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From: Adele Barnes <>
Subject: [UPP-CAN] Information on Land Records
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 05:28:54 -0900

Hi !

The following websites may help you if you're looking for information on
your ancestor's land holdings or location.

History of Ontario
- outlines the division of Ontario into districts and counties
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canon/ontbegin.html

Present Day Ontario - Counties & Districts
http://www.rootsweb.com/~canon/locator/pdontmap.html

Land Records in Ontario
http://wwnet.com/~treesrch/ontland.html

Types of documents/records in Ontario Land Registry Offices
http://www.globalgenealogy.com/apolrod5.htm

Ontario Land Registry Offices - locations
http://www.globalgenealogy.com/apolrod6.htm


Also, the Archives of Ontario has the following kinds of land records:
indexes to land patents; correspondence of the Surveyor General and
Commissioner of Crown Lands; schedules and land rolls; Fiats and Warrants;
"The Township Papers".

For information on the Archives, and information on borrowing, see:
http://www.gov.on.ca:80/MCZCR/archives/english/common/index.html


Adele Barnes
Victoria, B.C.

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