Manitoba Resources

[Janice M]

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

[J.J.]

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

[Janice M]

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

[RanchGirl]

Newspaper Articles

http://manitobia.ca/cocoon/launch/en/newspapers

http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/archives/tribune/index.shtml

[J.J.]

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

[J.J.]

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

[Janice M]

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

[dollylee]

South West Branch of the Manitoba Genealogical Society

http://www.geocities.com/swestbranch/

[loo]

http://www.smflibrary.ca/library.html is the Stockmen's Association Archives in Cochrane AB.  (i.e. cattle ranchers).  Library resources cover Manitoba.