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Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Births, Deaths and Marriages
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course will concentrate on the birth, death, and marriage information gathered by the various churches as parish records, as well as the civil records gathered by colonial, state, and territory governments. An understanding of the historical context is included to explain which authority collected the information and how the records varied over time. Births, deaths, and marriages records from various periods and jurisdictions will be examined to determine how much information is actually available and helpful for the genealogist, as well as how and where the records may be found.
The course also looks at why the information in such records may not always be accurate, as well as what to do when records are not available in the expected place.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Historical Background to Settlement
Map of Australia with Settlement Dates
Parish Records
Civil Registration
Australasia BDM Exchange
NEW SOUTH WALES RECORDS
History of Recording BDMs in New South Wales
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Other Indexes of New South Wales BDM
NSW State Records
MODULE 2
QUEENSLAND RECORDS
History of Recording BDM in Queensland
Other Indexes of Queensland BDM
MODULE 3
SOUTH AUSTRALIA RECORDS
History of Recording BDM in South Australia
South Australian Registry of BDM
Other Indexes of South Australian BDM
MODULE 4
TASMANIA RECORDS
History of Recording BDM in Tasmania
Tasmanian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Other Indexes of Tasmanian BDM
MODULE 5
VICTORIAN RECORDS
Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Other Indexes of Victorian BDM
MODULE 6
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RECORDS
Western Australian Registry of BDM
Other Indexes of Western Australia BDM
TERRITORY RECORDS & OTHER BDM POSSIBILITIES
Northern Territory Records
Australian Capital Territory
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Other Sources for Births, Deaths and Marriages
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
While the course Australia: Births, Deaths and Marriages concentrates on the various sources of church parish records and government civil certificates of births, deaths and marriages, this course focuses on other sources to obtain birth, death, and marriage information. Birth, death, and marriage information may be found in newspaper notices, naturalization documents, and military service records. Divorce records provide information about births and marriages, as well as details about the ending of marriages. In addition, there are many other records associated with deaths, including wills, probate, deceased estate files, intestacies, letters of administration, cemeteries, undertakers, and inquest records.
Military records and biographical dictionaries will be mentioned briefly as a source of information about births, deaths, and marriages but these topics are covered in more detail in other courses.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
DEATHS & DIVORCES
FamilySearch Centers
Access Restrictions for Archives
Ancestry.com.au
Historical Background
Wills, Probate, Deceased Estate & Intestacy Files
MODULE 2
DEATHS (CONTINUED) & PUBLIC NOTICES
Cemeteries
Undertaker Records
Newspaper Births, Deaths & Marriages Notices
Government and Police Gazettes
MODULE 3
IMMIGRATION, CONVICTS & CENSUS RECORDS
Naturalisations
Free Settlers - Assisted or Unassisted?
Colonial or Commonwealth Records
National Archives of Australia
Convicts
Prison Records Post-Convict Era
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
MODULE 4
HEALTH, EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LAND RECORDS
Health & Education Records
Land Records
MODULE 5
MILITARY RECORDS
Australian Service Records
Conflicts
Roll of Honour
Commemorative Roll
Remembrance Book
British Soldiers in Australia
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
MODULE 6
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
Biographical Databases & Dictionaries
Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Founders & Survivors
Genealogy Search Australia
Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography
South Australian Deaths and Burials
National and State Libraries
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Immigration Records - Free Settlers
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
The study of immigration includes more than finding dates and shipping records. An understanding of some Australian history (as well as major events in other places of the world) is necessary to comprehend why large numbers of people chose to leave the places they were living and take the arduous and often dangerous journey to the other side of the world.
The course will discuss the migration of free settlers, and consider significant emigrant groups, government policies, sponsored and assisted passages, voyage conditions, and ships’ passenger lists as well as denization, naturalization and citizenship.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
IMMIGRATION RECORDS - FREE SETTLERS
INTRODUCTION
Where to Start?
FamilySearch Centers
Australian Joint Copying Project
Ancestry.com.au
Historical Background
1901 to 1945
After World War II
Categories of Arrivals
Free Settlers - Assisted or Unassisted?
Other Categories of Arrivals
Naturalisations
MODULE 2
NEW SOUTH WALES
Introduction
NSW State Records
Departures from New South Wales
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Military
Other Sources
MODULE 3
VICTORIA
Introduction
Public Record Office Victoria
Correspondence and Other Records held by PROV
MODULE 4
QUEENSLAND & TASMANIA
Introduction
Queensland State Archives
Other Queensland Sources
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Other Tasmanian Sources
MODULE 5
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY & WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
Introduction
South Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
State Records of South Australia
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Other South Australian Sources
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Biographical Index of Western Australians
MODULE 6
MIGRATION & NATURALISATION
National Archives of Australia
Other Sources
NSW State Records
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Convict Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
A study of convict records includes some discussion of the British legal system and the conditions that led to convicts being transported to the colonies of Australia. Governments kept copious records at all stages of their control of the convicts and these provide more information about the convicts in Australia than for free settlers of the same period.
The passage of convicts through the legal system may be traced from their trials and imprisonment, transportation, the convict administration in the colonies, as well as their various assignments until the eventual end of their imprisonment (by death or freedom).
In addition, the course includes some records of the changing attitudes toconvict heritage and the impact that has on the records that are available.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Where to Start?
Historical Background
British Penal Colony in Australia
Legal Terms
MODULE 2
TRIAL AND TRANSPORTATION
Introduction
Trial Records
Petitions and Pardons
Transportation
MODULE 3
LIFE IN AN AUSTRALIAN PENAL COLONY
Introduction
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Indents and Assignments
Musters and Censuses
Female Convicts
Children
Bank Accounts
MODULE 4
REOFFENDING IN THE PENAL COLONIES
Colonial Offences
Castle Hill Rebellion 1804
Gazettes and Newspapers
MODULE 5
LEAVING THE CONVICT SYSTEM
Tickets of Leave
Certificate of Freedom
Pardons
Deaths
Escapes
Convict-Aboriginal Relationships
Exiles
Departing Passengers
MODULE 6
CONVICT IMPACT
Introduction
Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters
Military
Changing Attitude to Convicts
Other Sources of Convict Information
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Newspapers and Biographies
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
Newspapers are a wonderful research tool as they can provide background information on our ancestors that may not be found in official documents. As well as the expected notices of births, engagements, marriages, deaths, burials and obituaries we may also find reference to their sporting activities or involvement in community events. References to insolvencies, bankruptcies, other misdemeanours or more serious crimes can lead to court and criminal records at the archives. This course focuses on using both historical and current newspapers to flesh out our knowledge of our ancestors and the communities in which they lived.
A useful companion to newspapers are biographical resources and these can be for an individual or a defined group and based on a local, state or national level. Often referred to as biographical dictionaries or pioneer registers these resources can provide a quick background on an individual which can then be followed up in newspapers and official records.
By using these two types of resources, you will be able to add substantially to your knowledge of your ancestors. As more and more of these resources are digitised and placed online making them easier to access and to search, there is a constant need to go back and revisit your research to find any new material on your ancestors.
By undertaking this course on Australian newspapers and biographies you will find lots of additional material on your families as we make our way through the modules. In the course of writing this module and undertaking the assignments, I even added to my own family knowledge which was a bonus for me.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS AND SPECIALIST NEWSPAPERS
Online guide to Newspapers
Library online guide to newspapers
Brief History of Australian Newspapers
Trove
National (Australian Government)
MODULE 2
CASE STUDIES, SEARCHING AND INDEXES
Why Use Newspapers?
Case Study
Searching Techniques
Optical Character Recognition
Soundex
Boolean
Wildcards
Truncation
Exact, Phrase, Date and Field Searches
Proximity Searching
Online, Published and Unpublished Indexes
MODULE 3
HISTORICAL AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS ONLINE
What is Trove?
The Australian Newspaper Plan
Digitised Newspapers and More
Australian Periodical Publications
MODULE 4
E-RESOURCES AND AUSTRALIAN CONNECTIONS IN ONLINE OVERSEAS HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
National Library of Australia eResources
State and Territory Libraries eResources
PapersPast
Interpreting a Newspaper Article
MODULE 5
CURRENT NEWSPAPERS & NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Locating Current Newspapers
Country Press Australia Inc.
