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Vital Stats
http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php
[/b][/b]Western Manitoba Genealogy Project
http://www.westmanitoba.com/
Winnipeg
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mbwinnip/
Winnipeg Burial Searches
http://www.winnipeg.ca/ppd/cemeteries.stm
Brandon
http://www.hillmans.soupbo.com/archive/brandon8.html
Northern Region
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/north.htm
Interlake Region
http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Embinterl/
Manitoba Canada Military Records
http://www.canadiangenealogy.net/manitoba/manitoba_military.htm
Newspapers
Paper of Record
(free to Join and download)
http://www.paperofrecord.com/
(Papers available at Paper of Record)
Manitoban Winnipeg 1870 - 1874
Winnipeg Times Winnipeg 1879 - 1885
Janice
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Choose Kipling collection:Kipling Fonds / 4,204 Early Red River Settlement / Manitoba Births Deaths & Marriages
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/001/098/001098-100.01-e.php?
More surnames Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project for Manitoba
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cancemet/MB/CanadaGenWebCemeteryProject-Manitoba-SurnameIndex.pdf
1881 map of Winnipeg North http://www.flickr.com/photos/manitobamaps/2467495479/sizes/l/
1881 map of Winnipeg South http://www.flickr.com/photos/manitobamaps/2468336774/sizes/l/
1911 map of Winnipeg...Many other historical maps & scenes of the settlement from early settlement to 20th century!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manitobamaps/2825450318/sizes/o/
Western Land Grants
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/western-land-grants/001007-100.01-e.php
also you can contact here to ask if they can do a lookup through the grants on microfilm & make copies for you...
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/how.html
( also HBC archives are held there ... )
also see maps below to help locate the land area *
http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi/06/1906mb.htm where to look on the census
a few Manitoba Directories listed in here, mostly covering Brandon, some Winnipeg & a few earlier of NWT:
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/henderson.html
Brandon: http://www.rootschat.com/links/07hf/
N.W.T. : http://tinyurl.com/ybyu7yp
Brandon Municipal Cemetery
http://www.brandon.ca/main.nsf/pages+by+id/427
Portage la Prairie ( look left for this search)
http://www.city.portage-la-prairie.mb.ca/corporate/parkscemetery.asp
Obit lookups ...find date of death in vitals or cemetery listings and put your request in here:
http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/libraryservices/eref/emailref.asp
They also do other lookups regarding family history...10 years of Winnipeg / Brandon directory searches so choose wisely ,ie: every 5 yrs. if they lived there 50 years...every three if they were there 30 years
Manitoba wills index 1870 - 1983.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/probate/wpg_estate.html
Winnipeg Free Press Newspaper Archives ( more recent obits)
http://www.passagesmb.com/archive.cfm
Some Manitoba Cemeteries -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/cemeteries.htm
List of cemeteries transcribed by MGS and transcription ordering information
http://www.mbgenealogy.com/mgs_mis.html
The Winnipeg Tribune 1890 - 1980..images of actual pages
http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers/The%20Winnipeg%20Tribune
Winnipeg Tribune fonds
https://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/prairie_immigration/tribune.shtml
find the location of a town on a recent map of manitoba
http://www.becquet.ca/director/maps/Manitoba/index.htm
* Great maps site, just sign in...shows current maps of towns in Mb.
https://mli2.gov.mb.ca//towns/index.html
To find your districts, although new, this area map will help you find sections on a map...
so try here and find your nearby town/area...https://mli2.gov.mb.ca/municipalities/images/rm_boundaries.gif
Then go here to find your town on the list and it will give you sections nearby
https://mli2.gov.mb.ca/municipalities/index.html
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The World War II Service Database
http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/WorldWarII/index2.shtml
Manitoba Archival Network
http://scaa.usask.ca:10094/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0
Pathways to Winnipeg History
http://www.winnipeg.ca/Clerks/docs/pathways/default.stm
Mary's Genealogy Page - Manitoba
http://www3.telus.net/public/mtoll/manitoba.htm
Mennonite Genealogy Data Index: Canada: Manitoba
http://www.mennonites.ca/canada_mb.html
Manitoba Genealogy Links
http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/manitoba/index.html
Manitoba, Canada Genealogy
http://www.looking4kin.com/mb.htm
Olive Tree Genealogy - Manitoba
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/can/man.shtml
Can-Genealogy - Manitoba
http://www.cangenealogy.com/manitoba.html
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Newspaper Articles
http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers
http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/tribune/index.shtml
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Red River Mission Marriages 1818-1831:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/sneakers/RRMission.htm
Manitoba BMD by submission ( with contact info of submitters)
http://www.westmanitoba.com/marriages/
http://www.westmanitoba.com/pioneers/
Collection of Manitoba Cultural Websites
http://home.westman.wave.ca/%7Ehillmans/dossier1.html
Your ancestor may show up in this Prairie resource - use quotations for full name
If an unusual surname, surname only
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html
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Winnipeg Time Machine
http://siamandas.com/time_machine/
Historical Photographs - The John Steele Collection
http://bbhilda.topcities.com/JohnSteelCollection/TheJohnSteelCollection.html
Brandon History / photo archive
http://home.westman.wave.ca/%7Eyoungt/archives.html
Early Winnipeg Industry... individual profiles about the owners
http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_30637#page/n5/mode/2up
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Books
The Story of Manitoba (Volume 1)
http://www.archive.org/details/storyofmanitoba01schouoft
The Story of Manitoba (Volume 2)
http://www.archive.org/details/storyofmanitoba02schouoft
The story of Manitoba (Volume 3)
http://www.archive.org/details/storyofmanitoba03schouoft
The Red river colony : a chronicle of the beginnings of Manitoba
http://www.archive.org/details/redrivercolonyc00wooduoft
Altona : the story of a prairie town
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3854
From Rural Parkland to Urban Centre : one hundred years of growth at the University of Manitoba, 1877 to 1977
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4331
Growing up in Manitoba, 1924-1941
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3856
Manitoba as I saw it from 1869 to date
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/search.aspx?field=Subject&key=Manitoba--Biography
Manitoba Memories : leaves from my life in the prairie province, 1868-1884
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4538
Memory Opens the Door to Yesterday
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4541
A Mennonite Odyssey
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3845
Pioneers and prominent people in Manitoba
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=12021
Taming a wilderness : a history of Ashern and district
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=12182
With the West in her eyes : Nellie Hislop's story
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2612
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South West Branch of the Manitoba Genealogical Society
http://www.geocities.com/swestbranch/
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http://www.smflibrary.ca/library.html is the Stockmen's Association Archives in Cochrane AB. (i.e. cattle ranchers). Library resources cover Manitoba.
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For anyone searching for cemetery records at Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba
http://www.city.portage-la-prarie.mb.mb.ca/corporate/parkscemetery_backup.asp
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Manitoba Historical Society
http://www.mhs.mb.ca
Manitoba Biographies
http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/index.shtml
Listed alphabetically by last name or search.
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Voyageur contracts database of Montreal signups between 1714 and 1830...will have some surnames, don't expect all as my husband's ancestor isn't on there...
http://voyageurs.shsb.mb.ca/en/search.aspx
For Hudson's Bay Employee mini bios use this database
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/index.html
To access other databases on the SHSB site http://shsb.mb.ca/en/archives_research