Anglican Diocese of Algoma
Synod Office physical address: 619 Wellington Street East, Sault Ste. Marie
Synod Office mailing address: Box 1168, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5N7
Telephone: 705-256-5061
Emal adminasisstant@dioceseof dalgoma.com
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Visits by special appointment only.
Staff will do research for inquirers. If you have a specific name you’re looking for the search fee is $20.
Collections & Description
Parish records are at Laurentian University (see page XXX).
The only genealogically valuable records at the diocese are the records of Shingwauk Home, a residential school at Sault Ste. Marie, 1872–1893, 96 cm, including correspondence, financial reports and student records. There may also be material from the Wawanosh Homes.
Anglican Diocese of Keewatin Archives
915 Ottawa Street, Box 567, Keewatin, ON P0X 1C0
Telephone Number: 807-547-3353
E-mail Address: archives@gokenora.com
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
To use the archives, you must make a request to the archivist (Sherry Wykes) in writing stating the nature of your research and what it will be used for.
Collections & Description
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; vestry records and some diaries of clergy.
Anglican Diocese of Ontario Archives
90 Johnson Street, Kingston, ON K7L 1X7
www.ontario.anglican.ca
Telephone Number: 613-544-4774
E-mail Address: archives@ontario.anglican.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Tuesday and Thursday 1:00–4:30 or by appointment
Researchers are asked to complete an annual registration form and sign a daily register.
There is a daily entrance fee of $5.
Photocopies are 50¢ per page—limit of 10 pages per person per day
Staff will do genealogical research at a rate of $30 per hour—limit two hours.
Certificates of baptism, marriage or burial are provided for $25 per item.
Collections & Description
The diocese includes the counties of Prince Edward, Hastings, Lennox & Addington, Frontenac, and Leeds & Grenville
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
Anglican Diocese of Ottawa Archives
Physical address: 420 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON
Mailing address: 71 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1R 6G6
www.ottawa.anglican.ca/archives.shtml
Telephone Number: 613-232-7124 ext 234
E-mail Address: archives@ottawa.anglican.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Mondays and Wednesdays 8:30–12:00; 1:00–4:30
Tuesdays and Thursdays by arrangement.
No morning hours in summer.
Certified copies of certificates—baptism, confirmation, and marriage—$20.00 each
Preliminary research by staff:$20.00 per hour
Follow-up research by staff:$40.00 per hour
Visitors may do their own research in parish registers, with fees as follows:
microfilm viewing: $1.00 per reel
consulting register volumes: $3.00 per volume
consulting register indexes: $1.00 per volume
searching computer database: $2.00 for 20 minutes; $5.00 per hour
Photocopying records from parish registers is not permitted.
Collections & Description
The Diocese of Ottawa has administrative jurisdiction over all Anglican congregations in eastern Ontario and western Quebec. The diocese includes communities from Cornwall and Morrisburg on the St. Lawrence River north to Maniwaki on the upper Gatineau River, and from Vankleek Hill on the east to Mattawa and Rutherglen in the northwest.
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
All parish register entries of baptism, marriage and burials have been indexed up to 1960.
Anglican Diocese of Toronto Archives
135 Adelaide St. East, Toronto, ON M5C 1L8
www.toronto.anglican.ca
Telephone Number: 416-363-6021 x219
E-mail Address: manicholls@toronto.anglican.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00–4:00
Researchers are asked to complete an annual registration form and sign a daily register.
Photocopies are 40¢ per page
Staff will answer inquiries and conduct research for inquirers for up to two hours at a rate of $25 per hour.
Collections & Description
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
(until Spring 2009; after which date, at York University)
77 Grenville Street, Unit 300, Toronto, ON M5S 1B3
www.archives.gov.on.ca
Telephone Numbers: Toll free in Ontario 1-800-668-9983;
Reception 416-327-1600;
Reading Room Reference Desk 416-327-1582 or 416-327-1583
E-mail Address: reference@ontario.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Main Reading Room (full reference and retrieval service)
Monday to Friday, 8:15–5:00
Main Reading Room Extended Hours (no reference or retrieval service)
Monday to Friday, 5:00–10:30
Saturday, 10:00–8:00
All researchers are asked to complete an annual registration form. You will be given a registration card which you must use each time you enter the archives.
