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From: "Bette Richards" <>
Subject: Ontario resources
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:48:11 -0700

Since we have several Bunkers in Ontario, I thought I would send this out.
This is from NEHGS newsletter this week.

Archives of Ontario
(http://www.archives.gov.on.ca)

The link found above will bring you to the homepage of the Archives of
Ontario. Once there, you will have the option to choose to view the site in
English or French. Click on the appropriate link to begin.

On the Welcome page you will find updates and descriptions of the resources
available at the Archives, in addition to links to virtual exhibits related
to Ontario’s history. These include, but are not limited to, Papermaking in
Ontario, Canadian Posters from the First World War, “French Ontario in the
17th and 18th Centuries,” The War of 1812, and The Great Toronto Fire. One
particularly interesting online exhibit is part of the Archives’ celebration
of “The Year of the Veteran: Celebrate, Honour, Remember.” Visitors are
invited to read and listen to excerpts from the World War I diary of John
Mould, a veteran of both world wars. The exhibit includes battlefield
photographs, as well as scanned images, transcriptions and audio clips of
diary entries.

The site also contains a searchable database of the index to four volumes of
assisted immigration registers that were created by the Toronto Emigrant
Office covering the period from 1865 to 1883. These registers contain a
chronological listing of new immigrants who received assistance from the
government to travel to various destinations in Southern Ontario. More than
29,000 register entries have been transcribed. The Archives also provides a
brief history of the creation and development of the Emigrant Office through
the years. You can search the database by last name, first name,
nationality, trade, ship, destination, and year. There is a Browse button at
the end of each search field with which you can bring up a list of all
possible data options for that field. Using the Browse feature is
particularly useful as you will be able to find both typical and unusual
abbreviations. For example, the first name William might have been entered
as Wm. or just the initial W., or the ship Nova Scotia as N. Scotia. A
search for John Smith will bring up a list of immigrants by that name. Click
on the Last Name to view the detail for that particular register entry. To
view the records of several individuals, click on the check boxes in the
left column and then click on the "Show Selected Records” button to see the
detailed entries. See the Key to the Database Fields under “Search Help and
Background” for a description of the information usually recorded in each of
the fields.

Ontario Cemetery Ancestor Index and Cemetery Locator of the Ontario
Genealogical Society
(http://ogs.andornot.com/cemmenu.htm)

The Ontario Cemetery Ancestor Index is a database with names gathered from a
number of sources including monument inscriptions and cemetery records.
Search fields in the index include last name, first name, county/district,
township, village/town/city/reserve, cemetery name, and cemetery ID.
Information in the records may include last name; first name; death date, if
known; stone reference (location of the stone or plot in the cemetery);
county; township; and cemetery name, plus its ID. Click on the cemetery name
to access the cemetery record.

It should be noted that not all Ontario cemeteries have been transcribed. A
transcription of the record may be purchased directly from the OGS branch
library when available. A link to the branch library is found in the
cemetery record. If you want to find a cemetery in Ontario, go back to the
cemetery database main page and click on the Ontario Cemetery Locator link
which brings you to a directory of cemeteries located in the province.
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