Materials Available for Canadian and French Canadian Family History Research in the SSGHS Library.
We are a non-lending library – all research must be done on site and there is a $3 fee for non-members use of the library. Become a member for free access to the library.
For more recent additions to the library collection, check the library catalog here.
Additional materials on Canada and French Candians Research can be found in the Pamphlet File.
CD 971 D-FAM | Canadian genealogy index 1600s-1900s. — (Family archives) | Family Tree Maker |
CD 971 D-ONT | Ontario and Nova Scotia settlers, 1790-1860 | |
CD 971.3 D-FAM | Census index Ontario Canada 1871 | Family Tree Maker |
CD 973 VIT | Vital records index: North America. — ( Family history resource file) | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints |
F H BISHOP | Bishop families of Quebec City and the county of Portneuf | Duhe, Raymond |
F H GRIER | Griers : pioneers in America and Canada 1816-1991 | Grier, William M. |
F H LEMOINE | Genealogy of the LeMonie-Civalier lineage in France-Canada-USA | Trampush, Raymond I / Trampush, Aurora LeMoine |
F H PLOGER | Biographical sketches of John and Margaret (Rutherford) Ploger and their ancestors from Canada and Germany | Magnuson, Carole Carr |
MFC 971 H-VAI | La Conquete du Canada par les Normans : biographie de la premiere generation normande du Canada | Vaillancourt, Emilie |
MFC 971.44 D-REP | Repertoire des mariages de Sainte Anne de la Perade, Quebec, Canada 1684-1900 | |
277.3 LIN | Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1999 | Lindner, Eileen W. |
282 OFF | Official Catholic Directory | |
353.4 BUL | Bullinger’s postal and shippers guide for the United States and Canada | Bullinger, Edwin W. |
353.4 CAN | Canada official postal guide 1940-1941 | |
906 MCD | Directory of historical societies and agencies in the United States and Canada 11th ed. | McDonald, Donna |
912 ALL | Allstate Motor Club road atlas USA Canada Mexico. | |
912 NEW | New Grosset road atlas of the United States, Canada and Mexico | |
912 RAN | Rand McNally road atlas of the United States, Canada and Mexico | |
929 MEY | Meyer’s directory of genealogical societies in the USA and Canada. 19th ed. | Meyer, Mary Keysor |
929.1 KEM | Vital records handbook | Kemp, Thomas J. |
929.373 PAS | Passenger and immigration lists index | Meyer, Mary K |
929.4 ONT | Ontario Genealogical Society directory of surnames | Ontario Genealogical Society |
971 A-BAX | In search of your Canadian roots Second edition | Baxter, Angus |
971 A-GEY | French-Canadian sources : a guide for genealogists | Geyh, Patricia Keeney |
971 A-GOR | Genealogical research and the public archives of Canada | Gordon, Robert S. |
971 A-IRV | Finding Your Canadian Ancestors : A Beginner’s Guide (Finding Your Ancestors Series) | Irvine, Sherry / Obee, Dave |
971 A-JON | Canadian genealogical handbook | Jonasson, Eric |
971 A-RES | Research outline Canada | |
971 A-TRA | Tracing your ancestors in Canada | |
971 D-BIN | Baptist year book 1948-1949 for the convention of Ontario and Quebec | Bingham, H. H. |
971 D-BIR | Births-deaths-marriages Christian Messenger January 1858 – December 1862 Volume 2 | Ontario Genealogical Society |
971 D-STA | Star almanac : a Canadian cyclopedia of facts and figures 1893 | |
971 H-BAG | Little immigrants : orphans who came to Canada | Bagnell, Kenneth |
971 H-FIE | Land of promise : the story of early Canada | Field, John L. / Dennis, Lloyd A / Maitland, Allistair |
971 H-NEW | Company of adventurers volume 1 : the story of the Hudson’s Bay Company | Newman, Peter C. |
971 H-SWA | Canada : symbols of sovereignty | Swan, Conrad |
971 P-CAN | Canadian genealogist | |
971 P-LOS | Lost in Canada? : Canadian–American query exchange | |
971 T-FOD | Fodor’s Canada 1979 | |
971 T-REA | Reader’s Digest atlas of Canada | |
