If you’ve come up for air after looking at the new online collection, OnLand Records, about property ownership in Ontario from the Ontario Land Registry, now is the time to read Cindi Foreman’s latest two blog posts that continue her four-part series of step-by-step illustrated instructions with Parts III and IV.
Warning: The detailed information Ms. Foreman provides will send you back into the virtual stack of online records. So, clear your calendar before reading further.
Screen capture of Cindi Foreman’s instructional step-by-step series on the Canada Land Registry’s online OnLand Records.
Ms. Foreman published her first two blog posts Monday on My Moynahan Genealogy Blog:
Part I: Historical Books: First Registration Book: Where genealogists can find their ancestors Crown Patents, etc.
Part II: Historical Books: Abstract/Parcel Register Book: Where genealogists can find all the entries of every transaction on their ancestor’s land from the date the Crown Patent was issued (all instruments recorded) up to January 30, 1981.
Two new posts
Now, Ms. Foreman has published two more blog posts that continue her well-researched tutorial.
In Part III: OnLand Records: Historical Books: General Register Index, genealogists learn why their ancestor’s will can be found in the Ontario Land Registry Office, and not in the Court records. The General Register Index contains a Registry System index of all non-land-specific documents maintained by each Land Registry Office, including wills, letters probate, and letters patent.
In Part III, Ms. Foreman demonstrates how she found information for her 4th great-grandfather Matthew Moynahan’s (1770-1860) will.
Part IV: Historical Books: Canada Lands Index is about the Canada Lands Index that contains plans of public lands under the Canada Lands Surveys Act. In this blog post, genealogists learn how to find information about public lands under the Canada Lands Surveys Act, Navigable Waters Protection Act, Transfers of Jurisdiction and Control, Indian Reserves, and National Parks.
In Part IV, Ms. Foreman explains that this is an “index of sorts” to the 53 Land Registry Offices in Ontario. She indicates if they even have a Canada Lands Index book online and summarizes all of the historical books that are available online in this new OnLand resource.
In addition to the instructions, Ms. Foreman provides a glossary and links to online resources for finding your ancestors’ land records.
Blame Cindi
If friends or family members complain you are spending too much time on your computer, blame Cindi Foreman.
I’ll definitely be ‘blaming’ Cindi for being glued to my computer screen. And I have other items on my to-research list in a whole-nother country!! Sigh, I need to duplicate myself! Thanks for helping publicize Cindi’s great posts on how to navigate and understand these great resources, Gail. 🙂