Launch of Canadian Families database Ottawa, December 2, 2010—Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, Canadian Families. Through this online database, researchers can access references to baptisms, marriages and burials inscribed in church records held at Library and Archives Canada. This database will expand slowly over the next few years as more references are added. The database is available at: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/families/index-e.html ______________________________________ Launch of “Upper Canada Land Board” Ottawa, December 2, 2010 – Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, “Upper Canada Land Board (1765–1804).” Through this online database, researchers can access more than 16,000 references to documents of the Upper Canada Land Board between 1765 and 1804. The Land Boards were created in 1789 to oversee land matters and facilitate settlement in the districts of Hesse, Luneburg, Mecklenburg and Nassau. This territory is now part of the province of Ontario. The database can be accessed at the following address: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/uclandboard/index-e.html Enjoy, Sue -- TheShipsList Website http://www.theshipslist.com/