Day lockers are provided for personal belongings. Long-term lockers are provided inside the reading room for storage of archival material while in use.
Reading room provides access to computers, printers, microfiche readers, microfilm readers, digital microfilm/fiche reader/printers.
Self-serve printing from microfilm/fiche is 25¢ per page. Orders for photocopying of textual material must be placed with staff. Generally orders are filled within a few days.
Staff will not conduct research for inquirers. However, they will assist researchers in identifying and locating relevant records in their collection.
Collections & Description
Basic records relevant to all genealogical research include:
Civil Registration
Provincial birth registrations, July 1869–1910 (indexes on microfilm)
District marriage registers, 1801–1857 (Anglican and Roman Catholic records not included) (published transcripts available onsite)
County marriage registers, 1858–1869 (published indexes available onsite)
Provincial marriage registrations, July 1869–1925 (indexes on microfilm)
Provincial death registrations July, 1869–1935 (indexes on microfilm)
Federal Census Records
Microfilmed copies from LAC for all of Ontario
1842 heads of households only
1848 Johnstown and Newcastle Districts only, heads of households only
1850 Johnstown and Newcastle Districts only, heads of households only
1851,1861,1871,1881,1891,1901 all inhabitants
Published index to Ontario heads of households in the 1871 census available onsite
Surrogate and Probate Court records
Probate court records for entire province, 1793–1858 (index online)
Surrogate court records for entire province, 1793–1858 (index online)
Surrogate court records for each county, 1859–1963 (published indexes to all counties for years 1859–1900 except York available onsite; indexes to all counties, all years, available on microfilm)
Newspapers
Vast collection of Ontario newspapers
Mostly pre-1900
There is a printed guide to the newspaper collection on site. Newspapers are not catalogued in the online descriptive database.
Microfilmed
Land and Property Records
Crown land records (first grants, leases, petitions)(index on microfiche)
Microfilmed copies of land registry office records for all Ontario counties and districts (copybooks of deeds, mortgages, other instruments of transfer from person to person), up to about 1880 (some counties have alphabetical indexes on microfilm)
Church records
A variety of miscellaneous records, mostly microfilmed copies
For records pertaining especially to Aboriginal people, the guide Aboriginal People in the Archives: A Guide to Sources in the Archives of Ontario, by James Morrison. Toronto: Ministry of Culture and Communications, 1992 (now online at www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/aborige/rg111.htm), is quite exhaustive. In what follows, I describe the records I think most likely contain genealogically valuable information.
Ontario Government Records
The Archives of Ontario renumbered its government records several years ago. The new reference numbers are used here.
RG1-1 and RG1-2 Crown Lands, Letters received by the Surveyor General
1766–1913
Volumes 65 and 66 (1816–1859) are almost all about aboriginal people
Microfilm MS626
RG1-95 Crown Lands, Inspection and Valuation Reports
1822 to 1913
Section 15 (Western District): Volume 8 is Moravian Track, Zone Township, 1844; Volume 9 is Indian Lands in Zone Township, 1844.
Section 19 (Various Districts): Volume 6 is Sault Ste. Marie, 1846. Has list of original settlers including First Nations, Whites and Métis.
RG1-107 Crown Lands, Assistant Commissioner and Deputy Minister’s Letter and Memoradum Books
1857–1908
Some letters refer to Indian and Métis fisherman in the Upper Great Lakes.
RG2-21 Dept. of Public Instruction, Grammar School Trustees half-yearly returns and annual reports
1854–1885
Half-yearly reports include attendance registers.
Returns and reports for 110 towns. Records for towns with Aboriginal populations such as Belleville, Brantford, Caledonia, Cayuga and Sarnia may include Aboriginal students
Microfilm reels MS8338–MS8348
RG2-98 Dept. of Public Instruction, Algoma Public School Inspectorate Records
1867–1904
Includes reports on Indian schools in Parry Sound district, Manitoulin Island and the north shore of Lake Huron (1862–1885)
See especially Box 6
RG2-246 Dept. of Public Instruction, Northwestern Ontario dissolved school board files
1848–1993
Some files include attendance registers
Many of these schools had Aboriginal students
Remember: access to records less than 100 years old is restricted
Municipal Records
F1679 Gore District fonds
Includes Big Creek Township Indian Lands Census of 1842; Grand River Tract Indian Lands Census, 1832.
