How the West Was Won in Canada

Lianne Kruger
Dec 16, 2022
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About this webinar

The Canadian west was not won by cowboys and guns. The west was won by homesteaders, NWMP (RCMP), and railways. For a $10 registration fee and a lot of hard work a male farmer could have 160 acres of land. Farmers or want-to-be-farmers came from all over. We will use a couple of case studies, search for homestead records, review all the components to understand what the records indicate, convert the data to enter and locate it on Google Maps, and view what the area looks like today. Other records such as Hudson’s Bay Company and RCMP records will be shown.

About the speaker

Lianne Kruger is a professional genealogist and speaker specializing in Canada, homesteading for U.S. and Canada, video recording family history, and using technology in all aspects of genealogy such ...
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  1. KS
    Karen Still
    3 years ago

    Excellent

  2. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    3 years ago

    This webinar was so good. But it was also so fun. So many little Canadian comments and pictures and things to make us smile. There was no doubt that we spent an hour in Canada, learning more than we expected.

  3. WV
    Webinar Viewer
    3 years ago

    Lots of information, almost too much to take in at once! Glad it is available to look at again so I can absorb more.

  4. PH
    Patricia Hallman
    3 years ago

    My great-grandparents left Galicia and traveled to Baltimore, Maryland lived there for about 2 years (1893-95), and then homesteaded in Saskatchewan.

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  5. SR
    Serenity Roulstone
    3 years ago

    Great historical overview. Well organized & presented with plenty of links for further document research.

  6. CW
    Cynthia Ward
    3 years ago

    Excellent, My lines that are in Canada, Were centered in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia until the early 1900"s were Loyalists.

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  7. XM
    Xana Miller
    3 years ago

    Thank you

  8. WR
    Warren Russell
    3 years ago

    There was SO much information. I haven't had a chance to check the syllabus; I hope the links are all there.

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