Manitoba Genealogical and Historical Societies (National Institute)

Manitoba Genealogical Society and Branches

 * Manitoba Genealogical Society (MGS) Unit E, 1045 S. James Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 1B1 Telephone: (204) 783- 9139 Email: [mailto:mgs@mbnet.mb.ca mgs@mbnet.mb.ca]

The Resource Centre Hours*: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: 10:30 am - 3:30 pm Wednesday evenings: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm From October through May: Sundays: 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm


 * The Resource Centre is staffed by volunteers so visitors are encouraged to phone ahead to confirm the Resource Centre’s status.

Dauphin Branch, MGS

 * 37- 6th Avenue SE Dauphin Manitoba R7N 2SC Email: [mailto:dauphinbranch@yahoo.ca dauphinbranch@yahoo.ca]

Winnipeg Branch, MGS Unit E

 * 1045 St. James Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3H 1B1 Website

South West Branch, MGS

 * 327 Kirklady Dr. Brandon, Manitoba R7A 0C3 Website

Swan Valley Branch, MGS

 * P.O. Box 6 Swan River, Manitoba R0L 1Z0 Telephone: (204) 734-2170

East European Genealogical Society, Inc.

 * P.O. Box 2536 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 4A7 Telephone: (204) 989-3292 Email: [mailto:info@eegsociety.org info@eegsociety.org] Website

Manitoba Branch, The United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada

 * 120 Eugenie Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R2H 0X7 Telephone: (204) 489-7180 Email: [mailto:uelmanitoba@gmail.com uelmanitoba@gmail.com] Website

Société Historique de Saint-Boniface

 * 340 boulevard Provencher Saint-Boniface, Manitoba R2H 0G7 Telephone: (204) 233-4888 Email: [mailto:shsb@shsb.mb.ca shsb@shsb.mb.ca] Website

Ukrainian Cultural and Education Centre

 * 184 Alexander Avenue East Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 0L6 Telephone: (204) 942- 0218 Email: [mailto:ucec@mb.sympatico,ca ucec@mb.sympatico,ca] Website

Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society

 * 600 Shaftesbury Blvd Winnipeg, Manitoba R3M 0M5 Website

A composite index at this site is made up of the heads of households in the Mennonite church records of the Bergthal Gemeinde (community), Chortitzer Gemeinde, Reinlaender Gemeinde, Sommerfilder Gemeinde and Kleine Gemeinde.

Mennonite Heritage Centre

 * 600 Shaftesbury Blvd. Winnipeg, Manitoba R3M 0M5 Telephone: (204) 669-6575 E-mail: [mailto:mmhs@mmhs.org mmhs@mmhs.org] Website

The Centre has records relating to Russian Mennonites in Canada, the United States, Latin America and Russia. Records of religious communities predominate.

Guide

 * Resources for Canadian Mennonite Studies: An Inventory and Guide to Archival Holdings at the Mennonite Heritage Centre. Winnipeg: Mennonite Heritage Centre, 1988.

The Genealogical Institute of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada

 * Suite C 140-123 Doncaster Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3N 2B2 Telephone: (204) 477-7460 Email: [mailto:jewishheritage@jhcwc.org jewishheritage@jhcwc.org] Website


 * The genealogical institute has extensive records of Jewish communities, organizations and individuals in Western Canada. The birth, marriage and burial records 1907-1871 for Shaarey Zedek synagogue are available for loan from the Archives of Manitoba.

Manitoba Historical Society

 * 61 Carlton Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1N7 Telephone: (204) 947-0559 Email: [mailto:info@mhs.mb.ca info@mhs.mb.ca] Website

Metis Resource Centre

 * 506 - 63 Albert Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 1G4 Telephone: (204) 956-7767 Email: [mailto:metisrc@mts.net metisrc@mts.net] Website

Key Web Pages of Value to Manitoba Researchers
Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) began by placing pre-1900 Canadian pamphlets, monographs, serials, annuals and periodicals on microfiche. In 1994 this was extended to include those published between 1900 and 1994. Can be searched online. Copies of the microfiche are available for sale or can be viewed at major libraries.

Guide

 * Gilchrist, J. Brian and Clifford Duxbury Collier, compilers. Genealogy and Local History to 1900: A Bibliography Selected From the Catalogue of the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) genealogie et histoire locale d’avant 1900: une bibliographie tiree du catalogue de l’institut canadien de microreproductions historiques (ICMH). Ottawa: Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1995.

Peel’s Prairie Provinces
This website has been developed by the University of Alberta to enable one to access the resources found in A Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces to 1953 and Peel’s Bibliography of the Canadian Prairies. Copies of the microfiche are available for sale or can be viewed at major libraries. Digitised images for some of the items are now found online.

Guides

 * Peel, Bruce Braden. A Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces to 1953. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1973.


 * Ingles, Ernie B. and N. Merrill Distad, editors, A Bibliography of the Prairie Provinces to 1953. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.


 * Canadian Genealogy and History Sites

Book Sellers
The following book sellers have copies of most of the books that are referred to in this guide.


 * Global Publishing and History Shoppe, Toll-free: 1-800-361-5168


 * Interlink Book Shop Dave and Dixie Obee, Toll-free: 1-(800) 747-4877


 * Ontario Genealogical Society 40 Orchard View Blvd., Suite 102 Toronto, Ontario M4R 1B9 Telephone: (416) 489-0734 Email: [mailto:provoffice@ogs.on.ca provoffice@ogs.on.ca]

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