Exploring Online Resources

Helpful electronic resources to assist with your family and local history research.

Databases

Ancestry.com Library Edition (in-library use only)
Gale Courses

Local

OurOntario (photos from WPL’s collection)
Region of Waterloo Library: Local History
The Eby Book
Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation
Waterloo Branch-Ontario Genealogical Society
Waterloo Historical Society
Waterloo Region Generations
Historical Walks in Waterloo
County and City Directories

National & International

Archives of Ontario
Canadian Heritage
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
Cyndi’s List of Genealogical Sites
Family Search-Latter Day Saints
Federation of East European Family History Societies
Genealogy & Family History (Gov. of Canada)
Genealogy Gateway to the Internet
Genuki – U.K. and Ireland Geneology
Library and Archives Canada
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
Ontario Genealogical Society
Our Roots