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Facebook has become a place where genealogists come together in an enormous virtual genealogy
society to share, learn, and discuss brick walls.
Below you will find a list of Canadian genealogy and historical pages and groups on Facebook, in English
and French, that may help with our research. The list also includes archival centres and museums that
also offer information.
I encourage you to share this list with others, but please credit me, Gail Dever. Suggestions for additions
to this list or broken links should be sent to me at: gaildever@genealogyalacarte.ca. Every couple of
months, I will published an updated list.
Thanks to Katherine R. Wilson whose list of English-language genealogy-related Facebook pages and groups from around the
world inspired me to create one focused on Canadian pages and groups that are available in both English and French. It was
Katherine who suggested I produce this list.
Canada
Canada Genealogy Research: https://www.facebook.com/CanadaGenealogy
Canadian Museum of History: https://www.facebook.com/museumofcivilization
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Museum-ofImmigration-at-Pier-21/210412625764977
Canadiana: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadiana/115437585187018?fref=photo
Library and Archives Canada: https://www.facebook.com/LibraryArchives
Muse canadien de lhistoire:
https://www.facebook.com/museedescivilisations?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Muse canadien de limmigration du Quai 21: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mus%C3%A9ecanadien-de-limmigration-du-Quai-21/374684229296419?fref=ts
Alberta
Alberta Family Histories Society: www.facebook.com/AlbertaFHS
Alberta Genealogical Society: www.facebook.com/AlbertaGenealogicalSociety
Alberta Genealogical Society Drayton Valley Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/DraytonValleyBranchAlbertaGenealogicalSociety
Alberta Genealogical Society Edmonton Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/AlbertaGenealogicalSocietyEdmontonBranch
Alberta Genealogical Society Grande Prairie and District Branch:
www.facebook.com/groups/461198290593925/
Alberta Genealogical Society Red Deer Branch: www.facebook.com/RedDeer.AGS
Archives Society of Alberta: https://www.facebook.com/groups/archivesalberta/
Beaumont and District Heritage Society / Socit dhistoire de Beaumont:
https://www.facebook.com/BeaumontandDistrictHeritageSociety
Central Alberta Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/ca.history
British Columbia
Archives Association of British Columbia: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Archives-Association-ofBritish-Columbia/576282679111715
British Columbia Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/pages/British-ColumbiaGenealogical-Society/172118716189985?ref=br_tf
Campbell River Genealogy Society: https://www.facebook.com/CRGenealogy
Doukhobor Genealogy Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Doukhobor-GenealogyWebsite/59919849307?sk=info
Icelandic Canadian Club of British Columbia: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Icelandic-CanadianClub-of-British-Columbia/190426084338925
Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia: https://www.facebook.com/JewishBC
Kelowna and District Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kelowna-DistrictGenealogical-Society/1416049535278474
Mennonite Historical Society of British Columbia:
https://www.facebook.com/MennoniteHistoricalSocietyBC
Quesnel Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Quesnel-GenealogicalSociety/152467561474792
Royal BC Museum: https://www.facebook.com/RoyalBCMuseum?rf=103999449636268
Manitoba
Histoire du Manitoba franaise: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Histoire-du-Manitobafran%C3%A7ais/174236759362328
Manitoba Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Manitoba-Genealogical-SocietyInc/7054423205
Manitoba Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/107918235910933/
Muse de Saint-Boniface Museum: https://www.facebook.com/msbm.mb.ca
Oral History Centre (University of Winnipeg): https://www.facebook.com/OralHistoryCentre
South West Manitoba Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/swmanitobagenealogy
University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections: https://www.facebook.com/umarchives
New Brunswick
Albert County, New Brunswick Genealogy:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/190621587763579/?ref=br_tf
Atlantic Canadian Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atlcangen/
Bathurst, New Brunswick - Geneology (sic) and old photos (sic):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/21078059944/
Caledonian Society of Restigouche: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caledonian-Society-ofRestigouche/195193067165159
Kent County New Brunswick Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/140845129387194/
Kings County New Brunswick Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4988202363
New Brunswick Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2352980933
