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Happy Thanksgiving to our friends in Canada! The second Monday in
October (that’s today) is the holiday when Canadians celebrate the
harvest.

The holiday hopped around from Nov. 6 in 1879, to the third Monday in October for
many years, until Parliament set the date on the second Monday of October in 1957. You
can read more about the history of Canada’s Thanksgiving on the Armchair Genealogist
blog.

If you’ve got the day off for Canadian Thanksgiving (or if you’re American, for Columbus
Day), take some time to trace your Canadian kin with advice from these FamilyTreeMagazine.com
articles (all free) and resources from ShopFamilyTree.com:

• Canadian Genealogy
  Websites

• Finding
  Canadian soldiers in World War I

• Finding
  Canadians in the War of 1812

• Resources
  for tracing immigrants to Canada

• All about dit names

• 101
  Best Websites for Genealogy in 2012: Canadian Genealogy Sites

• Finding
  Irish immigrants to Canada

• Canadian
  Genealogy Guide digital download (from ShopFamilyTree.com)

• Finding
  Canadian Immigration records video class (from ShopFamilyTree.com)

• French
  Canadian Genealogy Guide digital download (from ShopFamilyTree.com)