Reliable Research References on the Web

Many Web sites regularly undergo upgrading, and some fall into a state of neglect and become orphaned. The material that exists on the following sites is current and reliable. (January 2022)

In Canada every province and major city has its own library and archives Web sites. Look into Canadian university and college Web sites which contain information from their libraries, archives, and presses that often engage in digitization projects.

Also search out museums, historic sites, genealogy associations, historical societies, and re-enactment groups for historical information. Use your search engine and enter terms such as Saskatchewan Provincial Archives or Bibliothèque de Montréal to obtain the proper URL. Use your terms of interest (such as 19th century costume) to seek out relevant sites.

Choose Web sites that have affiliations to organizations or recognized researchers. An organization will have its name up-front, and a recognized researcher will have his/her credentials/experience listed. If there are articles of value to you, look for the references for the information used in the article.

Remember to keep track of your personal Web resources. It reduces the frustration when later you look at your project and can't recall where the information came from.

  The Vankleek Hill & District Historical Society is an affiliated member of the Ontario Historical Society.



A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L| M | N | O | P | Q
| R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

Alberta Heritage Digitization Project: Our Future, Our Past
https://library.ucalgary.ca/digital

B

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales Québec Select Collection numérique
www.banq.qc.ca

British Columbia International Digital Library  
http://bcdlib.tc.ca/

C

Canadiana  Canada's documentary heritage

https://www.canadiana.ca/

 

Champlain Society. Canadian exploration over three centuries and more.
https://champlainsociety.utpjournals.press/

Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (from Ottawa)
https://churcher.crcml.org/

Concordia University - Historical Archives on the Web
https://library.concordia.ca/find/news/newspapers.php?guid=webarchives

F

 Fur Trade

Hudson's Bay Company Archives (HBCA), Archives of Manitoba.
https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/

In Pursuit of Adventure: The Fur Trade in Canada and the North West Company
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/nwc/

Canadian Historical Association Their 64 historical booklets are digitized & online.
https://cha-shc.ca/english/cha-publications/historical-booklets.html

G

Genealogy Links 

Ancestry.ca
http://www.ancestry.ca/

Genealogy Centre, Library and Archives Canada
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/Pages/introduction.aspx

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites , large resource base
http://www.cyndislist.com/

Ontario Genealogical Society
http://www.ogs.on.ca/

Quebec Family History Society
http://www.qfhs.ca/

Société de généalogie canadienne française
https://sgcf.com/

My Heritage
https://www.myheritage.com/

 Find a Grave
https://www.findagrave.com/

 

Geography

Atlas of Canada, Natural Resources Canada. Telling Canada’s history with map.
http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/index.html

McGillU: Canadian County Atlas Digital Project

https://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/

Ontario Historical County Maps Project

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=8cc6be34f6b54992b27da17467492d2f
 

Toponymie du Québec: Banque des noms de lieux du Québec
Bank of place names in Québec
http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ 

Glengarry Historical Society
https://glengarryhistory.ca/new/

1912 Chas. Goad Vankleek Hill Fire Insurance Plan (Toronto Public Library)

https://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/360532/fire-insurance-plan-of-vankleek-hill-ont

I

Internet Archives
http://www.archive.org/

  

L

Ottawa Lowertown- A one Place Study

https://www.lowertownottawa.ca/

Library and Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/

 

M

Manitobia: Manitoba History
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm:manitobia

Maritime History Archive, Memorial University
http://www.mun.ca/mha/


Military

Organization of Military Museums of Canada
https://www.ommcinc.ca/

Canadian Military History Gateway, Canadian collection military resources
http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/

Canadian War Museum
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/home

Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces  Enter "History" into search box for nmerous results.
http://www.dnd.ca/

Museums: some of our friends and partners

Argenteuil Regional Museum, Carillon, Québec (2022 Closed for renovations. Check site for alternative exhibits)
http://www.museeregionaldargenteuil.ca/

Cumberland Heritage Village
http://ottawa.ca/en/liveculture/museums/cumberlandmuseum

Dufferin County Museums and Archives
http://www.dufferinmuseum.com/

Glengarry County Archives

http://www.glengarrycountyarchives.ca/
 

Glengarry Pioneer Museum, Dunvegan
http://glengarrypioneermuseum.ca/

Guelph Museums
http://guelphmuseums.ca/

L’Orignal, the Old Jail
https://www.lorignalprison.com/

Maison Macdonell-Williamson House, Chute-à-Blondeau, Ontario
http://www.mwhouse.ca/ 

Nor'Westers and Loyalist Museum
https://www.glengarrynorwestersandloyalistmuseum.ca/

Rockland Museum
http://www.clarence-rockland.com/index.php/en/museum

Canadian Museum of History, Hull
http://www.historymuseum.ca/

N

National Film Board
http://www.nfb.ca/

National Gallery of Canada, Research
https://www.gallery.ca/

  

News

 


Newspapers
Vankleek Hill Review, subscribe to historical archives
http://www.thereview.ca/


The Glengarry News, Alexandria (historical newspapers access Glengarry County Archives)
http://www.glengarrynews.ca/

Cornwall Standard Freeholder
http://www.standard-freeholder.com/

Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/

Montreal Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/
 

Google Newspaper Archives
https://news.google.com/newspapers

 

 

O

Ontario

Glengarry County Archives
http://www.glengarrycountyarchives.ca/home.html
Archives of Ontario
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/

Ontario Heritage Trust
http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca
 


P

Peel’s Prairie Provinces, western Canadian history & culture of the Prairies
http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html


U

University of British Columbia, search Open Collections
https://open.library.ubc.ca/

 

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