Thanks goes to Duncan Morrow for this site find. Fritz --------------------- > For the Canadian contingent, I came across this website they might find > useful; it almost makes me sorry that I don't believe my branch ever spent > time north of the border. > > http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/searchable.html lists all of the > available searchable databases of Canadian information that might be of > interest for genealogy. Included is an index to Canada's 1871 census. > > I was particularly impressed by http://www.Islandnet.com/ocfa/ the > Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid. It is one of the largest cemetery databases > I've ever seen. Plug in the name and it tells you where that person is > buried-along with the 30 other "John Smiths" (or David Knapps) that are > listed. My source says she found her grandmother both by her maiden name AND > her married name. The site also has a link to the (much smaller) British > Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid.