Take a look at FamilySearch’s Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899 collection, and you’ll see that the folks there have been going like gangbusters.
Since the beginning of February, FamilySearch has added more than 1.3 million records to this collection for a grand total of more than 5.1 million.
These records can be searched by name and may include the age, occupation, and possibly the religious affiliation of the head of household along with information about his lands, home, family members (by age categories) crops, and animals.
I suspect the collection may continue to grow because I’ve yet to find any records for my relatives or anyone else who lived in Prince Edward County, located between Toronto and Kingston.
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