Genealogy Links

Compiled by Dave Nicholson & Jane Chapman

Ancestry Library Edition is available at every Community Hub of the Thunder Bay Public Library (also available through wireless networks at every Community Hub)

Annual Rootstech Technology and Family History Conference (Information videos of previous presentation posted on the site)

A Canadian store for genealogical software, supplies and updated genealogy articles in the Global Gazette

Bill Martin’s Thunder Bay and Ontario Genealogy page

Canadian censuses including 1901 Port Arthur/Fort William as part of Algoma District and 1911 Port Arthur/Fort William as part of Thunder Bay District

David Nicholson’s Thunder Bay Genealogical and Historical Research

Free, printable fan, bowtie and multi-generation pedigree charts in various styles for adults and children

Genealogy Canada – A Canadian genealogy blog with useful and current topics updated daily

How to obtain a naturalization file

The Latter Day Saints Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah (The largest genealogical collection in the world)

The Northern Ontario Gravemarker Gallery

Norwegian digital archives (in English)

Official Report of the 1936 Winter Olympic Games

Old (but not all) Finnish passenger & passport records, old photos, immigration information

Old (but not all) Finnish vital statistics

Thunder Bay obituaries, social notices, news and biographical indexes from local newspapers on the Thunder Bay Public Library website