New Brunswick Loyalists:
https://www.facebook.com/NewBrunswickLoyalists?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Northumberland County New Brunswick Genealogy:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/373559145988013
Saint John Jewish Historical Museum: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saint-John-Jewish-HistoricalMuseum/118753971549220
Saint John, New Brunswick Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/371672939520856
Stephenville Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/stephenville.historicalsociety
Westmorland County, New Brunswick Genealogy:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/296900027113593
Newfoundland
Atlantic Canadian Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atlcangen/
Family History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FamilyHistory-Society-of-Newfoundland-and-Labrador/144749998869923
Newfoundland History Buffs: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NewfoundlandHistBuffs
Nova Scotia
Admiral Digby Museum: https://www.facebook.com/Admiral.Digby.Museum
Africville Genealogy Society: https://www.facebook.com/africville
Annapolis Heritage Society: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Annapolis-HeritageSociety/160477317319451
Antigonish Heritage Museum:
https://www.facebook.com/AntigonishHeritageMuseum?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Atlantic Canadian Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/atlcangen/
Beaton Institute: https://www.facebook.com/thebeatoninstitute
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadian-Museum-ofImmigration-at-Pier-21/210412625764977
Cape Sable Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/93621836597
Ontario
Belleville Ontario Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BellevilleGenealogy
British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa: https://www.facebook.com/pages/British-IslesFamily-History-Society-of-Greater-Ottawa/149788348437126
Canadian Slovenian Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/Zgodovina
Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carleton-Place-andBeckwith-Heritage-Museum/173158069407762?fref=nf
City of Ottawa Archives: https://www.facebook.com/OttawaArchives
Dufferin County Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2388133522
Eva Brook Donly Museum and Archive (Norfolk County, Simcoe, Ontario):
https://www.facebook.com/evabrookdonly
Great Lakes French-Canadians: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FCCAGL/
Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society (Hamilton): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Head-of-the-LakeHistorical-Society/105791609542407?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
History of Cornwall Ontario Canada: https://www.facebook.com/HistoryOfCornwallOntarioCanada
Jewish Genealogical Society of Toronto: https://www.facebook.com/jgstoronto
Lenox and Addington County Museum and Archives: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lennox-andAddington-County-Museum-and-Archives/158030467740667
London and Southwestern Ontario History: https://www.facebook.com/pages/London-andSouthwestern-Ontario-History/259993977462312
Niagara Peninsula Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/NBOGS/
Nipissing Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/338694066286724
Ontario Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ontario-GenealogicalSociety/259163438258
Ontario Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ontariogenealogy
Ontario Historical Society: https://www.facebook.com/OntarioHistoricalSociety?ref=br_tf
Oshawa Community Museum and Archives: https://www.facebook.com/OshawaMuseum
Ontario Genealogical Society Brant Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BrantCountyBranchOGS/?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Bruce and Grey Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/633643046723946/?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Elgin Branch: https://www.facebook.com/ElginOGS?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Essex Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006053194907&fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Halton-Peel Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/HaltonPeelBranchOGS?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Hamilton Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/523462191101234/?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Huron Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/221555263797/?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Ireland SIG: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IrelandSIG/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/237267743111732
Ontario Genealogical Society Oxford County Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/712293948857914/
Ontario Genealogical Society Perth Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/PerthCountyBranchOGS?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Quinte Branch: https://www.facebook.com/QuinteBranch.OGS?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Scottish SIG: https://www.facebook.com/ScottishSIG