Metropolitan Newspapers
News Corp Australia
Fairfax Media
APN News and Media
OnlineNewspapers.com
Newspaper Archives
MODULE 6
BIOGRAPHIES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES
National
State/Territory Based
Locality Based
Locating Local and Family Histories
SUGGESTED READING AND RESOURCES
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Church Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course examines religious resources that are available in Australia. Major emphasis has been placed on Christianity and the various church records available for the main Christian denominations in Australia. Parish records such as baptisms, marriages and burials and other lesser known church records are examined. Religions other than Christianity are also looked at briefly as Australia has been a multicultural country since the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Terminology
Brief History of Religion in Australia
Brief Timeline 1788-1859
What are Religious Records?
General Interest in Religious Records
Why Look For Church Records?
MODULE 2
ORIGINAL CHURCH RECORDS
Guides and Indexes
Finding an Archive
Parish and Other Church Records
South Australia
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Australian Capital Territory
MODULE 3
CHURCH PUBLICATIONS
What are church publications?
Church Newspapers, Journals and Magazines
Religious, Denominational and Individual Church Histories
MODULE 4
OTHER RESOURCES
Historical Societies, Museums and Professional Associations
Religious Historical Societies and Museums
Genealogy and Family History Societies
Religious Professional Associations
MODULE 5
RECORDS FOR CHURCH PEOPLE
Church Occupations
General Resources
Specific Resources by Religious Groups
Temperance Movements
MODULE 6
NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS
Resources for Non-Christian Ancestors
SUGGESTED READING & RESOURCES
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Local History and Regional Sources
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course includes newspapers, maps, directories & almanacs, electoral rolls, government records, local council records, sewerage and utilities, libraries, universities and museums, cemeteries, local area studies, including regional histories, business records, membership records, and records relating to land and its uses.
A study of local history informs us about how our ancestors lived as part of a community as well as where they lived. This course first examines the records that can identify those locations, and then proceeds to the regional sources that allow us to see ancestors in the context of where they lived and who lived near them and what that can tell us about their lives. Some of these sources include lists of names, while others provide background information about places as well as the lives of the people who lived and worked there.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Searching Tips
Sources for Local History
Historical Background
Federation
1901 to 1945
After World War II
MODULE 2
DETERMINE WHERE THEY LIVED
Suggested Book
Birth, Death and Marriage Records
Divorce Records
Inquests
Probate: Wills and Intestacies
Cemeteries
Directories and Almanacs
Electoral Rolls
Census
Immigration and Naturalisation Documents
Convicts and Criminals
Military Records and Soldier Settlement
MODULE 3
STATE & TERRITORY GOVERNMENT RECORDS
Suggested Books
Government Gazettes
Colonial Secretaries
Transport
Education
Health and Welfare
Occupations
Law and Order
Indigenous Records
MODULE 4
MUNICIPAL AND COMMUNITY RECORDS
Suggested Books
Local Government Authorities and Libraries
Regional Archives
Community Centres
Public Utilities
Clubs, Societies and Charities
Places of Worship
Business Records
Resources within the Home
MODULE 5
LOCAL HISTORIES
Suggested Books
Historical and Genealogical Societies
Local Museums
Local Histories
School Histories
Images
Oral History
MODULE 6
PLACES
Suggested Books
Land Records
Suggested Reading
APPENDIX
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office - Private Researchers
South Australian District Registers
Optional Course Reading Material: Australian: Military Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course discusses available documents and the information included about those who served in British regiments in Australia as well as Australians who served in military forces in Australia and overseas. Military records from the earliest days of the colonies through various twentieth century conflicts are included.
