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Canadian census' births and WW1 civilian bravery

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Linda Rose

Linda Rose Report 27 Feb 2010 13:20

Thanks RutlandBelle

I'll try these web sites. I think the www.collections etc. is the one I've tried already and although it does have census records they are very disjointed. I think you have to know more than I do at the moment to make them work.

Thanks again.

Linda

RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 27 Feb 2010 12:12

PS to above

when I was looking for a marriage I 'googled' untill I came up with a local family history forum

eg: Hamilton Branch Ontario Genealogical Society

http://www.hwcn.org/link/HBOGS/

I was able to find a marriage I had been searching for

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RutlandBelle

RutlandBelle Report 27 Feb 2010 12:08

try these:


http://automatedgenealogy.com/index.html

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html

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Linda Rose

Linda Rose Report 27 Feb 2010 11:49

Thanks Jonesey

I have looked on the Canadian census' - but as someone remarked on a previous post it's like looking for a needle in a haystack! The website I was using only indexed individuals and it was almost impossible to 'marry' a family together. I have been searching for my grandfather for over a year and have never got any further than his marriage certificate to my grandmother in 1917 in Camberwell!

Linda

Linda Rose

Linda Rose Report 27 Feb 2010 11:30

Does any one know of an easy to access web site where I can search for births in Canada

ThanksGrandfather 'lost' in history - born in Canada c1878.
I've tried searching Canadian census' and birth records in Canada - but as I don't know exactly where in Canada he was born it will be too time consuming to find my grandfather 's family in this way. So I am trying another route. My mother says that their was always a 'medal' or citation from the 'King' on the wall in my grandmother's home for bravery or services to this country during WW1. My paternal grandfather travelled backwards and forwards from Canada rounding up horses and transporting them over to Britain for the army. He settled in Britain after marrying my paternal grandmother in 1917 where he carried on his trade in horses.

Would there be a record anywhere of his award for 'bravery'?

Or could there be business directories for the 1920's that would list his business.

I don't suppose these would give me anymore information about his birth place but at lease this would give me some extra info about him as I know little or nothing.

Thanks Linda

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