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Genealogy ResourcesYou Can Use Now!
Presentation by:Elise C. Cole, Local History Librarian
& AskUs CoordinatorOakville Public Library
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Our Agenda:º Staying on top of the new stuff
Blogs and RSS Newsletters E-mail Lists Local Branch of the Ontario Genealogical
Society & Local Historical Society
º Photo databases/OurOntarioº Books, Magazines: Print Still Works!º Google (You’d be AMAZED!)º Actual Websitesº The Power of e-Bay!
Where people
and ideasmeet
Where people
and ideasmeet
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Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
º Keeping Up With the Jones (or Smiths, or Browns, or Ashtons or…)
º Blogs Dick Eastman Genealogy Blog Genealogy Education Librarians Helping Canadian Genealogists
Climb Family Trees FreeOnAncestry Newberry Library The not so obvious, ResearchBuzz And many, many more!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
º How to read all those blogs: RSSº “Real Simple Syndication”
º Bloglines & Bloglines Notifier:º www.bloglines.com
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
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º Newsletters Global Genealogy/Global Gazette RootsWeb Review Library and Archives Canada e-newsletter
º Mailing Lists Surname lists Geographic location Various topics
• World War I• Cemetery
And you can find them on Cyndi’s List
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
º ASHTON. A mailing list for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the Ashton surname and variations in any place and at any time. To subscribe send "subscribe" to [email protected] (mail mode) or [email protected] (digest mode).
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
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Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
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Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
º GENEALIB: Librarians Serving Genealogists Great forum to ask questions of fellow librarians Searchable archive Other Canadian Librarians and Archivists monitor
on a regular basis
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Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
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º Local Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society
www.ogs.on.ca/branches/first.html Attend meetings Online/Newsletter queries
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
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Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
º Local digital collections Your library/archive/museum may already have one Do you know what is available in other repositories
about your area? Can family history researchers find you from a
distance? OurOntario is ...Find digital image, text, audio and
video materials about Ontario history, heritage and culture. Search the collections of libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, heritage and community groups, government agencies, and private collections in Ontario and across Canada ... via a single search portal. Search results link you to the digital content on a contributing partner's web site.
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people
and ideasmeet
www.opl.on.ca
º Books Family histories, local histories Search out via Amicus, WorldCat, Amazon,
Alibris, publication catalogues of the Ontario Genealogical Society (and Local Branch)
Try requesting via InterLibrary loan – even if it has to be used in-Library
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
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and ideasmeet
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º Magazines Internet Genealogy Your Family Tree Family Chronicle Families Family Tree Magazine Ancestry Magazine Everton’s Genealogical Helper Ancestors Practical Family History The Genealogist
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
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and ideasmeet
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º Other things to try: Google search: Don’t forget about the tilde
(~) search which looks for synonyms The BIG Websites:
• Canadian Genealogy Centre: www.genealogy.gc.ca• GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogy• Cyndi’s List: search for countries which are not
North America or United Kingdom & Ireland
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
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and ideasmeet
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º e-Bay: Set up a “My favourite searches” for items related to a particular family, or other items from the area
Genealogy Resources You Can Use Now!
Where people and ideas meet
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w.o
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n.ca
Genealogy ResourcesYou Can Use Now!
Please feel free to contact me at:[email protected] or
http://canadianlibgenie.blogspot.com/