Various types of records created by the military are discussed, including service records, muster rolls, campaign documents, pension records and draft registration. The content of the records and their usefulness for genealogy is described. The course includes historical background as well as some background to the changing social perceptions towards the military.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
MILITARY RECORDS
Searching Tips
Australian War Memorial
Historical Background
1901 to 1945
After World War II
MODULE 2
COLONIAL PERIOD
Regimental histories
Crimea, 1854-1856
Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858
New Zealand Wars 1845-1872
Sudan 1885
South African Wars (Anglo-Boer Wars) 1899-1902
China (Boxer Uprising) 1900-01
MODULE 3
WORLD WAR I & AFTERMATH
National Archives of Australia
Australian War Memorial
Information sheets & research guides
MODULE 4
WORLD WAR II & AFTERMATH
World War II
British Commonwealth Occupation Forces
Korean War
Malayan Emergency
National Archives of Australia
MODULE 5
1960s & LATER
National Service
Vietnam War
Indonesian Confrontation
Gulf Wars
Afghanistan
With the United Nations
MODULE 6
OTHER MILITARY
Non-Australian services
Veterans’ organisations
Medals & awards
Museums
Optional Course Print Material: Australian: Occupational Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
Genealogy and the study of family history are more than just collecting names, dates and places. This course focuses on occupations and how someone’s occupation could change over time, have a significant role in a community and even impact on a family’s lifestyle. Miners, for example, often moved around following the gold or other minerals and their families moved too. Tracing them can be difficult but occupation records may provide clues.
To determine someone’s occupation usually means that we need to use more than one kind of record to build a complete picture of their working life. As we gather the pieces of information we can then analyse what it is telling us about the person, their family and community life. There are lots of ways to discover someone’s occupation including BDM certificates, directories and almanacs, electoral rolls and newspapers.
Occupational records can provide additional information on our ancestors. By knowing an occupation, we can then look for supporting information in staff records of businesses and governments and if they work as farmers and graziers then land records may be useful.
Knowing where to look is the key issue and this course will help you to discover a person’s occupation and then to follow up where there might be additional information in government archives, libraries and other resources. Where applicable, guides and other finding aids are listed together with any indexes, databases and digitised records.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
HISTORY & BACKGROUND OF OCCUPATIONS
Meaning of Old Occupations
Occupational Causes of Death
History of Occupations as Surnames
Resources to identify ancestors’ occupations
Bibliographies & Dictionaries of occupations
Historical Societies and Museums
MODULE 2
OCCUPATIONS ON LAND & SEA, AND HOSPITALITY
On the Land
On the Sea
Hospitality Industry
MODULE 3
BUSINESS & TRADE UNIONS
Guide to Australian Business Records
Business Occupations
Bankruptcies, insolvencies and liquidations
Trades & apprentices
Trade unions
MODULE 4
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES & POLITICIANS
Where Are The Records?
Federal Government
Colonial/State Government
Local Government
Overview of Resources
Government Employees
Civil or public servants
Prisons and Gaols
Military Personnel
Politicians
Imperial Pensions
MODULE 5
PROFESSIONS & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Where Are The Records?
Professions
Qualifications and training
Professional associations
Subscription Databases
MODULE 6
RELIGIOUS OCCUPATIONS, THE ARTS, AND SPORTS
Resources
Religious Occupations
Occupations in the Arts
Patents, trademarks and designs
International Sporting Events
Suggested Reading and Resources
Optional Course Reading Material: Australian: Education Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
Education records can be a fascinating resource to add more detail and interest to our ancestor’s lives. The records may not always give us biographical information to take our family lines further back in time, but the records will tell us more about the lives they lived. Today’s education arrangements are quite different from those in the 18th and 19th centuries.
For the purposes of this course, we will mostly be looking at educational records from 1788 through to 1950. We will explore education records which can include archival records, memorabilia, photographs, building plans, newspaper reports, published school histories and local histories. Archival records are those created by the school such as administrative files, correspondence files, building files, pupil admission registers, corporal punishment registers of teachers, photographs of buildings and pupils, building plans, sporting memorabilia and other records. Records explored will span primary school to adult education and will include students as well as staff.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Why use education records?
Brief History of Education in Australia
Brief Timeline
What are education records?
Where are the records?
