Links to Genealogical and Historical Web Sites

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This page contains links to Genealogical Web Sites or Pages.

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The information is divided into the following categories:

• CANADIAN Web Sites
• USA Web Sites
• GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND Web Sites
• EUROPEAN Web Sites
• OTHER COUNTRIES
• MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE MATERIAL Web Sites
• Sites with MULTIPLE LINKS
• MISCELLANEOUS and REQUESTED Web Sites
• INTERNET Search Engines
• NEWSGROUPS

CANADIAN Web Sites

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• BC Telephone Canada 411:- http://www.canada411.ca   find Canadian telephone numbers of your friends.
• BC Vital Statistics Agency:- https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events  Some of the information available:- Adoption Information , Birth Certificates & Registration, Baby Names, Change of Name Information, Commemorative Certificates, Death Certificates & Registration, Genealogical Services, Marriage Certificates & Licences, Wills Notice Registration & Searches, Administrative Information, On a Typical Day in British Columbia, Information and Resource Management Branch. (Link updated May 19, 2018)
• To find Postal Codes:-  Canada Post Web Site http://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/fpc/personal/findByCity?execution=e2s1
• Langley's Cemeteries and Historical Photos online The museum's website includes cemetery records for Langley, including Langley Lawn, Murrayville and Fort Langley. Their site has a historical photograph database too. Both are fully searchable.
  Langley Centennial Museum http://www.langleymuseum.org/
• Government of Canada Provinces and Territories:- https://www.canada.ca/en/intergovernmental-affairs/services/provinces-territories.html (Link updated May 19, 2018)
  
