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This list serves to provide information about some of the many general primary record classes that are available for research in Ontario Locations:

• Ship's Passenger Lists
  • Indexes for all of North America - 1600 - 1900's
  • Canadian Passenger Ship Manifests - 1865 - 1919
  • Supporting Information - Ships, Routes, Accounts, Wrecks, etc
• Canadian Immigration Record
  • Canadian Passenger Ship Manifests - 1865 - 1919
  • US/Canada Border Crossings - 1908 - 1919
  • 'Home Children' from England - 1869 - 1928
  • Immigrants from China - 1889 - 1945
  • Immigration Records since 1919
• Census Returns
  • For all of Canada
    • Heads of Household: 1841 and earlier - (very limited coverage - write for specifics)
    • All persons: Decadal, 1851 through 1901
  • England - Essex County, and some London, England areas
• Records Collected under the 1940 National Resources Mobilization Act.
• Civil Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths (equivalent to Vital Statistics)
  • Ontario
    • - Births: 1869 - 1898
    • - Marriages: 1869 - 1913
    • - Deaths: 1869 - 1923
  • England and Wales: B, M, & D from 1837
• Military Records
  • British Service in North America
  • Local Militia Units - British and Canadian
  • Canadian Units: Boer War, Canadian Expeditionary Force, etc.
• Land Registration Records
  • Canada
    • Original Crown Grants and Patents to Land for such reasons as Military Service, etc.
  • Ontario
    • Records for specific pieces of property date from the earliest Crown grants. Later records can include Wills, and additional interesting information pertaining to inter-family loans and land transfers can often be identified
• Cemetery and Monumental Inscription Compilations - Ontario
  • The Ontario Genealogical Society has been recording Monumental Inscriptions across the Province, and a partial, electronically searchable database is operating.
• Probate and other Estate File Records - Ontario
  • Records pertaining to the disposition of the Estate of anyone who died in Ontario posessing property are available
• City and other regional Directories - for all of Canada, 1800 - 1996
• Telephone Directories, from 1879, for Ontario and Quebec
• Tax Lists - Municipal Assessment and Collector's Rolls - Ontario, 1800 - 1900's
• Church Records - Ontario, all denominations;
• Divorce Petitions - Presented to the House of Commons, for all of Canada.
• Parish Registers - Essex County and some areas of east London, England, 1538 - 1976
• Newspapers - for all of Canada, and all time periods
• United Empire Loyalist (UEL) information
• Full Internet surname and information searches