MODULE 2
PRIMARY EDUCATION
State Primary Schools
Industrial & Reformatory Schools
Private Primary Schools
Ragged Schools
Grammar schools
MODULE 3
SECONDARY EDUCATION
Locating High Schools
Where Are The Records?
Private Church & Independent Schools
Old Boys (or Girls) Associations
MODULE 4
TERTIARY EDUCATION
Technical and Further Education
Student records
Staff Records
Sporting Records
Education Gazettes
University Collecting Archives
Other University Organisations
MODULE 5
ADULT EDUCATION
Schools of Arts & Mechanics’ Institutes
Original Records
Literary Institutes
University of the Third Age (U3A)
MODULE 6
EDUCATION STAFF RECORDS
School Committees
Portal Websites
Staff Records
Church & Independent Schools
SUGGESTED READING & RESOURCES
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Health Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course looks at how health records can help with family history research. Records for general hospitals, maternity hospitals, asylums, sanatoriums and other health institutions will be looked at together with staff records. In addition it looks at selected epidemics and medical treatments that our ancestors might have been familiar with.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH RECORDS
Brief history of health in Australia
Brief timeline
Epidemics
Infectious disease hospitals
Occupational health issues
What are health records?
Resources for identifying & locating health records
MODULE 2
GENERAL HOSPITAL RECORDS
Why use hospital records?
Types of hospital records
Public Hospitals
Private Hospitals
MODULE 3
LYING-IN (MATERNITY) HOSPITALS
Mortality Rate (Women and infants)
Lying-in hospitals
Midwives
Maternal and Child Welfare Clinics
Postpartum Depression
Indigence Allowance
Baby farming
Pregnancy Terminations
MODULE 4
ASYLUMS
What are asylums?
What the records tell us
Early History
Locating asylum records
State Archives
National Archives
Other resources
MODULE 5
OTHER HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
The voyage out and shipboard health
Quarantine stations
Sanatoriums
Inebriate Institutes
Lazarets
Other institutions
Dental hospitals
MODULE 6
HOSPITAL COMMITTEES, STAFF & MEDICAL TREATMENTS
Hospital committees
Staff records
Specialist indexes
Professional associations and Trade unions
Hospital archives
Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association
Medical Treatments
SUGGESTED READING & RESOURCES
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Census Records - Part 1
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
Census records are a pivotal source in trying to document our ancestry. They are among the most useful and commonly utilized records available to genealogists. By documenting the individuals and families in each census year, they provide a snapshot of what was happening at that time. This course will instruct the student in how to access Canadian census records and how to analyze the information provided. Differences between rural and urban censuses will be examined. Suggestions for using census substitutes, census finding aids, and resources will also be provided. A short history of census records in Canada is included.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
Introduction to Census Records
Types of Census Records
Heads of Households
Nominal
Specialized Census Records
Where to Find Census Records
Reading Census Records
Tips to Read Difficult Census Pages
MODULE 2
When I locate my family in a census record, what do I get?
Column Headings
Agricultural Schedules
Locating an Individual in a Rural Census
1851 Census
1861 Census
1871 Census
1881 & 1891 Census
1901 Census
1911 Census
1921 Census
MODULE 3
What if an ancestor cannot be located in the index?
Locating an Individual in a Large City
George Gill Family of Montréal
Rev. John A. Turnbull of Toronto
Locating an Individual in a Rural Area
Census Aids
MODULE 4
How accurate is the information contained in census records?
Census Records & the Information Within
Comparing Census Information
What to Look for When Comparing Records
Specialized Information in Various Census Years (1851 -1931)
MODULE 5
What if I still can't find them?
Overcoming Challenges
Census Substitute Records
Tax Assessment Rolls, Regional or Localized Census Records, & Poll Taxes
Voters Lists
Directories
National Registration File of 1940
Specialized Websites for Census Records
Additional Resources
MODULE 6
Locating Census Resources
Other Resources
Genealogical & Historical Societies
Census Projects
Bibliography
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Vital Statistics Records - Part 1
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
The recording of an individual’s vital statistics was most often done at the time the event occurred. This usually means that the information is considered accurate. Unfortunately, vital statistics records can often be very difficult to find. This course will concentrate on the vital statistics gathered by the provincial governments and the various churches. Birth, marriages, and deaths records will be examined to determine how much information is actually available and helpful for the genealogist. How and why the information was gathered as well as when it began will be discussed.
