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Basic Canadian Records
Course Summary:
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 weeks
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 7 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 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
MODULE 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