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 Canadiana Collection Genealogy Collection The North York Central Library's Canadiana Department has a large and
comprehensive collection of genealogical research materials. The Genealogy
Collection focuses on Ontario although there are many resources for all
of Canada. Some materials are microfilm and microfiche copies acquired from institutions
such as the Library and Archives of Canada and the Archives of Ontario. Specialized catalogues, indexes and finding aids to additional information
in the collections are available at the library. Some finding aids are
available online from Toronto Public Library or the external organizations
that own the original materials. Canadiana's most popular genealogical resources:
Genealogy Programs
Birth, marriage and death records The Ontario Vital Statistics Indexes:
For a detailed description and microfilm listings go to:
Indexes to births, marriages and death records in Ontario newspapers Upper Canada Marriage Bonds and Indexes to Upper and Lower
Canada Marriage Bonds
Nominal census returns and indexes, 1666-1901
Newfoundland census of 1921, 1935, 1945
Resources include the most complete collection of Ontario cemetery transcriptions, family charts, published family histories, genealogical periodicals. Go to the OGS library catalogue:
Includes New England Historical and Genealogical Register from 1847
on, and family histories from the eastern coast of the United States. The collection has materials to help Canadians research their New England ancestry, including the vital records for Massachusetts and Connecticut up to 1850, as well as town histories and genealogies.
A small but growing collection which includes genealogical resources
for Eastern Europe, genealogical handbooks, and the periodicals Shem
Tov and Avotaynu
Includes registers of baptisms, marriages and burials for many parishes of Quebec and Ontario and genealogical dictionaries of French-Canadian families. Recent acquisitions include the Drouin Repertoire alphabetique des mariages Canadian-francais, 1760-1935
Guelph 1873-1980
British Columbia 1900-1954 / B.C. & Yukon 1930-1948
Published histories of Ontario families
Genealogical indexes, bibliographies,
guides and newsletters International Genealogical Index
(IGI) 1988
Immigration records for
Canada and Ontario
For a description and microfilm lists for 1865 to 1935 (excluding 1919-1924) for all ports, go to:
An index to Immigration Records from 1925 to 1935 can be found on the Library and Archive Canada website. To use this index go to:
For a description and microfilm list of Border Entry Records by port of entry from 1908 to 1918 go to:
For a description and microfilm list of Immigration Forms from 1919 to 1924 go to:
For a description and microfilm list of Border Entry Records 1925 to 1935 by date for all ports go to:
For an online index to many resources for researching Home Children at the Library and Archives Canada go to:
Li-Ra-Ma Index: A nominal index to about 11,000 files known as Passport/Identity Papers created by Russian Consuls in Canada between 1900 and 1918 and held by the National Archives of Canada. Files exist in this collection for Russians, Ukranians, Finns, Poles, Armenians, etc. as well as for Jews, German Mennonites and Doukhobors. For an online index to many resources for researching the Li-Ra-Ma Index at the Library and Archives Canada go to:
[Records of the Department of Immigration], 1869-1901. These nominal lists document those who emigrated under special bonus schemes and under other special assisted passage schemes. For an online index to microfilm reel numbers at the Archives of Ontario go to:
Upper Canada Land Petitions
Loyalist Regiment Muster Rolls 1777-1783
Updated On: January 8, 2010
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