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===Ontario Department of Immigration Records, 1869-1897===
===Ontario Department of Immigration Records, 1869-1897===
*'''1869-1897''' [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/i_immigration_t.aspx '''Records of the Department of Immigration (RG 11)''']<br>
*'''1869-1897''' [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/microfilm/i_immigration_t.aspx '''Records of the Department of Immigration (RG 11)''']<br>
Under the confederation of 1867, both the Dominion Government and the Provincial Governments had responsibility for immigration. The Archives of Ontario and the Family History Library have some Ontario Department of Immigration records for 1869-97.  
Under the confederation of 1867, both the Dominion Government and the Provincial Governments had responsibility for immigration. The Archives of Ontario and the FamilySearch Library have some Ontario Department of Immigration records for 1869-97.  
====Digitized Department of Immigration Records====
====Digitized Department of Immigration Records====
These records can be viewed in digital form at a [[Family History Centers|Family History Center]] near you.
These records can be viewed in digital form at a [[Family History Centers|Family History Center]] near you.
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Much family information is included in two alphabetical series of Six-Dollar Bonus Refunds for 1872-76. About one-fifth of the immigrants into Ontario during that time had such papers. See:  
Much family information is included in two alphabetical series of Six-Dollar Bonus Refunds for 1872-76. About one-fifth of the immigrants into Ontario during that time had such papers. See:  
*Refund bonus applications (Series J). (On five rolls of microfilm, Family History Library {{FSC|168272|title-id|disp=films 1405787-88 and 1405910-12}}.) Digitized.
*Refund bonus applications (Series J). (On five rolls of microfilm, FamilySearch Library {{FSC|168272|title-id|disp=films 1405787-88 and 1405910-12}}.) Digitized.
*Refund bonus certificates (Series I). (On six Family History Library {{FSC|168272|title-id|disp=films 1412649 and 1405952-56}}.) Digitized
*Refund bonus certificates (Series I). (On six FamilySearch Library {{FSC|168272|title-id|disp=films 1412649 and 1405952-56}}.) Digitized


'''''Applications for Passage Warrants (Series L). 1872-88'''''. Four Volumes. (Family History Library {{FSC|168272|title-id|disp=film 1405912}}.) Lists names and locations in Ontario of immigrants whose passage was paid by sponsors. Family members' names and ages are sometimes given. The 1872 and 1873 lists give some immigrants' exact street addresses in Europe. Digitized.
'''''Applications for Passage Warrants (Series L). 1872-88'''''. Four Volumes. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|168272|title-id|disp=film 1405912}}.) Lists names and locations in Ontario of immigrants whose passage was paid by sponsors. Family members' names and ages are sometimes given. The 1872 and 1873 lists give some immigrants' exact street addresses in Europe. Digitized.


=== Canadian Border Crossing Records  ===
=== Canadian Border Crossing Records  ===
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===Books===
===Books===
*Crowder, Norman K. '''''Early Ontario Settlers: A Source Book'''''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993. {{FSC|632644|title-id|Family History Library}}.  Online at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48451/ Ancestry] ($); {{WorldCat|28416689|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Transcribes and indexes various provisioning lists and returns of settlers during 1783-89.  
*Crowder, Norman K. '''''Early Ontario Settlers: A Source Book'''''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993. {{FSC|632644|title-id|FamilySearch Library}}.  Online at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48451/ Ancestry] ($); {{WorldCat|28416689|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Transcribes and indexes various provisioning lists and returns of settlers during 1783-89.  


*Fitzgerald, E. Keith. '''''Ontario People 1796-1803'''''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993. {{FSC|619385|title-id|Family History Library}}. Online at: [https://archive.org/details/ontariopeople1790000fitz Internet Archive], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48450/ Ancestry] ($); {{WorldCat|27898202|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Has district Loyalist rolls.  
*Fitzgerald, E. Keith. '''''Ontario People 1796-1803'''''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993. {{FSC|619385|title-id|FamilySearch Library}}. Online at: [https://archive.org/details/ontariopeople1790000fitz Internet Archive], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48450/ Ancestry] ($); {{WorldCat|27898202|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Has district Loyalist rolls.  


