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Census returns for Canada West fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1842-1861.

Reference:

R11472-0-X-E, MG9-D9

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

106005

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Census returns for Canada West fonds
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Date(s):

1842-1861.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

27 microfilm reels.
1 microfiche.

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of census returns and assessment records microfilmed from holdings in several archives.The counties and townships for which returns survive are included on the microfilm reels M-3200 and M-5908 to M-5915 and are listed in the finding-aids. Reel M-3200 contains 1842 returns; reel M-5900 contains 1842 returns; reels M-5909 to M-5912 contain 1848 returns; reels M-5913 to M-5915 contain 1850 returns; reels M-7735 to M-7736 contain census and assessment rolls for Ottawa District, 1803-1850; reels M-7737 to M-7745 contain census and assessment rolls for the Newcastle District, 1803-1850; rolls M-7746 to M-7750 contain census and assessment rolls for the Gore District, 1803-1850; reels M-7751 to M-7752 contain microfilm copies of census returns, 1840, 1842 and assessment rolls of 1835-1837, for the town of Hamilton (MF 47) and census returns for the townships of Beverly, 1850; Flamborough East and Waterdown 1840-1841; and Glanford, 1840-1841 (MF 299).

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Canada West. Census returns

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(Paper) The published catalogue 'Census Returns/Recensements', 1666-1881 (Ottawa, 1981) serves as a finding aid for these microfilms and others located chiefly in RG 31.

(Microform) The microfiche is a nominal index of the persons enumerated in the 1848 and 1850 census returns described, plus a few fragmentary returns which are NOT held by the National Archives of Canada. The microfiche includes a lengthy preface explaining the structure of the index, abbreviations and other details necessary to trace from the nominal index entry to the actual census schedule on which the name will appear. (Restrictions not set)

(Electronic) Census Thematic Guide. All or some of the documents described have been digitized and are available at the following address: MSS0300 (90: Open)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/Pages/Finding-Aid-300.aspx

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General note:

The microfilm reels were acquired in 1971 from the Archives of Ontario, which holds a large number of the 1842, 1848 and 1850 returns, and in 1974 from the D.B. Weldon Library at the University of Western Ontario, London, which holds the 1842 Townsend Township return.
The microfiche index to the 1848 and 1850 returns was acquired in 1985 from Index Publishing of Salt Lake City, Utah, which company produced the index.

Location of originals note:

Originals are located in the Archives of Ontario.

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1986/0084
1986/0097

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MG9-D9
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfiche [MG9 D 9] 1

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Microfilm reel [MG9 D 9]

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M-3200;

[Consultation 90 Open]

M-5908--M-5915;

[Consultation 90 Open]

M-7735--M-7752;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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LAC has the authority to copy selected pages for genealogical or historical research purposes. To purchase copies of these microfilms, or for reproductions for exhibition or publication purposes, researchers must contact the appropriate custodial institution, specifying the township, and year of the returns. For any reproduction for exhibition or publication, contact the institution holding the originals; to purchase copies of reels M-3200 or M-5908 to M-5915, contact the contractor; to purchase copies of reels M-7735 to M-7750 contact the Archives of Ontario, citing their references MS 116 volumes 1-2 (our M-7735-M-7736), MS 16 volumes 1-9 (our M-7737 to M-7745), MS 700 volumes 1-5 (our M-7746 to M-7750); to purchase copies of reels M-7751 & M-7752, contact Hamilton Public Library citing their references MF47 and MF 299 respectively; to purchase the microfiche contact the publisher.

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Date modified:: 2024-07-24