Discover the key milestones in your ancestors’ lives

Discover the key milestones in your ancestors’ lives

Discover the key milestones in your ancestors’ lives

Explore our birth, marriage and death records to learn more about the big events in your family story. Start by entering what you know about an ancestor.

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Explore birth, marriage and death records to discover crucial information, such as names, dates and locations. Learn about the key events in your ancestors’ lives and uncover clues to help you build and grow your family tree.

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Useful collections to explore

Useful collections to explore

Birth, marriage and death records can help you fill in the gaps to learn about key events in your ancestors' lives or add new names and grow your family tree.

Ontario, Canada Vital Records: Births, Marriages and Deaths

This collection contains civil registration birth, marriage and death records for the province of Ontario. You can search the entire collection, or the births, marriages and death collections individually.

Acadia, Canada Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1757-1946

The entire Drouin Collection contains vital, notarial, and other miscellaneous records from Quebec, as well as French Catholic parish records from Ontario, Acadia, and the US. Records include baptisms, marriages, and burials.

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