Mesa Arizona Regional Family History Center
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Ontario Quick Start

1. Complete a pedigree chart

2. Search at home and talk with family members to gather as much information as you can

3. A RESEARCH OUTLINE FOR ONTARIO (for sale in the copy room)

4. Background Information - if they lived in Ontario before settling in USA, search US records!

COMPUTER RESEARCH:

Records of previous research - be sure to check the source!

* FamilySearch.org 1881 CENSUS INDEXED

* Google 1871 CENSUS INDEXED

* Pedigree Resource File

* Ancestry.com

* Parish & Vital Records http://www.globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette

1901 CENSUS - www.automatedgenealogy.com

1911 CENSUS - www.automatedgenealogy.com (for index of names) then go to
www.archives.ca for full record and images.

National Archives of Canada - www.archives.ca

Library & Archives - http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/

Ontario Genealogy Societies - http://www.ogs.on.ca

Canadian Maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/canada.html

Canadian Geographical Names - http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.php

Ontario Cemetery Finding aid - http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa

Ontario Genweb - http://www.geneofun.on.ca/ongenweb

Ontario Genealogy Sources on the Internet - http://www.library.on.ca/links/clearinghouse

Canadian County Atlas - http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas

United Empire Loyalists - http://www.uelac.org

Check Canadian web sites. In the white binder on the CANADIAN RESEARCH SHELF

Canadian CD'S are on the CD computers.

FILM RESEARCH:

Census Records 1841 - 1848 - 1850 - 1851 - 1861 - 1871 - 1881 - 1891 - 1901 - 1911

Vital Statistics Indexes for Ontario - check for film # on standup computers

Crown Land Record Card Index by the Archives of Ontario - check for film # on standup computer

Immigration "The Manifests of passengers arriving in the St. Albans District through Canadian

Pacific and Atlantic ports, 1859-1954. Alphabetically Indexed. Check MRFHC for film # here.

Note: Canadian Citizenship Act came into effect on Jan 1, 1947. Immigrants from Great Britain

And the Commonwealth countries were not required to be naturalized.

BOOK RESEARCH:

The CENTRAL CANADIANS 1600-1900 Located with Canadian Research

GENEALOGY IN ONTARIO : SEARCHING THE RECORDS by Brenda Merriman

THE CANADIAN GENEALOGICAL HANDBOOK by Eric Jonasson

Bullinger's Postal guide 970.E8b (If you know the name of the town or city): WEST WALL

Index to the 1871 Census by Bruce Elliott 30 volumes CANADIAN RESEARCH SHELF

GRD (Genealogical Research Directory)

Bureau of Archives of the Province of Ontario - Loyalists Claims 971.3 A50

MAPS:

Maps of Ontario - Drawer # 5

Collier's World Atlas - county and township maps of Ontario. Q size 912 C69

Ward Maps of Nine Canadian Cities Census - CANADIAN RESEARCH SHELF black binder

971 G7g

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