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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
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