F18 Newcastle District fonds
Includes Alnwick Township Indian Lands Census of 1850
Indian Agency Records
F460 Fort Frances Indian Agency Records (Rainy Lake area)
Letterbooks 1891–1917
Microfilm MS216 Reels 1–3
F461 Fort William Indian Agency Records
Includes Lake Superior Ojibwa Bands at Fort William, Pays Plat, Red Rock, Pic, as well as at Lake Nipigon and Long Lake in the interior
Paylists under Robinson Treaty 1895–1901
Letterbooks 1905–1918
Microfilm MS216, reels 4–6
F462 Peterborough Indian Agency Records
Includes Mississauga-Ojibwa Reserves at Alnwick, Alderville, Rice Lake, Hiawatha, Mud Lake and Curve Lake)
Indian location tickets 1881–1968
Register of vital statistics 1904–1948
Correspondence respecting the various District Reserves.
Microfilm MS216, reel 7
F463 Rat Portage Indian Inspectorate Records
1880–1911
Microfilm MS216, reels 8–9
F464 St Regis Indian Agency Records (Akwesasne)
1812–1926
Land lease registers
Letterbooks
Microfilm MS216, reels 10–16
F465 Tyendinaga Indian Agency Records (Mohawks at Bay of Quinte)
1836–1918
Land sales
Letterbooks
Microfilm MS 216, reels 21–28
Church and Religious Records
F444 Shingwauk Home Papers (Anglican Residential School at Sault Ste. Marie)
Records from 1875–1888 and 1895–1908
Originals are at Diocese of Algoma
Microfilm MS212, 9 reels
F445 St. Regis Mission Papers (Roman Catholic Church)
1767–1891
Missionaries’ correspondence
Microfilm MS155
F963 Catholic Archdiocesan Archives Collection
1828–1842
Correspondence organized by place of origin and missionary’s name
Notable: Indian Missions in Amherstburg and Penetanguishene, Métis evacuated from Drummond Island
Originals at Archdiocese of Toronto
Microfilm MS 228, reels 1–8
F968 Jesuit Archives Collection
1806–1917
Mission documents, especially a typescript summary of a diary kept at Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island, 1842–1917
MS159, 8 reels
F978 Church Records
Albany-Temagami Roman Catholic Church Records, 1843–1915: Includes people from Temagami, Matachewan, Mattagami, Fort Albany and Moose Factory in Ontario; Abitibi, Temiscamingue, Kippewa, Grand Lac,
Winneway and Lac Barrière in Québec
Alnwick Township, 1904–1948: Alderville Indian Reserve north of Belleville
Diocese of Keewatin: Anglican parish records for Fort Churchill 1860–1934, Fort Alexander 1864–1893, Fort Severn 1865–1941, Islington Lake 1871–1943, Lac Seul 1881–1902, Osnaburgh 1880–1951, York Factory 1846–1952. MS217, reels 1–2.
Fort Albany, 1859–1966 (Anglican parish records) MS200
Fort Hope, 1895–1899 (Anglican parish records) LAC film C-3028
Moose Factory 1780–1906 (Anglican and Methodist parish records) MS161 and MS192
Moraviantown 1800–1912: Baptismal register only (Delaware)
Thunder Bay District 1871–1903: Baptismal and Marriage records for Islington Lake Anglican Church. MS 217, reels 1–2
F983 Rev. John Strachan Papers (Anglican clergyman)
Re: early Indian missions, especially at Manitoulin Island and Sault Ste. Marie
References to Aboriginal people are concentrated during the War of 1812–1814 and in the 1830s and 1840s
Notable: “A list of Indian warriors as they stood at the time war was declared” 1814
Microfilms MS13 and MS35
Private Papers
F31 Jarvis-Powell Papers (S.P. Jarvis—Chief Superintendant of Indian Affairs)
Series II-b. S.P. Jarvis’s diaries for 1847–1857
Many references to Aboriginal, particularly the Ojibway of Georgian Bay and northern Lake Huron.
