FFHS-NEWS Canadian Censuses

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Indices to Canadian Censuses

 

Following my recent email about free access to the 1911 Canadian Census on
Ancestry.ca until 4 July, I have been informed of www.automatedgenealogy.com
where information from several Canadian Censuses is freely available all
year round.  The following is taken from the introduction on that website:

 

"Automated Genealogy hosts several projects to index Canadian censuses. Over
the last several years Library and Archives Canada has digitized their
microfilms of the original census forms for several of the Canadian censuses
and Automated Genealogy has organized volunteers to produce indices to the
people enumerated in these censuses. Each project uses simple web forms to
allow volunteers to transcribe census data from the images into a database,
with the entered data being immediately available on the site. Following
transcription further volunteers proofread and make corrections. Anyone with
an internet connection can participate as a transcriber, proofreader, or
just by submitting corrections as they use the site. The status of each
census project varies depending on how long it has been active. There is a
link to the LAC image of the original census page at the top of each
transcribed census page."

 

Thanks to Diane Rogers for informing me of this.

 

Roger Lewry

FFHS Archives Liaison

archives.liaison at ffhs.org.uk

 

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