Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide (Finding Your Ancestors)
In Finding Your Canadian Ancestors, authors Sherry Irvine and Dave Obee guide you through Canadian genealogical records, first by record type and then according to province. The authors detail both government and ecclesiastical records, as well as records related to special groups such as Aboriginals, Acadians, and Loyalists. They give special attention to online resources, including the extensive holdings of Library and Archives of Canada.
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Book details
- Author
- Sherry Irvine
- Imprint
- Ancestry.com, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Reference › Genealogy & Heraldry
- Topics
- Canadian genealogy · genealogical records · province-by-province research · Aboriginal records · Acadians · Loyalists · church and government records · online archives
- ISBN-13
- 9781593313166 (Paperback)9781630263317 (Hardcover)
About the author
SHERRY IRVINE is a certified genealogist with over forty years of teaching experience and credentials including CGRS and FSA Scot. Her books include Finding Your Canadian Ancestors: A Beginner’s Guide, Scottish Ancestry: Research Methods for Family Historians and Your Scottish Ancestry: A Guide for North Americans.
Irvine holds a history degree from Queen’s University, Canada, and a post-graduate degree from the University of Illinois. In 1997 she was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Association of Professional Genealogists.
When she’s not writing, Irvine lectures at major genealogical conferences in Canada and the United States, including for the Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Her books cover ancestry research across Scotland, England, Ireland, Canada and the United States.