Below is a list of links that I have found to be helpful over the year of researching. Some are strictly genealogy related, while a few others are of general interest, and a couple fall into the category I affectionately refer to as "shameless self-promotion."

Click on any of the links below to visit and you will be taken to that site. Good luck and happy ancestor hunting!

Peter Gagné's informative book-King's Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi, 1663-1673. A groundbreaking biographical dictionary of the nearly 800 women and girls sent from France to populate Québec between 1663 and 1673.
Go to The Filles du Roi page.

Peter Gagné's three volume set-Links to Your Canadian Past. A great resource for finding your way to the best the Internet has to offer.
Go to Links to Your Canadian Past page.

Translated by Peter Gagné, a 3-volume work, French-Canadians of the West, encompasses 649 biographies of French-Canadians who made their mark on the western United States and Canada.
Go to Peter Gagné's French-Canadians of the West, page.

Cousin Pete's Page-Dedicated to the genealogy of the Gagné family, but filled with excellent information and terrific links for researching French-Canadian roots.
Go to Peter Gagné's Genealogy page.

Canadian Postcards-A great site to find postcard pictures (6500 of them!) of the important places in your Canadian past.
Go to Postcards page.

The University of Montréal-Programme de recherche en démographie historique. The population of Québec before 1800, a searchable database with both public and subscription features.
Go the PRDH page.

Postcards of Scotland-Electornic postcards give you the opportunity to send a bit of Scotland to a friend. Site was down for maintenance, March 2004.
Go to Postcards page.

About Scotland-Links to Scottish culture, history and genealogy from about.com. Includes the latest news and up-to-date information for visitors.
Go to Scottish Culture page.

The National Archives of Scotland contains pages just for the family historian. Important background information is available to help with historical perspective. Topics include items such as: adoption, crafts and trades, education, emigration, sasines, and many more.
Go to National Archives page.

Scots Origins from the General Register Office-search for birth, marriage, and death certificates on-line as well as 1861 and 1871 census entries (for a fee).
Go to Scots Origins page.

GenUKI-Scotland
Go to GenUKI for Scotland page.

Links to Auchterarder

High Street, Auchterarder
Special thanks to George Steel.

The Tay Valley Family History Society-I'm a member-are you? The site has a special "members only" area, but has some resources available online for public use.
Go to Tay Valley F.H.S. page.

Auchterarder-"The Lang Toon"-A look at the local sights.
Go to the Auchterarder page.

In and Around Auchterarder-The Scottish Tourist Board. The link to the page for Auchterarder and the Ochils will be in the frame on the left-hand side of the page.
Go to the Tourist Board page.

History of Auchterarder-A brief summary of important historical events. The page includes an amusing look at some of the different spellings of Auchterarder used over the years.
Go to the History page.

Megaliths of Auchterarder-Photographs of three megaliths found on the outskirts of the town.
Go to the Ancient Scotland page.

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