  Direct Links to provinces and Territories:-
  
  Alberta (Capital:- Edmonton) :- http://www.gov.ab.ca
  British Columbia (Capital:- Victoria) :- http://www.gov.bc.ca
  Manitoba (Capital:- Winnipeg) :- http://www.gov.mb.ca (English & French)
  New Brunswick (Capital:- (Fredericton)) :- http://www.gnb.ca (English & French)
  New Foundland & Labrador (Capital:- St. John's) :- http://www.gov.nf.ca 
  Northwest Territories (Capital:- Yellowknife) :- http://www.gov.nt.ca 
  Nova Scotia (Capital:- Halifax) :- http://www.gov.ns.ca 
  Nunavut (Capital:- Iqaluit) :- http://www.gov.nu.ca  (English, French, Invinaqtun & Inuktitut)
  Ontario (Capital:- Toronto) :- http://www.gov.on.ca (English & French)
  Prince Edward Island (Capital:- Charlottetown) :- http://www.gov.pe.ca (English & French)
  Quebec (Capital :- Québec City) http://www.gouv.qc.ca English:- http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs?lang=en
  Saskatchewan (Capital:- Regina) http://www.gov.sk.ca 
  Yukon (Capital :- Whitehorse) http://www.gov.yk.ca  (English & French)
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• Canadian (Federal) Office of the Information Commissioner:- http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/
• Canadian Genealogy Centre (part of Library & Archives Canada) http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/index-e.html (Sept 12/06)
• Automated Genealogy http://www.automatedgenealogy.com for the 1901/1911 census indexes (Sept 12/06)
• AMICUS is a free catalogue listing the holdings of libraries across Canada. As a national catalogue, AMICUS not only shows the published materials held at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) but also those located in over 1300 libraries across Canada. AMICUS contains over 30 million records for books, magazines, newspapers, government documents, theses, sound recordings, maps, electronic texts as well as items in braille and large print. http://amicus.collectionscanada.ca/aaweb/aalogine.htm (Sept 12/06)
• Information for anyone searching for burials in the North Vancouver Cemetery, they have a wonderful website that is searchable by name, date of burial, or block and lot number http://www.cnv.org/City-Services/Cemetery
• BC Archives:- http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy (Link updated May 19, 2018)
  Marriage registrations are available 75 years after the date of marriage
  Death registrations are available 20 years after the date of death
  Birth registrations must be over 120 years old.
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• Abbotsford Genealogical Society:- http://www.abbygs.ca/   Main features are "members surnames interests" and the "Abbotsford and area cemetery interment list" which currently contains over 13,000 individuals.  Meeting and training schedule and other interesting items and links at the website.
• Alberta Genealogical Society:- http://www.abgensoc.ca/ 
• Alberta Family Histories Society " The Canadian Genealogical Projects Registry " http://www.afhs.ab.ca/registry/index.html   is a free electronic resource for the genealogical community. It will answer:
  ** "Just who has transcribed the headstones from the Central Cemetery?" 
  ** Is there an index for the 1901 census for Alberta?
  ** Where can I advertise the extraction/transcription project that my society is working on?
  This Registry, itself, is a project of the Alberta Family Histories Society and its volunteers.
  712 – 16 Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2M 0J8 (July 30/04)
  e-mail to the Alberta Family Histories Society Library: afhslibrary@shaw.ca
  e-mail to the Alberta Family Histories Society: chairman@afhs.ab.ca
• The main purpose of the British Columbia Historical Federation is to stimulate public interest and encourage research in British Columbia history. http://www.bchistory.ca (March 4/04)
• British Columbia Genealogical Society:- http://www.bcgs.ca
• Delta Museum & Archives:- http://www.corp.delta.bc.ca/EN/main/residents/museum.html
• Doukhobor Genealogy Website http://www.doukhobor.org  The primary internet source connecting researchers of Doukhobor genealogy. Dedicated to the reclamation, discovery, collection, preservation and free sharing of information related to Doukhobor family history. (Sept 16/06)
• Kamloops Family History Society:-  http://www.kfhs.org/  
• Kelowna & District Genealogical Society:-  http://www.kdgs.ca/
• Ontario Genealogical Society Home Page:- http://www.ogs.on.ca/
• Ontario Historical Society has a new website www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca  (Aug 01/03)
• Qualicum Beach Family History Society now has a website at http://qbfhs.ca/
• Quebec Family History Society http://www.qfhs.ca/
• Saskatchewan Genealogical Society:-   http://www.saskgenealogy.com (13/07/00 address change)
• Vernon & District Family History Society:-  http://www.vdfhs.com/   
• Victoria Genealogical Society:-  http://www.victoriags.org  email address : info@victoriags.org (April 5/04)
• This web site is principally about the history of Vancouver Island http://www.viHistory.ca (March 4/04)
• The Old Cemeteries Society of Victoria http://www.oldcem.bc.ca/   is dedicated to researching, preserving and encouraging the appreciation of Victoria's Heritage Cemeteries. (Oct 16/06)
• Welcome to Saskatchewan Genealogical Society's inventory of cemeteries. This database contains the name and location of over 3,200 cemetery and burial sites in the province. The collecting of burial records for these cemeteries is an ongoing project of SGS. http://www.saskgenealogy.com/cemetery/cemetery.htm (June 2/05)
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            ARCHIVES

• The City of Richmond Archives:-  http://www.richmond.ca/cityhall/archives/about/about.htm (Feb 9/05)
• Vancouver City Archives: http://vancouver.ca/your-government/city-of-vancouver-archives.aspx (Link edited May 19, 2018)
• White Rock Museum and Archives:-  http://www.whiterock.museum.bc.ca  
• Acadian Genealogy Homepage:-  http://www.acadian.org/ run by Yvon Cyr.(28/02/98)
• Site of interest to those who had sea going ancestors:- Shipwreck site which is searchable at http://www.northernmaritimeresearch.com/index.html 
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            LIBRARIES

