As expected — and hoped for by many genealogists — Ancestry has released on its website almost 75,000 Ontario birth registrations for 1914.
Civil registration began in Ontario on July 1, 1869, and Ancestry’s Ontario Births collection now spans the period, 1869 to 1914, with a few pre-1869 records.
In May, Ancestry added Ontario marriages for 1938 and deaths for 1948.
Many public libraries continue to provide at-home access to Ancestry for free.
FamilySearch
FamilySearch’s collection of Ontario marriage records, 1869-1927, and birth records, 1869-1912, and Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947 are available to search for free.
Canada yearbooks
Ancestry also updated its Canada Selected School Yearbooks, 1901-2010, and I was glad to see my high school yearbook is still not part of the collection. To this day, I cringe at the thought of the photo the very impatient photographer took of me the year I graduated. He didn’t even wait for my eyes to fully open before pressing the shutter, probably because my parents weren’t interested in purchasing his premium colour photo package.
Brief appearance
It’s interesting how things appear and disappear online. For a very brief period yesterday, the new Ontario birth records appeared on Ancestry, and then moments later, they were gone. Or perhaps it was my wishful imagination.
This morning, the records are back on the site, and it looks like they’re there to stay.
Now, I’m going to disappear for a while to see if I can find any relatives’ birth records in the updated Ontario collection.
