The Upper Canada Land Petitions (RG 1 L 3) were derived from lists of names, not directly from the petitions, so errors or omissions in the lists are repeated on the index cards. Petitions 7th November, 1797 18th, November, 1797 128 Please try again. Unable to add item to List.
The following conversion table matching the Land Book to a petition bundle number may be helpful in locating the relevant citation. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
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Merriman, Brenda Dougall. Library and Archives Canada holds the records of the Upper Canada Land Books (RG 1 L1, MIKAN 205068). Petitions 2nd May, 1797 16th May, 1797 8
The first business of government: the land granting administration of Upper Canada. If you find a reference of interest to you, note the microfilm, volume, and bundle and petition numbers in order to easily find the digitized images of this land petition. 1790 to ca.
You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Index of Names from 1797 Petitions sitemap Petitions - 29th June, 1796 The microfilm reels to which the Index refers are available on-line (browsable, but not searchable) from the Héritage-Canadiana website. freefind Search the Ontario (Upper Canada) Genealogy Website - Make sure to use all known variations of a family name in your search! Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the records, 4th ed. Township of Haldimand 58 Township of Cramahe 57
King Butler, Susan Smart. In order to find a specific reference for a petition, you should first consult the Upper Canada Land Petitions database that provides more than 82,000 references to names of petitioners.
Step 2Consult the list above to find the relevant microfilm. The Land petitions in the following pages have been transcribed from the Nineteenth Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario, 1930 and the Twentieth Report of the Department of Public Records and Archives of Ontario, 1931 by Alexander Fraser, LL.D. The microfilm reels have been digitized and the images appear in the same order as on the microfilm reels. Learn more.
Decisions from the years 1787-1791 were copied from the Quebec Land Books and incorporated into the Upper Canada Land Books series as Volume 18 (corresponding to microfilm reel C-100). Over 82,000 petitioners, early settlers, soldiers, civilians and loyalists, went before the Executive Council of the Land Board of Upper Canada during this period to submit a request for Crown Land. Section Page
Upper Canada Land Books (1787-1841) Many of the entries from the nine volumes of this Index to the Upper Canada Land Books (linked below) duplicate information that is available in the Upper Canada Land Petitions, 1763-1865 (linked to in the Related Articles section). Thereafter, separate agenda and minute books were maintained to distinguish between state and land matters, and land petitions were generally covered in the Upper Canada Land Books. The Upper Canada Land books are organized by date of presentation and the page number. Township of Hamilton 59 Step 3Consult the digitized images. The left-hand margin of the Land Book may contain a cross reference to the petition, albeit a partial reference.