• Burnaby Public Library:- https://www.bpl.bc.ca/ (Link edited May 19, 2018)
• Coquitlam Public Library:- http://www.coqlibrary.ca/  (Link edited May 19, 2018)  
• New Westminster Public Library:- http://www.nwpl.ca/
• North Vancouver City Library Home Page:-  http://www.nvdpl.ca/   (Link edited May 19, 2018)
• North Van District Public Library:- http://www.nvdpl.north-van.bc.ca/ 
• Vancouver Public Library Home Page:- http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/ (04/10/98)
• West Vancouver Memorial Library Home Page:- http://www.westvanlib.org/ 
• Richmond Public Library Home Page:- http://www.rpl.richmond.bc.ca/ (04/10/98)
• The KIOSK: SFU Library Resources:- http://www.lib.sfu.ca/ (04/10/98)
• Surrey Public Library:-  https://surreylibraries.ca/   (Link edited May 19, 2018)
• Whistler Public Library:- http://www.whistlerlibrary.ca  (Feb 9/05))
• Toronto Public Library:-  http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca  visit http://www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca formerly Bob's Your Uncle, Eh! (06/12/04)

            DATABASES

• A searchable NB birth record site at http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/default.aspx?culture=en-CA  like the BC Archives site less is more, try just surname and initial for parent.
• OCFA, The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid:- http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/homepage.html  is a pointer database consisting of the surnames, cemetery name and location of over 1.1 million interments from approximately 2000 distinct cemeteries, cairns, memorials, and cenotaphs in Ontario Canada.(14/06/97)
• BCCFA (British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid):-  http://www.islandnet.com/bccfa
• National Archives of Canada Address:- http://www.archives.ca
• B.C. Archives' Web Site:-  BC Archives Vital Stats http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/BasicSearch
• Genealogy Canada The SOURCE for Canadian Genealogy!:-  http://www.cangenealogy.com/
• Globe & Mail Birth & Death Notices since July 1997:-   http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/life/deaths/
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• Historical web site at http://members.tripod.com/apollon_2  about the 54th Kootenay Battalion of WW1. This unit was mustered in Nelson, B.C. in May 1915. On the site are databases of the soldiers and much historical information and pictures.
• Canadian Airforce site: http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/cf-aerospace-warfare-centre/index.page?
• The Everitt and Inglehart Bible pages are posted  to this site. http://www.biblerecords.com/index.html
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• Sunnyside Cemetery, http://www.surrey.ca/city-services/2247.aspx  (Link edited May 19, 2018)
• Langley's Cemeteries http://museum.tol.ca/Places/Langleys-Cemeteries  (Link edited May 19, 2018)
• Maple Ridge Cemetery, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, 21404 Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada Phone 604-467-7307 http://www.interment.net/data/canada/bc/fraser/mapleridge/index.htm (Feb 19/04)
• Old Hope Cemetery, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, Coquihalla Street, Hope B.C. Canada http://www.interment.net/data/canada/bc/fraser/old_hope.htm (Feb 19/04)
• Burials in the North Vancouver Cemetery, they have a wonderful website that is searchable by name, date of burial, or block and lot number. Go to http://www2.cnv.org/cemetery/sos_view_map/sos_view_map.html#
• British Columbia Cemeteries Search http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction.ca/CJ-BC-NDX.html British Columbia Cemeteries Search for any cemetery in British Columbia. Listing of active and retired British Columbia cemetery addresses and links.(Oct 16/06)
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• Your query accesses the BC Geographical Names Information System (BCGNIS), the master database for British Columbia's place names. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home/services-a-z/collection-of-a-z/bc-geographical-names-search-tool?keyword=place&keyword=names (Link updated May 19, 2018)

• In 2006 The Atlas of Canada is celebrating 100 years of mapping Canada’s geography and history. The Atlas belongs to all Canadians and reflects the incredible social, environmental and economic diversity of our country. As Canada’s premiere online mapping resource, the Atlas offers a wealth of resources for everyone. Celebrate this milestone with us by exploring our maps and participate with us by attending one of the many events listed below. Over the course of the year this section will be kept up-to-date with all the most current information. Come and celebrate and truly discover Canada. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

