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Offline DeniseA

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Link: Canada Census Information 1851 - 1916
« on: Friday 27 January 06 18:19 GMT (UK) »
http //www ontarioroots.com /1911 link broken
Canada/US - Aylestock, Cromwell, Lawson, Moore, Stonehouse
Kent - Cooper, Stock, Terry
Derby - Matthews, Rudkin, Sparham
Source: Library and Archives Canada's website www.collectionscanada.ca
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Canada census 1841 - to 1911
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 13 May 06 12:34 BST (UK) »
link to 1851 census and many more indexes including Goulbourne, Kemptville, Marlborough, North Gower, Oxford-on-Rideau, richmond, and South Gower 1841-1911.


http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/ontario/censuses.html


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Re: link to 1841-1901 Canadian census
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 21 October 07 18:55 BST (UK) »
Dates of the Canada Censuses....and birth ages given
http://www.generations.on.ca/genealogy/canadian-census.htm

and the dates plus information on the data
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.002-e.html

Ontario Census Links
http://www.censusfinder.com/ontario-canada-census-records.htm

Ontario GenWeb Census Project
http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.com/

1851 census New Brunswick:
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/censusnb51/

1851 Census - (not indexed)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/1851/index-e.html

1852 census Upper (Ontario) & Lower (Quebec) Canada
search database by surname:
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census52/

1871 Census (Heads of Household - Ontario)
http://db.library.queensu.ca/census/

1871 Census (Heads of Household - Ontario) Archives
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/1871-ontario/index-e.html

1871 Victoria Census - Heads of Household
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canbc/1871vic_cen/1871vic_cen.htm

Surname index for centenarians
Investigation on Centenarianism, circa 1878

http://www.cangenealogy.com/armstrong/censsurs.htm
Elder, Stewart, Johnston, Baskerville, Marks, Carson, Leitch, Bulloch, Thomson, Allen, Campbell, Gordon, Murray, Kelly, Chambers, Black, Cheyne, Youngson, Williamsdaughter, Anderson, Briggs, Pirie, Clark, Philp, Mannel, Lander, Rough, Lean, Bate, Brown, Oliver, Kitt, Shards, Bennet, Young, Petrie, Wylie, Herbertson, Martin, McAlister, Best, Ginn, Ross, McIntosh, McGillivray, Russell, Pettigrew, Fyfe, Barrie

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Re: link to 1841-1901 Canadian census
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 10 December 08 05:46 GMT (UK) »
Canada: Patterson, Brown, Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Johnston(e), Gorsuch, Kitchin/Kitchen
United States: Patterson, Smith, Brown, Vance, Bower(s), Newberry, Best, Love, Gorsuch
England (Northumberland): Brown, Whitfield, Henderson
Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, East Lothian): Johnston(e), Bell, Galloway, Campbell, Robertson, Williamson, Thomson, Crawford
Germans from Russia: Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Meach, Lorenz


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Re: Canada census - to 1911
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 21 January 09 04:31 GMT (UK) »
1901 census:
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/

1906 census of Prairie Provinces
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census06/

1911 census:
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/

link to all above plus scroll down for new linking added constantly:
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/

Interpreting the 1911 Census / Column Headings
Here is a breakdown of the page...including employment codes, which helps if the mode of employ is illegible....
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1911/006003-100.04-e.html#b

1916 census of Prairie Provinces
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1207596135593#c=1529118;p=2;t=searchable
Note the database not always reliable, so try leaving out some information to get your results
but children and parents come up along with results so try all names and also leaving out location

Elder, Stewart, Johnston, Baskerville, Marks, Carson, Leitch, Bulloch, Thomson, Allen, Campbell, Gordon, Murray, Kelly, Chambers, Black, Cheyne, Youngson, Williamsdaughter, Anderson, Briggs, Pirie, Clark, Philp, Mannel, Lander, Rough, Lean, Bate, Brown, Oliver, Kitt, Shards, Bennet, Young, Petrie, Wylie, Herbertson, Martin, McAlister, Best, Ginn, Ross, McIntosh, McGillivray, Russell, Pettigrew, Fyfe, Barrie

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1891 Canadian Census
« Reply #5 on: Monday 09 February 09 20:45 GMT (UK) »
1891 Canada Census is now searchable on line at Library and Archives Canada

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html

Karen
Gandley (but known as Stanley in Canada)- Ireland to Birmingham<br />Ball, Kempson & Franklin - Birmingham<br />Shorter - Surrey<br />Dyer - Devon<br />Dawkins - Co. Cork, Ireland<br />Heffernan - Ireland
Huck - Alsace, France
Reinhart - Baden, Germany
Bowman & Ellis - England
Etheridge - Gloucestershire

Who all came to Canada in a little row boat, clap clap, clap your hands!!

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Re: Canada census - to 1911
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 13 August 09 01:51 BST (UK) »
1871 Canada census
Now more images available fully indexed database searches! 
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1871/index-e.html

1916 Prairies Province, search by location land description only
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1916/001100-100.01-e.php

and the dates of the census plus information on the data
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.002-e.html
ages asked ( which birthday)
15 Jan 1851  asked for age on next birthday ( even if you just had one)
14 Aug 1861 asked for age next birthday
02 Apr 1871 asked for age next birthday
04 Apr 1881 asked for age last birthday
06 Apr 1891 asked age last birthday
31 Mar 1901 asked age last birthday
24 Jun 1906 asked age last birthday
01 Jun 1911 asked age last birthday

Interpreting the Census / Column Headings
Here is a breakdown of the page...including employment codes, which helps if the mode of employ is illegible....
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/census.aspx

Many Ontario censuses can still be accessed here, as transcription continues:
http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.ancestry.com/search.html



Some occupations from censuses & their descriptions...also an added bonus! French occupations!
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/publications/armstrong/genterm/index.html
"We search for information, but the burden of proof is always with the thread owner" J.J.

Canadian  census  transcribed  data  ©2005 www.AutomatedGenealogy.com

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1916 Prairie Provinces Census - index now available
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 20 February 13 11:22 GMT (UK) »
See http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1916/Pages/1916.aspx

This census is now indexed by surname as well as by location. Info from the Library and Archives Canada blog, January 2013: http://thediscoverblog.com/
Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
in Stirlingshire, Roxburghshire; Bucks; Devon; Somerset; Northumberland; Carmarthenshire; Glamorgan

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Re: 1916 Prairie Provinces Census - index now available
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 20 February 13 12:35 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for that Graham. Just found one of my families on there.

best wishes

Maria  :)
GOATER, LAN, ALL
BOURKE, MAYO/ LAN
LONERGAN, TIP
McGREAL, MAYO
FLAHERTY, GALWAY/ ALL
HOUGH, LAN/ ALL