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    Overseas ancestry

    Learn how to search for your ancestry overseas and discover your international family tree

    Formerly unemployed men travel from Toronto work on the trans-Canada highway, 1931 Canadian census records
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    When will the next Canadian census be released?

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    How to tell if you have German ancestry

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    Passengers play games on board ship, 1936 passenger lists
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    How to find passenger lists for ships

    If your family came from the Caribbean, you could also have British royal ancestry
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    The best websites for tracing Caribbean ancestors

    A tithe proctor visits a family in Ireland to fill in a tithe applotment book, 1830s
    Overseas ancestry

    Tithe applotment books: Our guide to finding your Irish ancestors’ land

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    How to research Italian ancestry

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    Jamaican ancestry: How to find Jamaican family history records

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