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== Record Finder Table for Ontario ==
This table can help you decide which records to search in [[Ontario Genealogy|Ontario]]. It is most helpful for post-1800 research.  
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.  
This Record Finder table links to the Ontario topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.


===Vital Events ===
2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.
 
4. Then look for the record type you need in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.
 
Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are ''especially'' helpful.
 
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{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Birth date
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]],[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ontario Census|Census]]
|-
| align="left" | Birthplace
| align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | City or parish of foreign birth
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Ontario Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ontario Biography|Biography]],
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ontario History|History,]] [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]], Obituaries
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| align="left" | Ethnic background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Minorities,[[Canada Native Races|Native Races]], [[Ontario Societies|Societies]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario Census|Census]]  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration,]] [[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
|-
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | French terms
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Language and Languages
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]],&nbsp;
 
|-
| align="left" | Historical background
| align="left" | [[Ontario History|History]], [[Ontario Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[Ontario Periodicals|Periodicals]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Minorities
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ontario Biography|Biography]], [[Ontario Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy,]] [[Ontario Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Living relatives (and adoptions)
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Ontario Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ontario Directories|Directories]], [[Ontario Court Records|Court Records]], Obituaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Biography|Biography]],[[Ontario Societies|Societies]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Maiden name, alias names
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]; [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]; [[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]; Names, Personal
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Ontario Loyalist Records|Loyalists]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Marriage
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]],&nbsp; [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ontario Land and Property|Land and Property]], [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Loyalist Records|Loyalists]]
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]  
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Directories|Directories]], [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]]  
*[[Ontario Directories|Directories]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ontario Biography|Biography]], [[Ontario Court Records|Court Records]], [[Ontario Business Records and Commerce|Business Records and Commerce]]
*[[Ontario Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Parents, children, and other family members
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ontario Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Obituaries, [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]],&nbsp;[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ontario Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy,]] [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | City or Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Ontario Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Ontario Maps|Maps]], [[Ontario History|History]]  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario Historical Geography|Historical Geography]], [[Ontario Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
 
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Places of residence
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Land and Property|Land and Property]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario History|History]], [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Place (town) of residence when you know only the province
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]] (indexed), [[Ontario Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]], [[Ontario Vital Records|Vital Records]], [[Ontario Land and Property|Land and Property]]  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario Biography|Biography]], [[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Ontario History|History]], [[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Ontario Directories|Directories]]
*[[Ontario Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Ontario Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Ontario Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Political subdivision origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Gazetteers|Gazetteers]], [[Ontario Maps|Maps]], [[Ontario Directories|Directories]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario History|History,]] [[Ontario Historical Geography|Historical Geography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nationality and ethnicity
| align="left" | Previous research (compiled genealogy)
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Ontario Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Ontario Periodicals|Periodicals]], [[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
| align="left" | [[Ontario History|History,]] [[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Canada First Nations|First Nations]]
*[[Ontario Black Canadians|Black Canadians]]
*[[Ontario Cultural Groups|Cultural Groups]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]] (after 1915)
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]
*[[Ontario Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]], [[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Ontario Directories|Directories]]
*[[Ontario Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
 
| align="left" | [[Ontario Census|Census]], [[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]], [[Ontario History|History]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Ontario Biography|Biography,]] [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries
*[[Ontario Census|Census]]
*[[Ontario Church Records|Church Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | Social activities  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario History|History]], [[Ontario Biography|Biography]], [[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  
*[[Ontario Biography|Biography]]  
| bgcolor="#ffff99" align="left" | [[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Ontario Directories|Directories]], Obituaries
*[[Ontario Obituaries|Obituaries]]
|}
*[[Ontario Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Ontario Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Ontario Societies|Societies]]  


|-
[[Category:Ontario, Canada]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ontario Military Records|Military Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Ontario Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br> (after 1915)
*
|-
|}

Revision as of 12:45, 7 November 2017

Ontario Wiki Topics
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Beginning Research
Record Types
Ontario Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources


This table can help you decide which records to search in Ontario. It is most helpful for post-1800 research.

1. In column 1 find the goal you selected.

2. In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

3. In column 3 find additional record types that may be useful.

4. Then look for the record type you need in the Locality Search of the FamilySearch Catalog.

Note: Records of previous research (genealogy, biography, history, periodicals, and societies) are useful for most goals, but are not listed unless they are especially helpful.


What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Census, Vital Records, Church Records Cemeteries, Military Records, Emigration and Immigration
Birth date Vital Records, Church Records Cemeteries,Newspapers, Census
Birthplace Vital Records, Church Records Census, Newspapers
City or parish of foreign birth Church Records, Naturalization and Citizenship, Genealogy, Biography, Vital Records, Newspapers, History, Emigration and Immigration
Country of foreign birth Emigration and Immigration, Census, Naturalization and Citizenship Church Records, Military Records, Vital Records, Newspapers
Death Vital Records, Cemeteries, Probate Records, Church Records Newspapers, Military Records, Obituaries
Ethnic background Minorities,Native Races, Societies, Church Records, Census Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship
French terms Language and Languages Church Records, Vital Records, 
Historical background History, Historical Geography, Periodicals Emigration and Immigration, Minorities
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Census, Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Land and Property
Living relatives (and adoptions) Genealogy, Directories, Court Records, Obituaries Census, Biography,Societies, Church Records, Probate Records
Maiden name, alias names Vital Records, Church Records, Newspapers Cemeteries; Military Records; Probate Records; Names, Personal
Marriage Vital Records, Church Records,  Census, Newspapers Military Records, Probate Records, Land and Property, Cemeteries
Occupation Census, Directories, Emigration and Immigration, Vital Records Newspapers, Biography, Court Records, Business Records and Commerce
Parents, children, and other family members Vital Records, Church Records, Census, Probate Records, Genealogy Obituaries, Emigration and Immigration, Newspapers, Cemeteries
Physical description Military Records, Biography Vital Records, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Maps, History Historical Geography, Periodicals
Places of residence Census, Land and Property History, Military Records
Place (town) of residence when you know only the province Census (indexed), Genealogy, Military Records, Vital Records, Land and Property Biography, Probate Records, History, Emigration and Immigration, Directories
Political subdivision origins and boundaries Gazetteers, Maps, Directories History, Historical Geography
Previous research (compiled genealogy) Genealogy, Periodicals, Societies History, Biography
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Societies Periodicals
Religion Census, Church Records, History Biography, Cemeteries, Obituaries
Social activities History, Biography, Newspapers, Societies Cemeteries, Directories, Obituaries
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