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Canadian Reference Sources

Author : Mary E. Bond

Publisher : UBC Press

Page : 1102 pages

File Size : 30,9 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780774805650

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In parallel columns of French and English, lists over 4,000 reference works and books on history and the humanities, breaking down the large divisions by subject, genre, type of document, and province or territory. Includes titles of national, provincial, territorial, or regional interest in every subject area when available. The entries describe the core focus of the book, its range of interest, scholarly paraphernalia, and any editions in the other Canadian language. The humanities headings are arts, language and linguistics, literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religion. Indexed by name, title, and French and English subject. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR



Death Notices from the Canada Christian Advocate, 1858-1872

Author : Donald A. McKenzie

Publisher : Lambertville, N.J. : Hunterdon House

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 34,72 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Reference

ISBN :

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"The Methodist Episcopal Church started publishing its own paper, The Canada Christian advocate, in Cobourg, in January 1845. Two years later, the paper moved to Hamilton, where it was printed each week until the reunion of Canadian Methodism in 1884"--Introduction.



Irish Migrants in the Canadas

Author : Bruce S. Elliott

Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Page : 460 pages

File Size : 42,9 MB

Release : 2004

Category : History

ISBN : 9780773523210

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"This new, expanded edition of Irish Migrants in the Canadas traces the genealogies, movements, landholding strategies, and economic lives of 775 families of Irish immigrants who came to Canada between 1815 and 1855. This study has important implications for our understanding of nineteenth-century society in Ireland, Canada, and the United States."--Jacket.





Obituaries from the Christian Guardian, July 1884 to December 1890

Author : Donald A. McKenzie

Publisher : Campbellville, Ont. : Global Heritage Press

Page : 624 pages

File Size : 20,76 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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The Christian guardian, a Methodist newspaper, was published weekly in Toronto, Ontario, from 1829 to 1925.



A Better Place

Author : Susan Smart

Publisher : Dundurn

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 37,29 MB

Release : 2011-04-11

Category : Reference

ISBN : 1459709969

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The notion that funeral rituals, strong religious beliefs, and a firm conviction that death is a beginning and not an end is highlighted in A Better Place. An understanding of these changing burial rites, many of which might seem strange to us today, is invaluable for the family historian.



Reference Sources for Canadian Genealogy

Author : National Library of Canada

Publisher :

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 32,11 MB

Release : 1995

Category : Reference

ISBN :

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The National Library offers a number of collections and services of interests to genealogists and family historians, including family and local histories, transcriptions and indexes of parish registers, cemetery transcription lists, and periodicals of genealogical and historical societies across Canada. This bibliography is a guide to those sources and includes annotated references arranged under the following categories: bibliographies and catalogues, dictionaries, directories, handbooks and guides, historical atlases, indexes, registers, surnames, and the ten provinces plus the Yukon. Includes name, title, and subject indexes.



Researching Canadian Newspaper Records

Author : Ryan Taylor

Publisher :

Page : 252 pages

File Size : 17,23 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Canada

ISBN :

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Newspapers are an important source of genealogical information, not only dates and places, but also background material which will add to the interest of your family history. This book will review the historical development of newspapers, how to find the required paper, what useful information you may find and how to interpret this documented data.