Collection search - Band census lists and paylists [textual record]

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Band census lists and paylists [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Sub-sub-series

Date:

1843-1961

Reference:

R216-635-X-E, RG10-C-V-26-a

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

159277

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

Indian and Inuit Affairs Program sous-fonds

Manitoulin Island District Office

Agency paylists and census records

Band census lists and paylists
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Sub-sub-series includes:

102 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1843-1961

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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

11.46 m of textual records

Language of material:

English

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Sub-sub-series consists of the field office copies, largely, of band census lists, but with some paylists (Robinson Treaty annuity or Manitoulin Island Treaty interest, depending upon the bands involved) and correspondence concerning payments included (Volumes 12634-12643, 12957-12960, 12967-12969). For the period from 1914 to 1939, the records are comprised of census lists only.

The census lists appear in different formats over the years covered by these records. The earliest ones (pre-1893) usually record the head of household by name but provide numbers only of other family members. Some record the children in each family in age range groupings. For some bands and some years statistics are provided for such things as crops raised, fish caught or fur trapped, and livestock, farming implements, boats and nets owned by each family. From 1893, the census information is recorded on a standard Department of Indian Affairs form (Form 63). From that date, the record is a full nominal census (i.e. it includes not only the names of heads of households, but also the names of other family members). Frequently there are comments concerning family relationships included on the lists. For the years 1893-1895, the record also includes information on each family's religion, houses and buildings maintained, farming implements and livestock owned, acreage cleared and crops produced, and fish, fur, berry, and sugar production, while the lists for 1883-1885 in Vol. 12967 also include information on crop production.

Volumes 12930-12941 contain census-type information from Northern Superintendency, Division 1 bands sworn before superintendent J.C. Phipps or B.W. Ross, Indian lands agent at Gore Bay and Cockburn Island in 1889. Most of the series of questions asked by the officials concern the establishment of proof of Indian status.

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(Electronic) Finding aid 10-130 is a computer generated boxlist. 10-130

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Source of title:

Title is based on the contents of the sub-sub-series.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Source:

Government

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RG10-C-V-26-a
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [RG10]

[Consultation 90 Open]

12634--12637;

[Consultation 90 Open]

12930--12931;

[Consultation 90 Open]

12934--12938;

[Consultation 90 Open]

12940--12941;

[Consultation 90 Open]

12958--12959;

[Consultation 90 Open]

12968--12969;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [RG10]

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

12638--12643;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

12932--12933;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

12939;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

12957;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

12960;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

12967;

[Consultation 32 Restricted by law]

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