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All individuals wishing to obtain land from the Crown were required to swear an oath of allegiance before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. These oaths can usually be found with the Crown land petitions or among the Township papers. See [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/access/documents/research_guide_215_grant_to_patent.pdf '''Research Guide 215, A Guide to Early Land Settlement Records, ca.1790 to ca.1850'''] for information about these records. | All individuals wishing to obtain land from the Crown were required to swear an oath of allegiance before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. These oaths can usually be found with the Crown land petitions or among the Township papers. See [http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/access/documents/research_guide_215_grant_to_patent.pdf '''Research Guide 215, A Guide to Early Land Settlement Records, ca.1790 to ca.1850'''] for information about these records. | ||
==1828-1850== | ==1828-1850== | ||
Ontario did not have a naturalization process until 1828. The Act to Secure and Confer Upon Certain Inhabitants of this Province (Upper Canada) the Civil and Political Rights of Natural Born British Subjects (1828) mandated that a naturalization register be kept for '''each county''' in Upper Canada; this practice continued until 1850. The surviving naturalization registers are available on self-service microfilm reels C15692 and C-15693 in the Reading Room of the Archives of Ontario. | Ontario did not have a naturalization process until 1828. The Act to Secure and Confer Upon Certain Inhabitants of this Province (Upper Canada) the Civil and Political Rights of Natural Born British Subjects (1828) mandated that a naturalization register be kept for '''each county''' in Upper Canada; this practice continued until 1850. The surviving naturalization registers are available on self-service microfilm reels C15692 and C-15693 in the Reading Room of the Archives of Ontario online at [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/citizenship-naturalization-records/naturalization-upper-western-1828-1850/Pages/introduction.aspx '''Naturalization Records, 1828-1850 - Upper Canada and Canada West'''] (Library and Archives of Canada database) | ||
*These registers are indexed in Donald A. McKenzie’s series of articles entitled '''Upper Canada naturalization records 1828-1850''' (published in Families, vol. 18, no. 3 to vol. 20, no. 1; 1979-1981). A copy can be consulted in the Archives of Ontario’s Reading.Room | |||
==After 1850== | |||
Records created after 1917 are more detailed than earlier records and are found at: | Records created after 1917 are more detailed than earlier records and are found at: | ||