Faith and Foundations: Exploring Major Religious Groups in Early Ontario
Length: 60 minutes
Summary: Explore the top websites to research your ancestors in Canada. Learn where to find the best online resources for Canadian and provincial record groups, history, newspapers, maps, photographs and more to help you fill your Canadian genealogy toolbox.
Audience Level: Beginner - Expert
Requirements: Projection for computer on a large screen; internet connection
Content: 4-page PDF handout
Outline
- The emerging religious landscape of Upper Canada in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
- Spiritual beliefs of Indigenous Peoples in Ontario
- Catholicism and French Settlers along the Great Lakes
- Protestantism and the United Empire Loyalists: Anglicans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Baptists
- Smaller Religious Communities: Mennonites, Quakers, Lutherans Strategies for
- Where to find genealogical and church records related to each denomination discussed.
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