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Past-Presence.com A quick guide to finding Canadian Census Schedules online
Canadian Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

A quick guide to finding Canadian Census Schedules online

June 6, 2020June 6, 2020 wanderernolonger10 Comments

If you asked, What's a census schedule? you've come to the right place. In this post I'll review all the Canadian censuses for schedules, provide info on which ones are available, and give you an example of how to find schedules in the 1871 and 1901 censuses.

image of old books Genealogy gold part 2: finding local histories using Family Search & Facebook
Canadian Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

Genealogy gold part 2: finding local histories using Family Search & Facebook

August 11, 2019April 4, 2020 wanderernolonger11 Comments

How to use FamilySearch, WorldCat and Facebook to find a local history book, with a guest post from Jan Pennington

How to find your surname in Chinese
Chinese Culture · Chinese Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

How to find your surname in Chinese

March 18, 2019November 8, 2020 wanderernolonger7 Comments

Here is the post I wish I'd read 20 years ago: How to find a Chinese surname if you only know your name in English

Saskatchewan, Dominion of Canada My 5 favourite sites for SK genealogy
Canadian Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

My 5 favourite sites for SK genealogy

July 14, 2018April 4, 2020 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

SK has tight privacy laws re Vital Stats. Where else can you go after Ancestry?

www.past-presence.com 8 tips on reading Chinese when you can’t read Chinese
Chinese Genealogy · Genealogy How Tos

8 tips on reading Chinese when you can’t read Chinese

April 15, 2017November 8, 2020 wanderernolongerLeave a comment

8 things you might not know about Chinese, for Chinese genealogy

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