Irish folk from all over North America sent queries to the Globe in search of brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, father, mothers, husbands and wives who had become separated from them. A list of transcribed examples gives you a taste for the resource. The records of New France, early Canada or Quebec were influenced by its French beginnings. This is why even today Quebec records may be mysterious to many. It is not just the language but also the carry-over of French practices and customs that makes the records of the Province of Quebec different from those of other Canadian jurisdictions.
Family historians are always excited to find an ancestor's name in the index of a book.
Finding the ancestor's name on a list of Loyalists is equally exciting. Brenda Dougall Merriman discusses contemporary records the sources and the parameters that a compiler has used. Gordon reports on second reading of Senator Lorna Milne's Bill S-15 to obtain release of Post 1901 Census records, providing a complete extract from the Debates. The Canadian Historical Association presented their brief to the Expert Panel on Release of Historic Census records.