Manitoba Archives and Libraries

Archives and libraries that may be useful in research in Manitoba include:

National Archives of Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa ON CANADA K1A 0N3 CANADA Telephone: 613-996-7458 Internet: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/

Personnel Records Unit Researcher Services Division National Archives of Canada 395 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N3 CANADA

Crown Lands Registry Department of Natural Resources 1495 St. James Street Winnipeg, MB K3H 0W9 CANADA Internet: http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/clrs/

The Registrar TPR Building 276 Portabe Avenua Winnipeg, MB R3C 0B6 CANADA Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/tpr/

Attorney General’s Department 210 Woodsworth Building 405 Broadway Winnipeg, MB R3C 3L6 CANADA Internet: http://www.justice.gc.ca/en/sitemap.html

Provincial Archives of Manitoba 130-200 Vaughan Street Winnipeg, MB R3C 1T5 CANADA Telephone: 204-945-3971, 204-945-4233 Fax: 204-948-2008 Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/

Legislative Library of Manitoba 100-200 Vaughan Street Winnipeg, MB R3C 1T5 5AN 318-8965 CANADA Telephone: 204-945-4330 Fax: 204-948-2008 Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/leg-lib/

Manitoba Council of Archives P.O. Box 27007 Lombard Concourse One Lombard Place Winnipeg, MB R3B 3K1 CANADA Internet: http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/awareness_kit.html

Rupert’s Land Research Centre University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3B 2E9 CANADA Internet: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/academic/ic/rupert/

Court of Queen’s Bench Main Floor, 408 York Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 0P9 CANADA Telephone: 204-945-0344 Internet: http://www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/qb/court_qb.html

Hudson’s Bay Company Archives 200 Vaughan Street Winnipeg, MB R3C lT5 CANADA Telephone: 204-945-4949 Fax: 204-948-2008 Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/

'''Hudson’s Bay Company Archive’s records are held at the Provincial Archives. '''City of Winnipeg Archives 380 William Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3A 0J1 CANADA Telephone: 204-986-3060, 204-986-4391 Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/

Vital Statistics Consumer and Corporate Affairs 254 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 0B6 CANADA Internet: http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/

Vital Statistics Manitoba Community Services 104 - 401 York Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3C 0P8 CANADA Internet: http://www.gov.mb.ca/government/departments.html

Family History Library 35 N. West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3400 USA Internet: www.familysearch.org

Most microfilms available at the library can also be distributed to local Family History Centers. A current list of Family History Centers in your area can be found at the Family Search web site.

Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards
Computers with modems can be useful tools for obtaining information from selected archives and libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin boards, and commercial on-line services help family history researchers: You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from Manitoba in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.
 * Locate other researchers.
 * Post queries.
 * Send and receive E-mail.
 * Search large databases.
 * Search computer libraries.
 * Join in computer chat and lecture sessions.

Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April 2007, the following sites are important gateways linking you to many more network and bulletin board sites:

Canada Genealogy Links.net

http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/index.html

A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, and other resources available on the Internet for each county and province.

Canadian Genealogy Resources

http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/msubcanada.htm

Lists county, provincial, and national sources; personal pages; and publications.

Roots-L

http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/canada.html

A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, regularly updated research coordination list.

FamilySearch™

www.familysearch.org

The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.