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USA Web Sites

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• To find Zip Code + 4 postal codes check out the USA Postoffice Site.  https://postalpro.usps.com/  (Link Updated May 19, 2018)
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            GENEALOGICAL and HISTORY SOCIETIES

• The National Genealogical Society (NGS) was founded in 1903 in the District of Columbia.NGS is a national membership organization with more than 17,000 members nationwide Address:- http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/

            ARCHIVES

• National Archives and Record Administration of The USA Address:- http://www.nara.gov/

            LIBRARIES

            DATABASES

• The Ellis Island Database at http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/  This database is supposed to contain everyone who passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1924.(04/01/2002)

            GENERAL HISTORY

• The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc. provides vital statistic data including births, deaths, marriages, census information, voter registers, cemetery records and more by e-mail search requests and on-line via it's Website.
  The URL for visitors who are seeking California-specific data is http://www.vitalsearch-CA.com/ and then click on "Begin Search".

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GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND Web Sites

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• Royal Mail Website.  Address:- http://www.royalmail.co.uk/ look here to find out what postage to include in self addressed return envelopes
• The British Monarchy (The Official Royal Web Site) Address:- http://www.royal.gov.uk
• Meet your ancestors at  http://www.scottishheritage.co.uk/ I am the producer of Scottish heritage videos. These videos tell the story of the ordinary people who lived and worked in North East Scotland. I film the older people within my community who show how they and their parents and grandparents lived and worked. It is the story of the past by the people who can remember the past.(04/01/2002)
• Royal Commision on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) http://www.british-history.ac.uk/catalogue.aspx?gid=204
• Looking for relatives in the U.K. Try British Telegraph’s internet site:  http://www.bt.com/index.jsp  Another source recommended by Daphne Bramham of The Vancouver Sun is http://www.infospace.com/UK/ (04/01/00).
• Genealogical research service in Great Britain. http://www.herefordshire-gen.co.uk ,
• The London Gazette, first published in 1665, is the oldest, continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom and probably the world. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/
• Family History Research at the Imperial War Museum When the Imperial War Museum was founded in 1917, one of its functions was to be a memorial to those who had died and suffered in the First World War. The Museum has since expanded its remit to include all conflicts, concentrating on British and Commonwealth involvement from 1914 to the present day. http://www.iwm.org.uk/lambeth/famhist.htm (March 12/04)
• Here is a link to the today on-line version of an index to the "Missing [Irish] Friends" section of the Boston Pilot newspaper. http://infowanted.bc.edu/ (20/03/05)
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            GENEALOGICAL and HISTORY SOCIETIES

• UK + Ireland Genealogy Home Page Address:- http://www.genuki.org.uk/
• Bedfordshire FHS http://www.bfhs.org.uk/
• The Federation of Family History Societies ( FFHS) is an international organization, established in the UK as a non-profit making charitable company. It represents, advises and supports over 220 family history societies and other genealogical organizations world-wide, with a total Membership of over 180,000. http://www.ffhs.org.uk/  (March 12/04)
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            ARCHIVES

• St. Catherine's Marriage Index Address:- http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/StCathsTranscriptions
• The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) Address:- http://www.proni.gov.uk/ (Feb 9/05) 
• The Public Records Office in England has the 1901 CENSUS online, 32.5 million residents of Edwardian Britain. Address:- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/census/default.htm (02/08/2006)
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission:- http://www.cwgc.org/
• The National Archives of Ireland, Dublin Address:- http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ (Feb 9/05)
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            LIBRARIES

