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 *For other methods of accessing wills and probate records, see [[Ontario Probate Records]].
 ===Heir and Devisee Records===
-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.
+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.<br>
 *'''1796-1894''' - [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219880?availability=Family%20History%20Library Heir and Devisee Commission Land records, 1796-1894] - at FamilySearch
 *[https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_205142 Heir and Devisee Commission]
-<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>
+<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>
+There are a card index and book indexes:
 [[Image:{{OLCI}}]]
+[[Image:{{OLRbookindex}}]]
-::*Database ('''index''') at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/db/deviseedb.aspx
+<br><br>
-::*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>
 === Sources  ===