Microfilm MS787, reels 1–5
F277 Genealogies Collection
Under “Indian” a collection of genealogies created by Jesuit Missionaries in 1908 regarding the Sainte Croix Mission on Manitoulin Island and other bands on Lake Huron and Lake Superior.
Microfilm MS871, reel 11
F428 Aeneas and Angus Cameron Papers (fur traders)
Fur trade post journals for Fort Temiscaming
Many references to Aboriginal individuals from Temiscaming, Kippewa, Grand Lac and Abitibi Bands in Québec; and the Mattagami, Flying Post, Temagami and Nipissing Bands in Ontario
Elaine A. Mitchell’s book, Fort Temiskaming and the Fur Trade, University of Toronto Press, 1978, is based on these journals
Microfilm MS209, reels 1–6
F429 Duncan Clark Papers (fur trader)
Copy of the Pic Post journal, 1788–1848
Account book for Long Lake, 1824
5 cm, textual records
F438 Donald McKay Papers (fur trader)
Mattagami Post Journal, 1799–1801
Temiscaming Post Journal, 1805–1806
Originals at Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library
Microfilm MS65
F440 John Norton Papers (Métis interpreter and spokesman for Six Nations)
Many references to Six Nations people, 1796–1843
7 cm, Microfilm MS94
F441 Colin Rankin Papers (fur trader)
Journals, 1848–1854
Includes Mattawa Post, Kikendatch and Weymontachingue
Many references to individual Algonquin, Nipissing, Ojibwa and Tete de Boule (Attikamek) people
Originals at Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library
Microfilm MS65
F442 Catherine Tegakouita Papers (Iroquois/Algonquin)
Lived at Kahnawake Mission opposite Montreal, 1656–1680
Collection includes a photocopy of a biography entitled "Vie de Catherine Tegakouita," containing references to the Iroquois.
Original in the Archives nationales, 960, rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75141 Paris, France.
F443 David Thompson Papers (explorer)
Journals, 1789–1851
Many references to Aboriginal people
1.5 m, Microfilm MS25, reels 1–8
F449 Parry Island Reserve Papers
1877–1951
Correspondence between band chiefs and the federal government
Minutes of council meetings
Microfilm copy only, MS137
Access is closed. Researchers need permission from the Parry Island First Nation Council.
F468 Fur Trade Papers: Fort Montizambert/Mobert
1897–1906
Letterbook
Post journal
Microfilm MS415
F543 Abraham Nelles fonds
1777–1893
Series G: Indian lands papers, regarding land he leased or purchased from reserves
Microfilm MS502
F546 David Thorburn Papers
1817–1897
Series E: Indian papers, 1845–1862: sales of Six Nations land, MS501, reel 2
Series K4: Diaries, 1844–1864: Six nations superintendancy, MS501, reels 2–7
F1023 Duncan Fraser Macdonald Papers (journalist, lumberman and Indian Agent)
Diaries from 1880s and 1890s contain many references to Aboriginal people in the Parry Sound district, as far north as Whitefish River on Lake Huron
Microfilm MS396, reels 1–9
F1027 St. Aemilius Irving Papers (lawyer for Ontario government)
Series 1: Correspondence relating to his work negotiating claims on behalf of the Ontario government. These include the following major Indian Land disputes in 1894 and 1895: Mississaugas of Credit River, Delawares of Dunn and Cayuga Townships, Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, Mississaugas of Mud and Rice Lakes, and Alnwick and Scugog Townships, Chippewas of Thames and Sarnia, Wyandottes, Ojibwas of Temiskamingue.