Suggestions for using the Internet for researching many vital statistics records will also be provided. A short lesson in the history and geography of each province is included.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Where are the Records?
What is civil registration?
What kind of record keeping took place?
Why did the government want to record these events?
Civil Registration
Types of Early Vital Records
MODULE 2
ONTARIO
The Church & the Government
Registration & the Clerk of the Peace
Where Are These Religious Records Now?
Marriage Registers
MODULE 3
OTHER SOURCES
Other Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Court Records
Municipal Records
Civil Registration
Locating Civil Registration After 1869
Locating the Registrations of Vital Statistics After the Public Domain
Cut-off Dates
MODULE 4
NEW BRUNSWICK
Provincial Archives
Government Vital Records
Church Records
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
Registers of Vital Statistics Pre-1892-93
Parish Records Collection
Newfoundland Births, Marriages & Deaths Records
Maritime History Archive
Church Records
ACADIA
NOVA SCOTIA
Vital Records
Vital Statistics Office
Church Records
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Public Archives and Records Office
Church Records
MODULE 5
ALBERTA
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Vital Statistics Records
Church Records of Baptisms & Marriages
Archives & Libraries
Genealogical Societies
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vital Events Registrations & Indexes
Certified Copies of Registrations
Locations Holding the Microfilm Collection
British Columbia Archives
Church Records
Aboriginal Records
MODULE 6
MANITOBA
Provincial Archives
Civil Registration
Church Records
SASKATCHEWAN
Church Records
Provincial Archives
Civil Registration
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Church Records
NUNAVUT
YUKON TERRITORY
QUÉBEC
Provincial Archives
Church Registers
IN CONCLUSION
Additional Resources
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Wills and Estate Records - Part 1
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
It’s exciting finding an ancestor’s Last Will and Testament and a great deal of valuable genealogical information is available in these documents. These records are often overlooked.
Whether the deceased was testate or intestate, this course will show where to search for wills and estates keeping in mind the historical era and the geographical location in Canada. We will also show you what kind of genealogical information you will find.
We will examine how these documents will reveal not only the distribution of the property and possessions of your ancestors but also what other relevant historical information is sometimes available.
Wills & Estates records can lead to new clues in your research.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
OLDEST WRITTEN WILL
Glossary
Background to the Canadian Legal System
MODULE 2
HOW TO FIND A WILL
Surrogate Court & Provincial Archives
Surrogate Court Reports
Québec Wills—Unique Research Methods
MODULE 3
LAW OF SUCCESSION—INTESTATE ESTATES
Public Trustee
Procedure
Women & Wills
Native Canadians & Wills
MODULE 4
EXAMINING ESTATE RECORDS
Wills
Estate Records or Files
Intestacy
MODULE 5
EXAMINING ESTATE RECORDS ... Continued
MODULE 6
EXAMINING ESTATE RECORDS
Other Sources for Wills
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Land Records - Part 1
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course provides an overview of both early Crown land records and private property registrations in Canada. Major record groups, such as Land Petitions, the Ontario Land Record Index, and the Abstract Index to Deeds will be examined with particular attention to their genealogical significance.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
STARTING AT THE BEGINNING
What’s Available on the Internet
Important Websites
The Beginning
Terminology
Definitions
Land Measurement
Land Division Systems
Main References
MODULE 2
COURSE NOTES & ASSIGNMENTS
ACADIA
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Prince Edward Island Public Archives & Records Office
NOVA SCOTIA
Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Crown Land Grant Maps
MODULE 3
NEW BRUNSWICK
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick
NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
Registry of Deeds
QUÉBEC
Seigneurial Records
Notarial Records
Crown Lands Records
MODULE 4
ONTARIO
Crown Lands Records
Loyalist Land Grants
Procedures & Steps in Land Granting Process
Archives of Ontario
Ontario Land Records Index ca. 1780-1920
Indexes to Land Patents
Land Registry Records
MODULE 5
MANITOBA
Dominion Lands Act
Homestead and Pre-emption Lands
Land Titles
Archives of Manitoba
Archives of Manitoba Land Records Listings
Métis and Scrip
Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
Land Title Offices
MODULE 6
SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan Archives
Dominion Lands Act
ALBERTA
Provincial Archives of Alberta
Homestead Records
Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
Land Title Offices
BRITISH COLUMBIA
BC Land Title and Survey
Land Title Offices
British Columbia Archives
Hudson’s Bay Company Archives
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Land Titles Office
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Census Records - Part 2
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course is a continuation of Canadian: Census Records-Part 1. Both courses are required for the Certificate Program in Genealogy.