971.024 H-MIK | United Empire Loyalists : pioneers of Upper Canada | Mika, Nick |
971.272 H-CRA | Cranberry Portage : a pictorial history | |
971.3 A-KEF | Some Ontario references and sources for the family historian | Keffer, Marion C. / Kirk, Robert F. / Kirk, Audrey L. |
971.3 D-FRA | Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario vol. 4 | Fraser, Alexander |
971.3 D-REI | Death notices of Ontario | Reid, William D |
971.3 D-REI | Marriage notices of Ontario | Reid, William D |
971.3 H-BRO | Ghost towns of Ontario | Brown, Ron |
971.3 H-FLE | Power at cost : Ontario hydro and rural electrification, 1911-1958 | Fleming, Keith R. |
971.3 P-FAM | Families [Periodical] | |
971.3 P-ONT | Ontario register | |
971.336 D-ASS | Assessments, township of Windham 1809 & 1826 | |
971.336 D-COL | Collections of the Norfolk Historical Society preliminary inventory | |
971.336 D-EIG | 1851 Census Windham township, (Norfolk County, Ontario) | |
971.336 D-VOT | Voters’ list, 1879 municipality of the township of Walsingham county of Norfolk Ontario Canada (Mid-Michigan General Society occasional paper) | Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society |
971.352 H-WEN | Wentworth bygones | |
971.352 P-HAM | Hamilton Branch | Ontario Genealogical Society |
971.382 D-ONT | Clyde Forks Cemetery Lavant Township Lanark Co Lot 17, Conc 5 Clyde Forks, Ontario | Headrick, Iva M / Ontario Gen. Soc. |
971.382 H-BEN | In search of Lanark | Bennett,Carol / Bennett, Carol |
971.382 H-McG | Pioneer history of the county of Lanark | McGill, Jean S. |
971.382 H-MEI | Maberly Fair : a centennial celebration | Meikel, Duncan |
971.4 D-MAS | Canadian passports 1681-1752 | Massicotte, E A / Jarry, Paul R |
971.4 H-BES | St Lawrence (Rivers of America) | Beston, Henry |
971.4 H-LAF | Our French-Canadian Ancestors | Laforest, Thomas J. |
971.4 H-TUL | River barons : Montreal businessmen and the growth of industry and transportation 1837-53 | Tulchinsky, Gerald J. J. |
971.456 H-RAJ | Drummondville : 150 ans de vie quotidienne au coeur du Quebec | Rajotte, Ernestine Charland |
971.5 P-GEN | Generations | |
971.5 P-NEW | New Brunswick genealogical society newsletter | |
971.532 D-JOH | Irish emigration to New England through the port of St John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849 | Johnson, Daniel F. |
971.6 A-PUN | Genealogical research in Nova Scotia. Third revised edition | Punch, Terrence M. |
971.6 H-GIL | Loyalists And Land Settlement In Nova Scotia | Gilroy, Marion |
971.6 P-ACA | Acadian genealogy exchange | |
971.6 P-NOV | Nova Scotia genealogist | |
971.6 P-NOV | Nova Scotia historical review | |
971.8 H-ENG | Historic Newfoundland and Labrador. 8th rev ed | English, L. E. F. |
973.0949 OOS | To find a better life : aspects of Dutch immigration to Canada and the United States 1920-1970 | Oosterman, Gerald |
973.09498 WER | Romanians in the United States and Canada : a guide to ancestry and heritage research | Wertsman, Vladimir F. |
973.0971 AME | American-Canadian genealogist | |
973.0971 CAN | Canadian-American Journal of History & Genealogy for Canadian, French & Metis Study | |
If the people you are researching are French, but not necessarily Canadian, you might find the materials listed below useful. | ||
944 A-FRA | Huguenot genealogical research | Franklin, Charles M. |
973.0944 REA | Trail of the Huguenots in Europe, the United States, South Africa and Canada | Reamon, G. Elmore |
974.5 H-POT | Memoir Concerning the French settlements and French settlers in the colony of Rhode Island | Potter, Elisha R. |
975.7 D-HIR | Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina | Hirsch, Arthur Henry |
977.433 D-DEN | Genealogy of the French families of the Detroit River region 1701-1911 | Denissen, Christian |
977.5 H-ALD | Wisconsin’s early French habitants | Alderson, Jo Bartels/ Rennert, Kate Alderson |