Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Canadian Land Research


The up-to-date copy of this post will be maintained at http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/canadian-land-research.html

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

At ArchiviaNet, search Western Land Grants (1870-1930): http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011102_e.html

Finding Aid: Prairie Land Records: http://www.interlinkbookshop.com/obee/dominion.htm

Map - Index to Townships in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta & British Columbia: http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/nmc/n0043265.pdf

1905 CNR provincial maps (have meridian, range and township indicators to help find locations of properties)

Homestead Records
Alberta: http://abgensoc.ca/homestead/search.php
Saskatchewan: http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/Saskatchewan/homesteadlocation.html
Searchable database of CPR lands sold to settlers 1881-1906: http://ww2.glenbow.org/search/archivesCPRSearch.aspx

$$$ Land Grant records: https://www.isc.ca/LAND/FormsLogin.asp?/LAND/isc/scripts/isc.asp
   Grant Search - IE and Mozilla are the only supported browsers; Firefox is not

David Rumsey Map Collection: http://www.davidrumsey.com

How much would that land be worth now? Inflation Calculator: http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/inflation_calc.htm


Finding and ordering Land Records from the LDS

1. Begin at http://familysearch.org
2. Click the Search tab, then Family History Library Catalog, then Place Search, or go directly: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitysearch&columns=*,0,0
3. Type in the County name, and the Province name as "Part of" if you wish.
4. From the results, select "Land and Property" and click on that. Once you find the correct film, click Film Notes (gray button at the top of the page) for FHL film numbers. This is the number you need to fill out the order form at your local FHC. Pre-1876 deeds have been filmed by the LDS, also Deed Abstracts, and "Copybooks of Deeds."

If the FHL has not filmed the land records you need, independent researchers located in different parts of the province can be found at the Archives of Ontario site, or http://www.rootsweb.com/~onapg.

Ontario Guide #205 - How to Use the Ontario Land Records Index available on the Archives of Ontario site: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca. Click Customer Service and Research Guides. Guides are available in both HTML and PDF. Next, go to the interloan catalog to find the microfilms available for the original records you found referenced on the microfiche.

For originally-filed deeds and instruments ONLY, contact the county Land Registry Office (LRO) and request copies. Films of the originally-filed deeds are only available at the Land Registry Office. Provide all details of each deed: registration number, year of registration, name of township; and concession & lot numbers, and names of grantor and grantee, if you know them. Also, original land abstract books and many original land documents are held by historical organizations and are generally available to researchers in person or by mail. If the LRO will not respond, check with the Archives. Otherwise, consult the ONAPG for an on-site researcher.

Association for the Preservation of Ontario Land Registry Office Documents (APOLROD): http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/APOLROD/

Provincial Archives of Canada: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/09/canadian-provincial-archives.html.


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