Canadian Genealogy Books

Genealogist's Handbook for Atlantic Canada Research
by Terrence M. Punch, George F. Sanborn Jr.

Book Description This guide to research in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Acadians, is the major genealogical primer for the Atlantic
Canada provinces. The book provides addresses of most research repositories, with their addresses
 and hours of opening, and a description of their major collections and how to access them. A historical background to the major classes of genealogical records in each province is also included.  Libraries
and institutions, and all those with interests in Atlantic Canada, need this up-to-date guide in their reference collection.

Genealogical Research in England's Public Record Office: A Guide for North Americans
by Judith Prowse Reid

From Library Journal Library of Congress reference librarian and LJ reviewer Reid provides a thorough guide for North Americans wishing to investigate genealogical or historical information in the Public Record Office (PRO) in Kew and London, England. (The PRO is the English equivalent of the National Archives in Canada and the United States.) Though it has rich holdings and unique source materials, it is not the place to begin a genealogy inquiry. One of Reid's objectives is to help researchers identify many of the PRO records that may be available from other, more convenient institutions. After helping distinguish the "when" and" why," she gives helpful logistical information for consulting the PRO. From then on she focuses on areas of particular interest to North American researchers. She covers records pertaining to emigration and immigration along with other principal record classes. Anyone researching British heritage will find this a helpful book in planning the investigation.?Scott Hightower, New York Univ.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Empire of the Bay by Peter C. Newman

The People of New France (Themes in Canadian Social History)
by Allan Greer

Card catalog description This book surveys the social history of New France. For more than a
century, until the British conquest of 1759-60, France held sway over a major portion of the North American continent. In this vast territory several unique colonial societies emerged, societies which in many respects mirrored ancien regime France, but also incorporated a major Aboriginal component. Whereas earlier works in this field represented pre-Conquest Canada as entirely white and Catholic, The People of New France looks closely at other members of the society as well, including black slaves, English captives, and the Christian Iroquois of the mission villages near Montreal. The author extends his analysis to French settlements around the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi Valley, and to Acadia and Ile Royale. Greer's book, addressed to undergraduate students and general readers, provides a deeper understanding of how people lived their lives in New France.

Scots in Canada
by Jenni Calder

The Illustrated History of Canada (Illustrated History of Canada)
by Craig Brown (Editor)

From Booklist Perhaps because of our growing Hispanic population, Americans have become increasingly aware of the history, politics, and culture of our neighbors to the south, particularly
Mexico. But what about Canada? One suspects that even most well-educated Americans are
woefully ignorant of the key personalities, events, and trends in Canadian history. Hopefully, this excellent anthology devoted to various aspects of Canadian history will help remedy that situation. Each of the six chapters is written by a different and distinguished historian or geographer. Among the topics covered, the examinations of Native American cultures and of Canada's relations with the U.S. are particularly interesting. The illustrations, both black and white and color, are superb complements to the text, and few of them are familiar to
Americans. This is a fine general history of a huge, diverse nation with a rich heritage, and it is certainly in our interest to
learn more about it. Jay Freeman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland
by E. R. Seary, E. R. (Edgar Ronald) Seary, Sheila M. P. Lynch

Directory of Genealogical and Historical Libraries: Archives and Collections in the Us and Canada, 2002 by Dina C. Carson (Editor)

Book Description Over 14,000 genealogical or historical collections listed, including 5,800 public libraries with genealogical or historical materials, 4,100 historical or genealogical societies collections and 2,200 museum archives.

First Crossing: Alexander Mackenzie, His Expedition Across North America,
and the Opening of the Continent by Derek Haye

A Great and Noble Scheme by John Mack Faragher

From Publishers Weekly Faragher relates, in all its complex, searingly sad details, the story of how
the hapless French Acadians were run out of their Nova Scotia homes—a story known to most from Longfellow's Evangeline. Caught between French and British empires, these peaceful farming and
fishing families, descendants of French settlers, struggled to maintain their neutrality and their birthright ways. But in 1755, British and colonial New England forces rounded them up and dispersed them by
sea throughout North America. Families were broken up; hundreds died on their voyages; their towns were torched; and only small, scattered communities, like the Cajuns of Louisiana, survived into the modern era. "The removal of the Acadians," concludes Faragher (the Yale biographer of Daniel Boone), "was the first episode of state-sponsored ethnic cleansing in American history." More than that, the communities destroyed, some 150 years old, had lived peaceably and intermarried with the Mikmaq natives of the Canadian shores. A way of life that could have been a harbinger of our own era of diversity was destroyed. Unfortunately, the book overwhelms the reader with detail, as if Faragher wanted to set down every fact of Acadian history so it would never again be lost. Instead, it is readers who'll
be lost in this gripping tale of a dishonorable affair in American history. B&w illus.

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A Short History of Canada - Revised
by DESMOND MORTON

Review
“To write a popular history of Canada which is both entertaining and informative is not an easy
task. Desmond Morton is to be congratulated for doing precisely this.”
–Canadian Historical Review

“A joy to read, succinct, sensible, and well balanced in its viewpoint as well as in its coverage.”
–Quill & Quire