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Click this link to download the manual: ASKgen%20User%20Manual.pdf

ASK meets the second Wednesday of every month except July and August. If you need to discuss or research your area ancestors before the next meeting, check our Groups and Forum pages, or contact a member via this site. Otherwise, here are some useful links for genealogical research in the Kenora area:

Ancestor Queries? Post them here: Rat Portage, Keewatin, Kenora, Norman, Jaffray Melick, Pellatt, Lake of the Woods

Northern Ontario Gravemarker Gallery Includes photographs of headstones in regional cemeteries, searchable by name.

Kenora Community Portal To request a basic search for a burial in Lake of the Woods Cemetery go to "Online Services" and then "Genealogy Tracing" at this site. You are required to log in first.

Kenora Public Library To request an obituary lookup from the microfilm of the local newspaper; to view issues of Miner & News that have been digitized - see "Digital Archives" on sidebar then "Newspapers by Year".

Lake of the Woods Museum

Kenora Daily Miner & News for recent obituaries.

The nostalgia site for Kenora-Keewatin District High School, focused on the 1950's (and late 1940's). Features class photos and helps reconnect old high school friends.

Ontario Genealogical Society

Archives of Ontario