This Intermediate Level course will build on the basic skills developed in Canadian: Census Records-Part 1, with emphasis on interpreting the information found in census records, analyzing the information and formulating a research plan to prove or disprove the hypothesis formed in your analysis.
As the Intermediate Level course is a compulsory portion of the Certificate Program in Genealogy, skills required by professional researchers will be developed. Students should bear in mind that assignments submitted should be clearly written, with appropriate explanations and suggestions. Not all students will have the same timely access to actual census records. In order to provide each student with the necessary information for every Case Study, the information will be based on a hypothetical family and census records, and all pertinent information will be supplied to the student with their Course Notes and Assignments. The census information will follow the format of an actual census for the year indicated, and all data that might be found in an actual census record for that year will be included. The names of family members and their personal information will be hypothetical, as will the documentation of the census page. However, it is expected that by now the student has consulted some actual census records in order to familiarize themselves with the process of locating and using these records.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
CENSUS RECORDS: REVIEW AND REPORT WRITING
Report Writing
MODULE 2
CASE STUDY - PART 1
MODULE 3
COURSE NOTES & ASSIGNMENTS
CASE STUDY - PART 2
MODULE 4
CASE STUDY - PART 3
MODULE 5
CENSUS INDEXES, ENUMERATION DISTRICTS & CENSUS
SUBSTITUTES
Census Indexes
Enumeration Districts
Census Substitutes
MODULE 6
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL: REVIEW
Hogg Research Plan
Research Skills
Report Skills
Professional Skills
Further Resources
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Vital Statistics Records - Part 2
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
You were probably surprised by the amount of information included in the Canadian: Vital Statistics Records - Part 1 Course. You will recognize that some material in Part 2 was included in the basic course. It is being repeated in order for the student to focus on this particular facet of present day documents. The Canadian: Vital Statistics Records - Part 2 course will continue to describe the whereabouts of the records that are available at government archives as well as government offices and court houses records, i.e.: government present day registrations for births, marriages and deaths; adoption records from government offices and divorce records from both. The other area we will cover is that of adoption records and their accessibility. An adoption search is quite different from any other search you will ever undertake and should be done with great care. It affects the lives of the living more profoundly than you would ever imagine. We will also be examining the procedure for finding and using divorce records in genealogy.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS — A REVIEW
Vital Statistics: Births, Marriages & Deaths
CASE STUDIES
Case Study Outline
Case Study Information
Case Study #1a
Case Study #2
MODULE 2
ADOPTION RECORDS
Post Adoption Search
Independent Adoption Search
Adoption Registries in Canada
Parent Finders of Canada
Adoption Council of Canada
TRIAD (Truth in Adoption)
Other Agencies
CASE STUDIES
Case Study Information
Case Study #1a
Case Study #2
MODULE 3
DIVORCE RECORDS IN CANADA
Legal Terminology
Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings
CASE STUDIES
Case Study Information
Case Study #1b
Case Study #3a
Case Study #4
MODULE 4
ALTERNATE SOURCES FOR VITAL STATISTICS
Religious Records
Cemeteries
Other Sources Created at Time of Death
Newspapers
Family Bibles, Papers & Hearsay
Published Genealogies & Family Histories
CASE STUDIES
Case Study Information
Case Study #1b
Case Study #3a
Case Study #4
MODULE 5
CASE STUDIES
Case Study #1c
Case Study #3b
Case Study #5
MODULE 6
CASE STUDIES
Case Study #1c
Case Study #3b
Case Study #5
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Optional Course Print Material: Canadian: Religious Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
For many regions of the world, the records associated with the ancestral place of worship are the backbone of genealogical research. Registers of baptism, marriage and burial are of great use prior to vital statistic registrations in Canada. In the early years of settlement, the Government passed laws which forbade certain groups from performing various services.