Ontario Genealogical Society Sudbury Branch:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/sudburyogs/?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Toronto Branch: https://www.facebook.com/TOFamilyHistory?fref=ts
Ontario Genealogical Society Wellington Branch: https://www.facebook.com/pages/WellingtonCounty-OGS/413477792099902?fref=ts
Ottawa Jewish Archives: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Ottawa-JewishArchives/511081938933574
Penetanguishene Genealogy and History Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/95725364826
Renfrew County Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/313851068638152
Mayholme Foundation Genealogical and Historical Research Centre (St. Catharines):
https://www.facebook.com/Mayholme
Scottish Society of Ottawa: https://www.facebook.com/ScottishSocietyOfOttawa
Simcoe County Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/210057249079005
Toronto Area Archivists Group (TAAG): https://www.facebook.com/torontoarchivists
Toronto Star Archives: https://www.facebook.com/TorontoStarArchivesk
Waterloo Region Generations: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waterloo-RegionGenerations/436827093020494
Quebec
Acadian and French-Canadian Genealogy and History:
www.facebook.com/groups/AcadianFrenchCanadianGenealogy
Archives de la Cte-du-Sud (Les les de Kamouraska):
https://www.facebook.com/shcds/timeline?ref=page_internal
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Saskatchewan
Doukhobor Genealogy Website: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Doukhobor-GenealogyWebsite/59919849307?sk=info
Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists: https://www.facebook.com/pages/SaskatchewanCouncil-for-Archives-and-Archivists/145242068843146
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saskatchewan-GenealogicalSociety/216892188363312
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society Weyburn Branch: https://www.facebook.com/pages/WeyburnBranch-Saskatchewan-Genealogical-Society/144950302337979
Yukon
Yukon Territory Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/yukonterritorygen/
Acadian
Acadian and Cajun Genealogy, Culture, History and Music:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/130009663727863
Acadian and French-Canadian Genealogy and History:
www.facebook.com/groups/AcadianFrenchCanadianGenealogy
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History: https://www.facebook.com/groups/87023755806/
Acadian Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2224685391
Acadian Northwoods Heritage, History, and Genealogy (Maine):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/177363285747386
Louisiane Acadien: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louisianeacadien/
Qubcois(e) dorigine Acadienne: https://www.facebook.com/groups/51600216481/
Racines du Qubec et de lAcadie (Gnalogie): https://www.facebook.com/groups/441079872638596/
Blogs
Armchair Genealogist (Lynn Palermo): https://www.facebook.com/ArmchairGenealogist
Genealogy la carte (Gail Dever): https://www.facebook.com/groups/GenealogyALaCarte/
Genealogy: Beyond the BMD (Dianne Nolin):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GenealogyBeyondTheBMD/?ref=br_tf
Genealogy Canada (Elizabeth Lapointe): https://www.facebook.com/pages/GenealogyCanada/262797030443580
Genealogy Ensemble (collaboration): https://www.facebook.com/groups/279751865520956/
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Cemeteries
CanadaGenWeb Cemetery Project: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CanadaGenWeb-CemeteryProject/150618738362392
Find A Grave Canada: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FindAGraveCanada/
Old Burying Ground (Halifax): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-BuryingGround/243503765770530?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Old St. Edwards Loyalist Church and Museum: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-St-EdwardsLoyalist-Church-Museum/555674361203912?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Family Names
Benson Family Newfoundland Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bensonsofgratescove/
Crosby Surname Genealogy Reunion (Ireland to England to Canada to Michigan):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/405730786194293
Garrett Family Newfoundland Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/7299076114/
Genealogy (Akin Capstraw): https://www.facebook.com/pages/Geneology/355925807764497
Harvey, Pottle, Snow, Nelo/Newell Newfoundland Genealogy:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2441918245/
Jennings Family Newfoundland Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/4853764644/
Ross Family of US, Canada and UK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/127424967352839/members/
Smith Family Newfoundland Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5712247122/
Vey Family Newfoundland Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5145914249/
First Nations