*'''"Emigrant Returns of early settlers, 1815-1834"'''in ''Land records, ca. 1792-1876''. (FS Library films {{FSC|283269|title-id|disp=1319966 items 1-5 and 1319967 items 6-11}}.) These are mainly for Lanark, Leeds, and Perth counties. The Archives of Ontario has filmed copies.  
*'''"Emigrant Returns of early settlers, 1815-1834"'''in ''Land records, ca. 1792-1876''. (FS Library films {{FSC|283269|title-id|disp=1319966 items 1-5 and 1319967 items 6-11}}.) These are mainly for Lanark, Leeds, and Perth counties. The Archives of Ontario has filmed copies.  


*Bruce S. Elliott&nbsp;; index by De Alton Owens.'''''The McCabe list&nbsp;: early Irish in the Ottawa valley.&nbsp''''' Toronto, Ontario&nbsp;: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1991.&nbsp; ISBN: 0-7779-2124-3. {{FSC|533193|title-id|Family History Library}}. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/mccabe-list-early-irish-in-the-ottawa-valley/oclc/25549233 WorldCat]. This list contains the names, places of origin in Ireland, and more information for nearly 700&nbsp;Irish men who lived in and near Bytown (now Ottawa) in 1829.  
*Bruce S. Elliott&nbsp;; index by De Alton Owens.'''''The McCabe list&nbsp;: early Irish in the Ottawa valley.&nbsp''''' Toronto, Ontario&nbsp;: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1991.&nbsp; ISBN: 0-7779-2124-3. {{FSC|533193|title-id|FamilySearch Library}}. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/mccabe-list-early-irish-in-the-ottawa-valley/oclc/25549233 WorldCat]. This list contains the names, places of origin in Ireland, and more information for nearly 700&nbsp;Irish men who lived in and near Bytown (now Ottawa) in 1829.  


*Holt, Ruth and Margaret Williams. '''''Genealogical Extraction and Index of the Canada Company Remittance Books 1843-1847'''''. Three Volumes. Weston, Ontario and Oakville, Ontario: Holt and Williams, 1990. {{FSC|416621|title-id|Family History Library}}. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogical-extraction-and-index-of-the-canada-company-remittance-books-1843-1847/oclc/25202800 WorldCat].
*Holt, Ruth and Margaret Williams. '''''Genealogical Extraction and Index of the Canada Company Remittance Books 1843-1847'''''. Three Volumes. Weston, Ontario and Oakville, Ontario: Holt and Williams, 1990. {{FSC|416621|title-id|FamilySearch Library}}. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/genealogical-extraction-and-index-of-the-canada-company-remittance-books-1843-1847/oclc/25202800 WorldCat].


*Filby, P. William. '''''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'''''. Three Volumes. plus annual supplements. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981-. {{FSC|291926|title-id|Family History Library}}. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/passenger-and-immigration-lists-index-a-guide-to-published-arrival-records-of-about-500000-passengers-who-came-to-the-united-states-and-canada-in-the-seventeenth-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries/oclc/639641328 WorldCat].
*Filby, P. William. '''''Passenger and Immigration Lists Index'''''. Three Volumes. plus annual supplements. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research, 1981-. {{FSC|291926|title-id|FamilySearch Library}}. [https://www.worldcat.org/title/passenger-and-immigration-lists-index-a-guide-to-published-arrival-records-of-about-500000-passengers-who-came-to-the-united-states-and-canada-in-the-seventeenth-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries/oclc/639641328 WorldCat].
==References==
==References==
*[http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/access/documents/research_guide_228_immigration_citizenship.pdf '''Finding Immigration Records: Archives of Ontario'''] Accessed 8 October 2020.
*[http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/access/documents/research_guide_228_immigration_citizenship.pdf '''Finding Immigration Records: Archives of Ontario'''] Accessed 8 October 2020.