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Several manuscript records relating to crown lands are at the National Archives of Canada and at the Archives nationales du Québec. The most easily available include: | Several manuscript records relating to crown lands are at the National Archives of Canada and at the Archives nationales du Québec. The most easily available include: | ||
''List of Lands Granted by the Crown in the Province of Québec from 1763 to 31st December 1890''. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/344023?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''''List of Lands Granted by the Crown in the Province of Québec from 1763 to 31st December 1890'''''. | ||
::This book is a transcription of information from land patents. It is an especially good source to begin with if you are looking for English-speaking settlers. It gives the date of the patent and the county, township, and lot number where the grant was located. The index at the end of the volume is alphabetical only by the first letter of the surname. | |||
Lower Canada. Executive Council. Land Committee. ''Land Petitions and Related Records, 1637–1842''. National Archives of Canada series RG 1, L 3 L. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1965–1995. (On 126 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|500672|title-id|disp=film 1831844}}.) Indexed. | Lower Canada. Executive Council. Land Committee. ''Land Petitions and Related Records, 1637–1842''. National Archives of Canada series RG 1, L 3 L. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Public Archives of Canada, 1965–1995. (On 126 Family History Library films beginning with {{FHL|500672|title-id|disp=film 1831844}}.) Indexed. | ||