This course will cover where to look for these registers and other religious records in Canada, what type of data you should expect to find, and how to evaluate what you have found. Information found can also provide stories that can be added to the family history.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Why Church Records?
Finding the Records
The Church Archives
Records Which Have Disappeared
Church Records in Public Archives
Printed Books of Church Records
MODULE 2
DENOMINATIONS IN CANADA
Examples of Religious Groups
United Church of Canada Archives
MODULE 3
BAPTISMAL RECORDS
Who could be baptized?
What difficulties do baptismal records present to researchers?
Should we bother with Godparents?
MODULE 4
MARRIAGES & BURIALS
Marriage Records
What are Banns
Burial Records
What will burial records tell us?
MODULE 5
OTHER RECORDS
Minutes of Annual or Business Meetings
Financial Records
Membership Lists
Records of Subgroups or Other Organizations
Parish Census
MODULE 6
FINDING HELPFUL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Denominational Histories
Diocesan, Synod or Convention Histories
Congregational Histories
Regional Church Histories
Local Histories
Published Missionary Memoirs or Letters
Bibliographies
Histories of Religious Groups or Group Biographies
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Wills and Estate Records - Part 2
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
The course Researching Canadian Wills & Estate Records builds on the introductory level as it delves deeper into the intricacies of research when dealing with wills and estate records. Numerous examples, including their transcriptions for easier reading, will illustrate the various types of documents. Less emphasis has been focused on the course material and much more into the case studies in order to allow you to become much more familiar with working with the documentation. Several case studies will give you the opportunity to examine the documents yourself and become more accustomed to their wording, their look, their feel, and, importantly, the wealth of information they hold. Lastly, the course should reinforce that there are a variety of sources which should not be overlooked when researching for wills and estate records.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
WILLS, ESTATES & PROBATE
Glossary
OBITUARIES & DEATH NOTICES
The Ontario Gazette
Case Studies
MODULE 2
CORONER’S INQUESTS & REPORTS
Archives of Ontario Finding Aid Record Group 22
Case Studies
MODULE 3
HOLOGRAPHIC AND NUNCUPATIVE WILLS
Armed Forces Wills
Estates & Illegitimacy
Case Studies
MODULE 4
GUARDIANSHIP
The Role of the Public Guardian & Trustee
Unclaimed Funds/Property
How to Find a Guardianship Application .
Case Studies
MODULE 5
LAND REGISTRY OFFICES
Case Studies
MODULE 6
Case Studies
Optional Print Course Material: Canadian: Land Records - Part 2
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
When land was “granted” from the Crown to individuals or companies specific records were created to document the change in ownership. Record groups such as Military Grants, Township Papers, the Canada Company Papers, the Peter Robinson Papers, Correspondence to the Surveyor General and Commissions as well as various other land companies will be reviewed with the goal of determining where these records are today and how they may be of benefit to a genealogist.
It is vital that you become comfortable with the documentation and writing style so that you will be able to glean the correct information from the material. You will find the examples and assignments to be of interest and useful in this regard.
By following the family of John Newell through several examples and with his Case Study we can follow various transactions as they occurred for one family over a period of time.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
ONTARIO LAND RECORDS INDEX
Case Study
MODULE 2
What’s Available on the Internet
Case Study
MODULE 3
What’s Available on the Internet
Case Study
MODULE 4
TALBOT SETTLEMENT
Col. Thomas Talbot Settlement
Case Study
MODULE 5
CANADA COMPANY
Canada Land Company
Contract Book
Canada Company Remittance Books
Case Study
MODULE 6
PETER ROBINSON SETTLEMENT
Case Study