This week's Tuesday's Tip, in honor of Canada Day, is to check out the 20 record collections for Canada on FamilySearch.
On the FamilySearch Record Collections page (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list), put "canada" in the search box at the upper left and see the collections with "Canada" in their title:
There are 20 record collections, including:
* Canada Census Mortality Schedules, 1871, 45,371 indexed records, last updated 24 Jan 2013
* Canada Census, 1851, 1,487,802 indexed records, last updated 13 Apr 2010
* Canada Census, 1871, 3,519,941 indexed records, last updated 25 Feb 2013
* Canada Census, 1881, 4,281,160 indexed records, last updated 15 Mar 2013
* Canada Census, 1891, 4,787,225 indexed records, last updated 25 Feb 2013
* Canada Census, 1901, 5,334,728 indexed records, last updated 06 Sep 2012
* Canada Census, 1906, 802,443 indexed records, last updated 10 Sep 2012
* Canada Census, 1911, 1,227,603 indexed records, last updated 24 Oct 2013
* Canada Census, 1916, 1,811,736 indexed records, last updated 24 Mar 2014
* Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955, 101,189 indexed records, last updated 09 Apr 2010
* Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922, 3,874,103 indexed records, last updated 15 Nov 2013
* Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959, 1,534,515 indexed records, last updated 21 Mar 2012
* Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1825, 74,323 indexed records, last updated 29 Aug 2012
* Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1831, 91,908 indexed records, last updated 17 Feb 2012
* Canada, Lower Canada Census, 1842, 46,467 indexed records, last updated 16 Feb 2012
* Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949, 225,322 indexed records, last updated 04 May 2012
* Canada, Merchant Marine Agreements and Accounts of Crews, 1890-1920, Browse Images only, last updated 09 Jan 2013
* Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police obituary card index and notices, 1876-2007, Browse Images only, last updated 12 Oct 2012
* Canada, Upper Canada Census, 1842, 20,851 indexed records, last updated 22 Jan 2013
* United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956, 4,335,400 indexed records, last updated 15 Dec 2010
There are other record collections on FamilySearch for specific provinces.
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