Archive CD Books Canada partners with FindMyPast.com

Over at the British Columbia Genealogical Society website, just posted is an announcement from Malcolm Moody of Archive CD Books Canada. The company is now in partnership with FindMyPast.com

Considering everything, I'm very optimistic that this will be a good relationship for the two companies and one that will benefit genealogists and family historians doing Canadian research. Many unique books are included in this collection.

Malcolm and his company have been good friends with Canadian genealogical societies, helping to promote genealogical collections and research projects and events across the country, for instance.

Archive CD Books specializes in providing high quality access on CD to searchable historical books and documents from private or small collections. Many of these would otherwise be either inaccessible or impossible or too expensive to purchase.

If you're on Facebook, do 'like' Archive CD Books Canada. You'll often see breaking news and very interesting commentary there on Canadian research and resources. I certainly recommend Archive CD Books Canada! (Just a friend - no commercial relationship.)

With this partnership, FindMyPast.com at last gains a significant and unique collection of Canadian genealogical data to share with its subscribers. I'm one and although I haven't been as excited as they thought I would be about their website (!), I was happy enough that I recently renewed. And generally I do believe that at least a bit of competition is a good thing for consumers. Too many commercial websites, in my opinion, offer data that's available at several other places, or, sometimes, is free elsewhere, or in a more accessible format elsewhere.

And FindMyPast has now Canadian newspapers as well, although these don't seem to have been listed yet with the years available. (Perhaps another announcement soon?) As many will know I do love newspapers, and I've been checking their Winnipeg and other Manitoba newspaper issues, but apparently searchable are:

    Alberta Golden Jubilee and Peace River Progress
    Baldur Gazette
    Baldur Gazette News
    Beausejour Brokenhead River Review
    Beausejour Clipper Weekly
    Beausejour Review
    Brandon Sun
    Brokenhead River Review
    Canwood Times
    Carillon News
    Chautauqua Talk
    Daily Free Press
    Dauphin Herald
    Erickson South Mountain Press
    Grandview Exponent
    Interlake Spectator
    Lac Du Bonnet Leader
    Lethbridge Daily Herald
    Lethbridge Herald
    Lethbridge Herlad
    Lethbridge Sun Times
    Manitoba Daily Free Press
    Manitoba Evening Free Press
    Manitoba Free Press
    Manitoba Morning Free Press
    Manitou Western Canadian
   Medicine Hat Daily News
   Medicine Hat Morning Times
   Medicine Hat News
   Medicine Hat Times
   Medicine Hat Weekly News
   Neepawa Banner
   Northern Gazette
   Pas Herald
   Pas Opasquia Times
   Peace River Hudson Bay Company
   Peace River Pilot
   Peace River Record
   Peace River Record Gazette
   Peace River Standard
   Portage La Prairie Central Plains Herald Leader
   Portage La Prairie Leader
   Portage La Prairie Plains Herald Leader
   Prairie Post
   Rivers Banner
   Rivers Gazette
   Rivers Gazette Reporter
   Roblin Review
  Roblin Review And Togo News
  Roblin Review And Western Weekly
  Russell Banner
 Selkirk Journal
 Shellbrook Chronicle
 Shoal Lake Crossroads
 Springfield Leader
 St Johns Daily Star BT
 St Johns Daily Star GS
 St Johns Evening Telegram BT
 St Johns Evening Telegram GS
 Steinbach Carillon
 Steinbach Carillon News
 Stonewall Argus
 Stonewall Argus And Teulon Times
 Stonewall Interlake Spectator
 Swan Valley Star and Times
Togo News
Winning Free Press
Winninpeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Manitoban