Box 18, Package 24, Item 8: Settlement of questions pertaining to Indian reserves relative to the Northwest Angle Treaty, 1894, MS2571
Box 21, Package 27, Item 7: Survey of military establishment at Penetanguishene, 1851 and regarding Ontario Reformatory for boys at Penetanguishene, 42 items, MU1459
Box 26, Package 30, Item 1: Plans, notes, copies of governemtn documents regarding the claim of the Credit River Indians, 12 items, MS1779
Box 26, Package 30, Item 2: Survey of purchases from Indians, Etobicoke Creek
Box 26, Package 30, Item, 10: Correspondence and map regarding propsoed reserve for Temagamingue Indians, 1896, MS1779
Box 26, Package 30, Item 11: Algona Indians, 1896, MS1779
Box 26, Package 30, Item 12: Notes and copies of documents regarding proposed reserve for Temagamingue Indians, 1893–1894, MS1779
Box 26, Package 30, Item 13: Petitions and documents regarding Indians at the village of Two Mountains, Mandewaska, 1863–1864, MS1779
Box 26, Package 30, Item 14: Reflections on the Indian situation in Upper Canada 1837–1838, 45 handwritten pages, MS1779
Box 26, Package 31, Item 1: Copies of Hon. William B. Robinson’s vouchers for payments made in respect of ngeotiating the treaties of 1850 (Lakes Huron and Superior), MS1779
Box 26, Package 31, Item 2: Accounts of payments to Indians under Robinson Treaties, 1884, MS1779
Box 26, Package 31, Item 3: List of Indians requesting annuities under the 1851 Treaty of Manitowaning, MS1779
Box 27, Package 32, Item 9: Indian statements pertaining to the rights of half-breeds at Sault Ste. Marie under the Robinson Treaties, MS1780
Box 30, Pacakge 36, Item 4: Names of Indians of Treaty no. 3 belonging to Lac Seul Reserve who belong to the north of the boundary of Ontario or Keewatin District, MS2574
Box 31, Package 37, Item 12: lists of fishing licenses issued in Lake of the Woods, 1892–1895, MS2575
Box 32, Package 37, Item 20: documents reglating to issuance of fishing licenses at Rat Portage, 1894–1898, MS2575
Box 32, Package 37, Item 21: documents reglating to issuance of fishing licenses at Manitoulin, 1896–1903, MS2575
Box 76, Items 2–5: Paylists for Robinson Treaty Annuities, 1850, 1874, 1890, 1891 (4 volumes), MS2107
Box 77, Item 3: register of warrants issued in favour of Chippewa, Mississauga, Moravian, Mohawk and Saugeen Indians, 1844, MS2108
Box 78, Item 1: Payments to Chippewa, Mississauga, Moravian, Mohawk and Saugeen Indians, 1844, MS2108
F4261 Mary Thebo fonds (merchant)
Mrs. Thebo ran a store in the fishing village of Killarney in the late nineteenth century. As many of her customers were Métis and Indian fisherman, many of their names are recorded in her account books for 1864 to 1885.
6 cm, Microfilm MS313
Special Collections: Sound and Moving Images
RG 17 Cape Crocker Indian Reserve
1968
1 hour interview with Mrs. Peter Nadjiwon, Ojibwa, and Norman McLeod (age 82), Ojibwa-Métis
C65 Manitoulin Historical Society Collection
1951, 1966, 1967, 1974
Taped interviews with ten individuals
13 hours
C254 Indian History Film Project Collection
Transcribed 1985
40 transcripts
City of Ottawa Archives, Montreal and Ottawa Conference of the United Church of Canada Archives
Mailing Address: 110 Laurier Avenue West, MAIL CODE 19-49, Ottawa ON K1P 1J1
Physical Address: 111 Sussex Drive, 1st Floor (Bytown Pavilion), Ottawa, ON K1N 1J1
www.united-church.ca/local/archives/mo/ottawa
Telephone Number: 613-580-2424, ext. 13333
E-mail Address: archives@ottawa.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Tuesday to Friday 9:00–4:00
Saturday 10:00–5:00 (September to May only)
Photocopies available at a charge of $1 for first page, additional pages at 25¢ per page
Microfilm print-outs available at a charge of 50¢ per page
Staff will do research at the rate of $20 per hour
Collections & Description
Area covered includes the Ontario counties of Carleton, Dundas, Glengarry, Grenville, Prescott, Russell, and Stormont.
