Useful Links

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html Free censuses of Canada 1901, 1911, 1906 census of the Prairie Provinces.

http://www.findmypast.com/home.jsp  Free index to passengers on British ships.

http://vsgs.health.gov.sk.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx Free search of Saskatchwan B-D

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020106_e.html WWI soldiers' records

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02010507_e.html Canadian Metis scrip archives  

http://abgensoc.ca/ Alberta Genealogical Society I have found their surnames database helpful. Their index to the Alberta homestead grants is very useful if you plan to visit the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

http://www.afhs.ab.ca/data/census/1906/ Alberta Family Histories Society

Canada411 or WhitePages - Online directories for finding living relatives

http://www.familysearch.org/ Free 1880/1881 censuses, IGI, Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource Files, SSDI, great free software

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl FreeBMD English Birth-Marriage-Death index

http://www.cwgc.org/ Commonwealth War Graves - death information, regiment, next of kin

http://rootsweb.ancestry.com Free genealogy message boards, mailing lists, family trees (WorldConnect)

http://www.ancestry.com/trees/awt/main.aspx free Ancestry World Trees

http://www.bing.com/maps/ and http://maps.google.com/ Local maps of everywhere

http://www.google.com For general lookups e.g. "Watson family" +Edwardsburgh

Irfanview is a great free program to browse images or convert single images or whole folders of images. It can also produce webpages of thumbnail-sized photos that can be clicked to view a full-sized version of the "thumbnail" you have clicked. It is another of those amazing free programs.

http://www.searchforancestors.com/genealogyfreebies.html Genealogy Freebies

Ancestry.com - most of the databases require a paid subscription, but in Family History Centers and some public libraries you can access some Ancestry.com databases for free (e.g. somes censuses of USA, UK, and Canada).

http://obituarieshelp.org/free_printable_blank_family_tree.html Family tree templates available in PDF form. These free forms can be used to create your own personal family tree.