• The British Library (The United Kingdom's National Library) Address:- http://portico.bl.uk/  & one of it's pages:- Document Ordering Address:- http://www.bl.uk/articles
• GENUKI :-  Searching from abroad:- http://www.genuki.org.uk/ab/
• Genealogical resources in Norfolk are part of GENUKI, which is the UK and Ireland Genealogy Service. Norfolk Address:- http://www.uea.ac.uk/his/research/ (Feb 9/05)
• The University of Leicester's New Opportunities Fund project is creating a digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century local and trade directories from England and Wales. http://www.historicaldirectories.org/
  Directories of counties and towns are among the most important sources for local and genealogical studies. They include lists of names, addresses and occupations of the inhabitants of the counties and towns they describe, and successive editions reflect the changes in the localities over a period of time.
  High quality digital reproductions of a large selection of these comparatively rare books, previously only found in libraries and record offices, will be freely available online to anyone with an Internet connection. This online collection will bring together a greater number and range of directories than any one repository could provide.
  There is also a powerful search engine available so that names, occupations, addresses and other key words or phrases can be located to their exact places on pages within the text.
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            DATABASES

• FamilyRecords.gov.uk has closed, We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
  For births, marriages, deaths, adoptions and civil partnerships please go to the Directgov website https://www.gov.uk/browse/births-deaths-marriages/register-offices
  For census returns, wills, military records and other material go to The National Archives’ website http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
  You can view an archived version of FamilyRecords.gov.uk in the UK Government Web Archive http://collections.europarchive.org/tna/*/http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk
• FreeBMD. FreeBMD stands for Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The FreeBMD Project's objective is to provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales. The Civil Registration system for recording births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales has been in place since 1837 and is one of the most significant single resources for genealogical research back to Victorian times. The FreeBMD project contains index information for the period 1837-1983. https://www.freebmd.org.uk/search  (Link edited May 19, 2018)

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            GENERAL HISTORY

• Your Irish Roots: Irish Genealogy, Irish Surname & Irish Coat of Arms. We specialise in Irish Genealogy and heraldry.
  URL: http://www.youririshroots.com   Irish Genealogy research- Irish surname history and Irish Coat of Arms, Ancestor Reports, plus information on tracing your Irish Ancestors.

• A Website of interest to those of you researching Ireland " Ireland Old News" http://www.irelandoldnews.com/index.html Exerpt from their Website "The links below will take you to the articles currently on our site and organized by county of publication, year and month. These pages are updated frequently so be sure to check back often for your particular interests." (29/01/06)

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            GENEALOGY RELATED TOUR PROVIDERS

• Scottish Ancestral Trail Website:- http://www.scottish-ancestral-trail.co.uk  We are a small, Scottish family business dedicated to providing very personal holidays especially for you.
  Travel to Scotland for  exclusive vacations  based on your Scottish ancestors and family history. Your itinerary, chauffeur driven travel and accommodation, arranged for you.
  Having researched your family tree, now come to Scotland and personally visit the old churches, graveyards and possibly even the houses where your ancestors lived. As descendants of Scots you can experience the thrill of walking in the footsteps of your ancestors.
   (Dec 6/04)

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EUROPEAN Web Sites

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• FEDERATION OF EAST EUROPEAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES http://feefhs.org (06/12/04)

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            LIBRARIES

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            GENERAL HISTORY

• Genealogy & History in France:- http://www.gefrance.com (genealogy) http://www.gefrance.com/calrep/calen.htm (French republican calendar) Take advantage of the unique service to find your ancestors in France and to know their history. They don't only offer you part of existing databases - but also real first hand researches. The outcome of each research is presented with charts, photocopies of the manuscripts and their transcripts, photographs of places and / or houses where your ancestors lived, individual data about each ancestor, including all the references and lastly comments in English, French or Spanish.$$$ (Nov 16/99)
• Belgium Genealogy:- http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/belgium/index.html  Belgium is a small kingdom in the very heart of Europe. This home page focuses on Genealogy and Genealogical Associations in this country but also more specifically the northern Dutch-speaking part, known as known as Flanders. (June 23/97)
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OTHER COUNTRY Web Sites

A listing of Genealogical and Historical Web sites in Other Countries.

• Australian Archives:- http://www.aa.gov.au/
• Cemeteries of the World:-  http://www.interment.net/cemetery.htm
• Cemetery Junction:-  http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction.ca/CJ-BC-002.html
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MISCELLANEOUS REFERENCE MATERIAL Web Sites

A listing of Web Sites with Reference Material or Databases useful to individuals in writing a Bibliography, query letters or just general information.

