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Optional Print Course Material: Research: Manitoba Ancestors
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
Permanent settlement in Manitoba began in the early 1800s. This course will demonstrate how the records created by the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Dominion, provincial, and municipal governments help the researcher trace ancestors in Manitoba. Emphasis will be placed on how to access the records and how to use them effectively.
Although the focus will be on the major government and religious records, the course will demonstrate how to supplement these records by using land records, local newspapers, cemetery records, and community, school. and church histories. Other important resources to be discussed are the collections and programs of genealogical, historical, and ethnic societies in Manitoba.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
The Basics
Locating Places in Manitoba
Major Research Centres
Archives
Key Websites of Interest
MODULE 2
ETHNIC SETTLEMENT & IMMIGRATION RECORDS
Ethnic Settlement
Canadian Immigration Records
Border Crossing Records
Home Children, 1869-1932
Immigrants from the Russian Empire
Naturalization and Citizenship
MODULE 3
LAND RECORDS
Crown Land Records 1870-1930
Homestead Land
Crown Land Records at the Archives of Manitoba
Hudson’s Bay Company Land
Railway Lands 1879-1896
School Lands 1872-1930
Manitoba Act 1870
Colonization Companies 1881-1890
Land Grants to Veterans of South African (Boer) War 1898-1913
Soldier Settlement Act, 1917 and 1919
Manitoba Land Titles
MODULE 4
VITAL RECORDS & ALTERNATES
Vital Statistics
Church Records
Cemetery Records
Funeral Homes
Newspapers & Newspaper Indexes
MODULE 5
CENSUS & CENSUS SUBSTITUTES
Census Records
Census Substitutes
Inventory of Archival Material
Directories
Assessment and Tax Rolls
School Registers
Voters’ Lists
National Registration File of 1940
Surveys
MODULE 6
COURT & MILITARY RECORDS
Manitoba Court Records
Military Records
Red River Rebellion (1870)
Veterans of the North West Rebellion 1885
Veterans of the South African (Boer War) 1898-1913
World War I
Post World War 1 Records