These are a few of the websites mentioned and some suggestions for topics discussed at the BCGS – VPL Brickwall Panel Discussion, March 11, 2013 in Vancouver. If you are looking for information on anything discussed that’s not here, don’t hesitate to contact the BCGS webmaster: webmaster@bcgs.ca
See also the BCGS Research Links pages for many topics and geographic areas: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=116 These pages are often updated and new topics added. Send any suggestions for additional sites to the BCGS webmaster: webmaster@bcgs.ca
Vancouver Public Library – see the list of suggested books – ‘Brickwall Help – Genealogy and Family History’: http://vpl.bibliocommons.com/list/show/83147979_mdianerogers/159388881_brickwall_help_-_genealogy_amp_family_history
BCGS Library: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=87
BCGS Boutique, lists of the Heritage Book Series books mentioned: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=23
And for any of these topics or ideas, check www.CyndisList.com for more on-line sites and articles.
Techniques
Creating Timelines to Make Sense of Genealogy Records by bethfoulk at Genealogy DeCoded: http://www.genealogydecoded.com/ahha_moments_for_genealogyists_blog/2012/09/21/creating-timelines-to-make-sense-of-genealogy-records/
Using Timelines in Your Research by Donna Przecha:
http://www.genealogy.com/36_donna.html
Evidentia software: http://evidentia.ed4becky.net See also Too Many Birth Dates – A Trial of Evidentia Software at Brenner Genealogy http://brennerfamilytree.org/wp/2012/12/too-many-birth-dates-a-trial-of-evidentia-software.html
Cluster Genealogy, (sometimes called whole family genealogy), Shoestring Genealogy: http://www.shoestringgenealogy.com/article/Cluster.htm
The F.A.N. Genealogy principle – researching Friends-Associates-Neighbours, or location-based genealogy- videos by Bernie Gracy – see these at Breaking Down Brick Walls with Location Based Genealogy at Find Your Folks by Drusilla Pair: http://findyourfolks.blogspot.ca/2010/11/breaking-down-brick-walls-with-location.html
Reverse Genealogy, Trace Your Family Forward, Family Tree Magazine: http://familytreemagazine.com/article/reverse-genealogy-resources
Twenty Ways to Avoid Grief When Researching” by Margaret M. Sharon, BCGS website: http://www.bcgs.ca/?p=52
Citations
Evidence Explained, Elizabeth Shown Mills: https://www.evidenceexplained.com
UK and Ireland Genealogy
Genuki, UK and Ireland reference site, gazetteeer, find local records offices, etc.: http://www.genuki.org.uk
English Research
Wills and Probate – Further Research guide, National Archives of the UK: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/wills-and-probate-records.htm
England Probate Records, FamilySearch Wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England_Probate_Records
Free BMD: http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Online Parish Clerks: http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/online_parish_clerk
See also the BCGS ‘England and Wales’ and ‘Great Britain’ Research Links pages: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=116
Ireland
Ireland Reaching Out: http://www.irelandxo.com
ERIN, The Emigration Resources Information Network: the Irish Migration Gateway: http://migration.ucc.ie/indexemigration.htm This is a joint project of the The Centre for Migration Studies (CMS) at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Co. Tyrone, and the Irish Centre for Migration Studies (ICMS) at University College Cork.
Scotland
Family History, Mitchell Library: http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/family-history/Pages/home.aspx
Resources for Family History, Mitchell Library: http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/libraries/the-mitchell-library/family-history/resources/Pages/home.aspx
See also the Mitchell Library’s virtual tour of old Glasgow: http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/virtualmitchell
The surnames of Scotland: their origin, meaning and history by George Fraser Black. New York Public Library, 1946.
The Collins Scottish Clan Encyclopedia by George Way, HarperCollins, 1994.
No Quarter Given: The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army, 1745-46 by Christian Aikman, Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd, Jan 1, 2012.
Photographs of the old closes and streets of Glasgow, 1868/1877: with a supplement of 15 related views by Thomas Annan, Dover Publications, 1977.
ScotlandsPeople, census, parish and civil registration records, wills, etc.: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Canada – see also North American Immigration Centres below
War Service Recognition Books, BC Yukon Comand, Royal Canadian Legion, See the books and submit your own family’s military members, submission deadline June 30th, 2013: http://www.legionbcyukon.ca/content/military-service-recognition-book
Automated Genealogy, free index and access to these Canadian censuses: 1851/52, 1901, 1911; also the 1906 Prairie Province census: http://automatedgenealogy.com
See these links to search or apply for Canadian naturalization records: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908.011-e.html
See this link to apply for the 1940 Canadian National Registration information: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.007-e.html
Manitoba – Manitobia.ca, newspapers and much more: http://www.manitobia.ca
North American Immigration Centres
Ellis Island, USA, from 1892: http://www.ellisisland.org
Castle Garden, USA, database 1820-1892. Castle Garden operated 1855-1892: http://www.castlegarden.org/
Immigrants at Grosse-Île, Canada, database: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/grosse-ile-immigration/index-e.html
In Quarantine: Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937, Canada: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/grosse-ile/index-e.html
Canada, see Library and Archives Canada for all Immigration and citizenship Resources, including passenger lists: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-908-e.html
See also “Selected Census and Immigration Sources – Canada” by M. Diane Rogers (2011) .pdf file: http://www.bcgsoc.ca/Documents/immigration-censusVPL-BCGS2011.pdf
Local Genealogical Societies – start with these groups
England and Wales, Federation of Family History Societies: http://www.ffhs.org.uk/
Scottish Association of Family History Societies: http://www.safhs.org.uk
USA, Federation of Genealogical Societies; http://www.fgs.org/
Canada, Canadian Provincial Genealogical Societies and their journals: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=1395#comment-74
British Columbia Local Genealogical and Historical Groups: http://www.bcgs.ca/?page_id=1240
Miscellaneous
Rootsweb, for message boards and e-mail lists: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com (or www.rootsweb.com)
Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com
How to register for a free FamilySearch account: https://help.familysearch.org/publishing/519/111396_f.SAL_Public.html