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• Genealogy Surname Resources:- http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/
• Creating Illustrated Monumental Inscription Transcripts on CDROM Take a look at: http://www.shotover.clara.net/micd

            DICTIONARIES

• On-line Dictionaries:- http://www.yourdictionary.com/  A monumental resource of dictionaries, thesauri and other word tools.
• WWLIA Legal Dictionary:- http://www.wwlia.org/  Legal terms defined in simple words by the World Wide Legal Information Association.
• Acronym Reference List (" acronym " means :- a pronounceable word formed by joining the first letters of a phrase, as Alcan ("Aluminum Canada") and NATO ("North Atlantic Treaty Organization")) Check out this Site if you ever wondered what those mysterious series of letters mean:- http://www.ucc.ie/acronyms/
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• Kapitol-International Directories:- http://www.infobel.be/infobel/infobelworld.html  KAPITOL is a Belguim based site with a large listing of International Telephone Numbers for most Countries in the World. All of the Countries have FAX Telephone Numbers, but only the larger Countries have Yellow & White Pages listed, SO check it out, maybe you will get lucky & find what you are looking for.
• Chapman Country and County Codes:- http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes.html find the codes of countries & counties that are used on maps and in Census records.
• Streetmap website:- http://www.streetmap.co.uk
• Yellow pages search engine:- http://www.switchboard.com (06/12/04)

            LIBRARIES

            RESEARCH AIDS

• New History at Home: A Guide to Genealogy by HomeAdvisor: https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/guide-to-genealogy/ (Link supplied by seventh grader Mia & sent to me by Elizabeth Crowley ecrowley@kingstonschools.org , added May 19, 2018)
• Research Aids for the Family Histiorian:- http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/ogsaids.htm
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• Paper Magazine:- Family Chronicle - magazine for people researching family trees, family history and their genealogy roots. http://www.familychronicle.com
• Paper Magazine:- Heritage Quest - devoted to assisting genealogists and family historians. http://www.heritagequestmagazine.com/ (Feb 9/05)
• Online Magazine:- THE GLOBAL GAZETTE - Canada's Genealogy & Heritage On-Line Newsletter. (free) Address:- http://globalgenealogy.com/gazette.htm (26/12/97)
• Online publication - "Genealogy Canada News Online!" (GCNO!). Free e-mail subscriptions are available at editor@genealogycanada.com   by simply placing "GCNO SUBSCRIBE" in the subject heading of the e-mail message.
• A terrific site for Maritime books and others try http://www.abebooks.com/home/MIRAMICHIBOOKS/
  recommended by Dorothy Graham, BCGS member
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• Google maps http://maps.google.com/maps
• MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online  http://archivemaps.com/mapco/index.htm
  MAPCO's aim is to provide genealogists, students and historians with free access to high quality scans of rare and beautiful antique maps and views. There will be a variety of highly collectable 18th and 19th century maps and plans displayed on the site in coming months, with an emphasis on London and British Isles county maps. Mostly Great Britian (Sept 30/06)
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) is a structured vocabulary currently containing around 1,106,000 names and other information about places. Names for a place may include names in the vernacular language, English, other languages, historical names, names and in natural order and inverted order http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNSearchPage.jsp (Sept 30/06)
• Tageo.com is a database of geographic coordinate information. Tageo.com provides information about 2,667,417 cities in the whole world !! http://www.tageo.com/index.htm (Sept 30/06)
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• 1837online rebranded the website to https://www.findmypast.co.uk/  to reflect the wide range of records that we are able to provide our users (Link updated May 19, 2018) ($$)
• http://Ancestry.com  & http://Ancestry.ca  Databases ($$) (Added May 19, 2018)
• LDS Internet Family Search Website:-  http://www.familysearch.com   (mostly free)