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===Online Records=== | ===Online Records=== | ||
*[https://www.onland.ca/ui/ '''Ontario Land Registry Access'''] Archives of Ontario<br> | *[https://www.onland.ca/ui/ '''Ontario Land Registry Access'''] Archives of Ontario<br> | ||
*'''1787-1841''' | *'''1787-1841''' [https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205068 '''Upper Canada Land Books, 1787-1841'''] Library and Archives Canada [https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/reference-guide-upper-canada-land-books-1787-1841 '''Reference Guide: Upper Canada Land Books, 1787-1841'''] (Explains records in database and lists contents of each file) | ||
*'''1763-1865''' | *'''1763-1865''' [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-upper-canada-1763-1865/Pages/land-petitions-upper-canada.aspx '''Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) Search Engine] [https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&PHPSESSID=rgi7t06a60or2jdheocn6v65f4 '''Petitions: Search using reference numbers obtained in search.'''] | ||
*'''1764-1841''' | *'''1764-1841''' [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-lower-canada-1764-1841/Pages/land-petitions-lower-canada.aspx '''Quebec's Lower Canada Land Petitions, 1764-1841'''] Present-day Ontario was part of Quebec before 1791. Many petitions submitted by people living in Ontario before 1791 can be found here.[1] | ||
*'''1765-1804''' | *'''1765-1804''' [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-boards-upper-canada/Pages/search-land-boards-upper-canada.aspx '''Search: Land Boards of Upper Canada, 1765-1804'''] | ||
*[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205142 '''Heir and Devisee Commission'''] The government created the Heir and Devisee Commissions to settle disputes about who was entitled to receive the letters patent for a parcel of land. | *[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205142 '''Heir and Devisee Commission'''] The government created the Heir and Devisee Commissions to settle disputes about who was entitled to receive the letters patent for a parcel of land. | ||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/185567?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Crown Lands Department Township papers, ca. 1783-1870's'''] | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/185567?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Crown Lands Department Township papers, ca. 1783-1870's'''] | ||
*'''1791-1867''' | *'''1791-1867''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/521830?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Petitions for land grants and leases, 1791-1867'''] | ||
::Petitions are arranged by a numbering system based on the initial letter of the petitioner's surname and the sequence in which the petition was brought before the Land Committee. Includes reports, certificates, and other documentation submitted in support of individual requests and some lists of settlers by region. | ::Petitions are arranged by a numbering system based on the initial letter of the petitioner's surname and the sequence in which the petition was brought before the Land Committee. Includes reports, certificates, and other documentation submitted in support of individual requests and some lists of settlers by region. | ||
*'''1796-1894''' | *'''1796-1894''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219880?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''Second Heir and Devisee Commission Land records, 1796-1894] - at FamilySearch | ||
*'''1804-1895''' | *'''1804-1895''' [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/db/deviseedb.aspx '''Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database'''] These 5184 case files, which date from 1804 to 1895, document claims for land made to the Second Heir and Devisee Commission. | ||
*[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_125539 '''Upper Canada Sundries'''] [http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/sundriesS.html '''Name Index'''] | *[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_125539 '''Upper Canada Sundries'''] [http://www.uppercanadagenealogy.com/sundriesS.html '''Name Index'''] | ||
**Also online at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/503404?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''FamilySearch'''] | **Also online at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/503404?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''FamilySearch'''] | ||
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*[http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/crown_land_records_microfiche.aspx '''Ontario Land Records Index Microfiche''']: This is a microfiche alphabetical by name index available to use in the Archives Reading Room, also available in some public libraries. | *[http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/crown_land_records_microfiche.aspx '''Ontario Land Records Index Microfiche''']: This is a microfiche alphabetical by name index available to use in the Archives Reading Room, also available in some public libraries. | ||
*Other alphabetical indexes are internal in the historical books, abstract indexes and general registers: [https://www.onland.ca/ui/ '''Ontario Land Registry Access'''] Archives of Ontario. <br> | *Other alphabetical indexes are internal in the historical books, abstract indexes and general registers: [https://www.onland.ca/ui/ '''Ontario Land Registry Access'''] Archives of Ontario. <br> | ||
*'''1763-1865''' | *'''1763-1865''' [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-upper-canada-1763-1865/Pages/land-petitions-upper-canada.aspx '''Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) Search Engine] [https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02-e.php?&q2=29&interval=50&sk=0&PHPSESSID=rgi7t06a60or2jdheocn6v65f4 '''Petitions: Search using reference numbers obtained in search.'''] | ||
*'''1764-1841''' | *'''1764-1841''' [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-petitions-lower-canada-1764-1841/Pages/land-petitions-lower-canada.aspx '''Quebec's Lower Canada Land Petitions, 1764-1841'''] Present-day Ontario was part of Quebec before 1791. Many petitions submitted by people living in Ontario before 1791 can be found here.[1] | ||
*'''1765-1804''' | *'''1765-1804''' [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-boards-upper-canada/Pages/search-land-boards-upper-canada.aspx '''Search: Land Boards of Upper Canada, 1765-1804'''] | ||
'''OnLand Records at My Moynahan Genealogy Blog give step-by-step instructions for using indexes and have some good illustrations:''' <br> | '''OnLand Records at My Moynahan Genealogy Blog give step-by-step instructions for using indexes and have some good illustrations:''' <br> | ||
*[https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.ca/2018/01/part-iv-onland-records-historical-books.html Part I: OnLand Records: Historical Books: First Registration Book Instruction] | *[https://moynahangenealogy.blogspot.ca/2018/01/part-iv-onland-records-historical-books.html Part I: OnLand Records: Historical Books: First Registration Book Instruction] | ||
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The government created the Heir and Devisee Commissions to settle disputes about who was entitled to receive the letters patent for a parcel of land. These records may explain a person's entitlement to land, such as military service or Loyalist ancestry. They may list the date of an application for land, the age of the applicant, and his place of birth. <ref>Archives of Ontario, ''From Grant to Patent: A Guide to Early Land Settlement Records, ca.1790 to ca.1850'', Archives of Ontario Research Guide 215 at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/access/documents/research_guide_215_grant_to_patent.pdf (accessed 23 July 2014).</ref><br> | The government created the Heir and Devisee Commissions to settle disputes about who was entitled to receive the letters patent for a parcel of land. These records may explain a person's entitlement to land, such as military service or Loyalist ancestry. They may list the date of an application for land, the age of the applicant, and his place of birth. <ref>Archives of Ontario, ''From Grant to Patent: A Guide to Early Land Settlement Records, ca.1790 to ca.1850'', Archives of Ontario Research Guide 215 at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/access/documents/research_guide_215_grant_to_patent.pdf (accessed 23 July 2014).</ref><br> | ||
*[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205142 Heir and Devisee Commission] | *[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205142 Heir and Devisee Commission] | ||
*'''1796-1894''' | *'''1796-1894''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219880?availability=Family%20History%20Library Heir and Devisee Commission Land records, 1796-1894] - at FamilySearch | ||
*'''1804-1895''' | *'''1804-1895''' [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/db/deviseedb.aspx Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files Database] These 5184 case files, which date from 1804 to 1895, document claims for land made to the Second Heir and Devisee Commission. | ||
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