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 *The [[Ontario Land and Property#Abstract Index Books|Abstract Index Books]] (listed above) are the major indexes to wills recorded or memorialized in deed books. <br>
 *For other methods of accessing wills and probate records, see [[Ontario Probate Records]].
+===Heir and Devisee Records===
+. Heir and Devisee Commission, '''''Land Records 1796-1894'''''. AO RG 40, series A-I. Second Heir and Devisee Commission Case Files.
+: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.<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> ''For indexes see:''<br><br> [[Image:{{OLCI}}]]
+::*Database ('''index''') at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/db/deviseedb.aspx
+::*Microfilm card '''index''' of claims case files 1804-1895<br>
+::::'''A-D''' &nbsp;&nbsp;{{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313779}}
+::::'''E-L''' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313780}}
+::::'''M-R''' &nbsp;&nbsp;{{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313781}}
+::::'''S-Y''' &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313782}} <br><br>
+::*Book indexes (bound indices). 5 vols.
+:::Vol. 1. '''Index''' to claimants 1829-1853. {{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313782}}. Shows lot, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;concesstion, township, year, and commission number.
+:::Vol. 2. '''Index''' to claimants 1804-1883. {{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313782}}. Same as v. 1.
+:::Vol. 3. '''Index''' to claimants 1804-1889. {{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313783}}. Also shows "parcel" numbers. ("parcel"=filing bundle, '''''not''''' a piece of land.)
+:::Vol. 4. Register of claimants 1854-1866. {{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313783}}. By chronological Commission lists number.
+:::Vol. 5. Register of claimants 1867-1885. {{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=FHL Film 1313783}}. Same as vol. 4.
+::[[Image:{{OLRbookindex}}]]<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
+:''If you find an ancestor's index entry'', photocopy it, or write down all the data.<br><br>
+:'''Original Records'''. Heir and Devisee Commission, '''''Land Records 1796-1894'''''. AO RG 40, series A-I. On {{FHL|219880|title-id|disp=100 films starting with FHL film 1313768}}. 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.<br><br>
+. '''''Land Boards of Upper Canada, 1765-1804'''''. LAC RG 1, L1.
+:Four land boards were created in 1789 to administer land matters in Ontario's districts of [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/maps/ontario-districts.aspx Hesse, Nassau, Mecklenburg, and Lunenburg]. The boards were disbanded in 1794. However, land board records also can include some papers from as early as 1765, or as late as 1804.<ref name="LBUC" />
+:*Database instructions: [http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-boards-upper-canada/Pages/land-boards-upper-canada.aspx Land Boards of Upper Canada, 1765-1804]
+:*[http://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] '''database''' search
+:*[https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/164539 Ontario Land Records Index, 1780s-1914 (OLRI)] (see 2A above) partially indexes Land Board records.
+:'''Original Records'''. [http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=205141 Minutes and records of the Land Boards accumulated by the Executive Council Office (LAC RG 1 L4)]. This '''database''' provides access to more than 16,400 references to individuals.<ref name="LBUC" />
+:This series consists of minutes and reports of the Land Boards, as well as correspondence and instructions or regulations for their operations. The arrangement of the records is first by district, then in rough categories: minutes, correspondence, schedules of grants, etc. The order within those categories is chronological.<ref>Library and Archives Canada, ''Minutes and records of the Land Boards accumulated by the Executive Council Office [textual record]'' at {{blahblah}} (accessed 17 July 2014).</ref><br><br>
 === Sources  ===