> To date I have not had to research outside records in the United > States. I am trying to help a friend who needs to begin her search > in Canada. What resources are available? > > We found some possibilities for her grandfather in the 1881 and 1901 > census, but there is not enough information to be certain which of > the 1/2 dozen found is the one. > > We know what is believed to be the city of birth for the father and > the grandfather. > > We know when her father left Canada for Illinois [1925, and he > appears in the 1930 US Census]. We don't know where to go next. > > Father was born 1904 Ontario Canada > Grandfather was born 1862 Arden Ontario Canada > > Father served in the United States military in WWII. > > hopekeeper@hopekeeperskorner.org I just ran across a new site for Canada: http://www.grl.com/ Be warned though it is a little pricy but it does have alot of records for Ontario up and running. It has a Dominion directory and some birth record numbers to make the search easier. "Roxanne Koelpin" <r.koelpin@verizon.net>