Canada First Nations Genealogy Research: https://www.facebook.com/CanadaFirstNationsGenealogy
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Military
Black Canadian Veterans Stories of War: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Canadian-VeteransStories-of-War/410625405682831
Canadian War Brides: https://www.facebook.com/WarBrides
Canadian War Museum: https://www.facebook.com/warmuseum
Old photos
Bathurst, New Brunswick Geneology (sic) and old photos (sic):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/21078059944/
Historic Halifax, NS Then & Now: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Historic-Halifax-NS-ThenNow/149513225075766
Historic Winnipeg, Manitoba: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricWinnipeg
Historic PEI: https://www.facebook.com/HistoricPEI
Hamilton Photos from the Past: https://www.facebook.com/groups/202303769881405/
Les Montralais, depuis 1642: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lesmontrealais/
Montral Avant-Aprs: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Montr%C3%A9al-AvantApr%C3%A8s/607765302569167
Montreal Historical Photos: https://www.facebook.com/groups/historicalmontreal/
Montreal Memories: https://www.facebook.com/groups/332961996740471/
Montreal Then and Now / Montral pass et present:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/montrealthenandnow/
Old Black and White Photos of Halifax, Nova Scotia: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96551691468/
Old Halifax and Nova Scotia Pictures: https://www.facebook.com/groups/284494444908768
Old Photos of Antigonish Town and Antigonish County:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/OldPhotosAntigonish
Old Photos of Clare: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldphotosofclare
Photos de Montral et scne urbaines 19e et 20e sicle : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Photos-deMontr%C3%A9al-et-Sc%C3%A8nes-Urbaines-19e-et-20eSi%C3%A8cle/177788702368565?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
Trois-Rivires illustre: https://www.facebook.com/groups/384550954897702/
Vintage Belleville, Trenton and Quinte Region: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Vintage-BellevilleTrenton-Quinte-Region/395830067158776
Vintage Cape Breton Photos: https://www.facebook.com/VintageCapeBreton
Vintage Edmonton: https://www.facebook.com/TheVintageEdmonton
Vintage Halifax: https://www.facebook.com/VintageHalifax
Vintage Kingston: https://www.facebook.com/VintageKingston
Vintage Moncton: https://www.facebook.com/VintageMoncton
Vintage Ottawa: https://www.facebook.com/VintageOttawa
Vintage Peterborough, Lindsay and the Kawartha Region: https://www.facebook.com/pages/VintagePeterborough-Lindsay-and-the-Kawartha-Region/123836404442824
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Special Interests
Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants:
https://www.facebook.com/canadiansocietyofmayflowerdescendants
Ireland Reaching Out Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/585781828107292/
Ireland SIG Ontario Genealogical Society: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IrelandSIG/
Lunenburg County German Heritage (Nova Scotia): https://www.facebook.com/LunenburgHeritage
Nova Scotia Colony of Mayflower Descendants: https://www.facebook.com/MayflowerNS
Royal Heraldry Society of Canada/La Socit royale hraldique du Canada:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/35284796074/
Scots-Canadian History and Genealogy: https://www.facebook.com/groups/29505529638/
Scottish Canadians and Americans: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scottish-CanadiansAmericans/127702220638062
Scottish SIG (Ontario Genealogical Society): https://www.facebook.com/ScottishSIG
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United States
Acadian and Cajun Genealogy, Culture, History and Music:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/130009663727863
Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History: https://www.facebook.com/groups/87023755806/
American French Genealogical Society (Rhode Island): https://www.facebook.com/pages/AmericanFrench-Genealogical-Society/90894174795
Acadian Northwoods Heritage, History, and Genealogy (Maine):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/177363285747386
American Canadian Genealogical Society (New Hampshire): https://www.facebook.com/ACGS.Society
Cyndis List: https://www.facebook.com/CyndisList
Franco-American Connection: www.facebook.com/groups/francoamericanconnection
French Canadian Descendants: https://www.facebook.com/groups/49070801352/
French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan: https://www.facebook.com/groups/109717099063919
Great Lakes French-Canadians: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FCCAGL/
Louisiane Acadien: https://www.facebook.com/groups/louisianeacadien/
Saranac Valley and Canada Genealogical Society (New York):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Saranac-Valley-CCNY-and-Canada-GenealogySociety/255393594506871
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