Holdings include records created by local congregations such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; historic membership rolls and communion rolls; general membership lists; minutes of church boards, committees, and organizations (including women’s groups); printed annual reports of local congregations; congregational newsletters; local church histories; correspondence and photographs. Years covered range from 1779 to 1995.
c/o MBQ admin, 13 Old York Road, Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0
www.tyendinaga.net/volunteer/kanhiote/
Telephone Number: 613-967-6264
E-mail Address: karenl@tyendinaga.net
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday 4:00–7:00
Tuesday 8:30–4:30
Wednesday 12:30–4:30
Thursday 12:00–7:00
Sunday 12:00–7:00
Ka:nhiote welcomes requests and referrals and assists in genealogy research for those people who have established a connection to Tyendinaga Territory.
Collections & Description
Genealogy research and reconstruction of Tyendinaga Mohawk families is an on-going, long-term project at Kanhiote.
The library has histories (sometimes including family trees) of the following names:
Baptiste, Barnhart, Brant, Claus(e), Corby, Crawford, Culburtson, Doreen, Fuller, Green, Hill, Jacob, Jaynes, John, Johnston, Leween (Louis, Lewis), Loft, Maracle, Martin, Moses, Penn (Pinn), Powles(s), Purdy (Bardy), Sc(e)ro, Smart, Smith, Zachariah, Williams.
300 Main Street South, Box 497, Kenora, ON P9N 3X5
www.lakeofthewoodsmuseum.ca
Telephone Number: 807-467-2105
E-mail Address: museum@kmts.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
July and August daily 10:00–5:00
September to June, Tuesday to Saturday 10:00–5:00
Appointments are recommended.
Admission: $3.00 Adults; $2:00 Seniors & Students
Photocopies are available at 25¢ per page
Research requests made by phone, mail, e-mail, or fax will be dealt with as time permits.
Collections & Description
This is a selective list that includes only those genealogically valuable records that may refer particularly to Métis and Aboriginal people.
Photographs of Anishnabe (Ojibway) people
1895–1930s
Publication: “Visiting the Indian Reserves: An Interesting Canoe Trip,”
by J.M. Bentley
1909
11 pages and pictures
Treaty No. 3
Original treaty
Report by the local Indian agent, March 31, 1938
Article in the War Record 1914–1918 on local native veterans, by Kathleen Goodwyn
Contribution list from Ontario Indian bands to Red Crow and other war funds (WWI)
Captain Frank Edwards Collection (Indian agent)
- Correspondence, 1930s–1940s
- Reports, artifacts and brochures, 1875–1930s
La régionale Saint-Laurent Inc.
124 Anthony Street, Cornwall, ON 6H 5K1
www.regionalesaintlaurent.ca
Telephone Number: 613-932-1320
E-mail Address: rstl@bellnet.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday, 1:00–4:00
Visitors are charged $10 per day or Annual membership of $25
Photocopies are 25¢ per page
The centre has a photocopies, microfilm reader/printer, and microfiche reader.
Research is provided at a rate of $10 per hour.
Collections & Description
Focus of the collection is the French-speaking population of the counties of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott and Russell.
Records of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall
Parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials
Membership lists
Minutes of meetings
Local church histories
Correspondence and papers of clergy.
Marriage Repertoires (published abstracts from parish records)
Nearly all Roman Catholic Parishes in Quebec
Most Roman Catholic Parishes in French-speaking areas of Ontario
Baptism and Burial Repertoires
Cornwall area Roman Catholic parishes
Land Records
City of Cornwall
Probate Records
Stormont County
Laurentian University Archives, Anglican Dioceses of Algoma & Moosonee
935 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON P3E 2C6
www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/Library/
Telephone Number: 705-675-1151 x3339
E-mail Address: information@dioceseofalgoma.com
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Researchers may consult parish registers within the following limits:
Baptisms 100 years or older
Marriages 75 years or older for Algoma Diocese; 85 years or older for Moosonee Diocese
Burials 50 years or older for Algoma Diocese; 75 years or older for Moosonee Diocese
Next-of-kin may consult more recent records with proof of death of individual and proof of relationship to him or her.
Archives staff will do searches for $20 per record.
Collections & