church record research. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BLearn about Canadian cemetery records.
- FamilySearch: Explore Canada cemetery records in this article.
FS—Canada Cemetery Records - Tombstones: Explore the Cemetery Project on the CanadaGenWeb site.
- Explore the Canadian Headstones photo project.
- What day did Jane die, and how old was she?
- Which of Jane's family members are listed on her headstone, and what information do we have about them?
- In what town is Jane's headstone located?
- In Canadian Headstones, enter Jane's first and last name and click Submit.
- Scroll through the records until you find the correct Jane (you can tell by the listed cemetery location).
- Select the small photo of the headstone on the left side of the record to expand. Read the information on the headstone and the description to answer the questions.
- Jane died on January 30, 1962 when she was 81 years and 10 months old.
- Jane's husband is listed at the top of the headstone, and his name, deathdate, and age is given.
- Jane's headstone is in Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario.
(Contributed by Kaylee Lynn ) - Search the Find A Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- Search the AncestorsAtRest site for cemetery records. Scroll down to the Canadian section.
- Explore the Interment.net website to search Canadian cemetery records.
Canadian Headstones Site Practice |
Jane Smith died and was buried in the St. Paul's Glanford Anglican Cemetery in Ontario. Use the "Canadian Headstones" link above to locate Jane's headstone and answer the following questions:
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery record research. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
George Norman Bunker is buried in Canada. Use the "FS: Canadian Headstones" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- In what city is George's gravestone?
- Where is the graveyard located?
- What date is on the headstone?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "George Norman" as the first name and "Bunker" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for George Norman Bunker.
- Read the information in the center column.
- George's gravestone is in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
- The graveyard is located at Cataraqui United Church, Kingston (Ontario).
- The date on the stone is 24 March 1955.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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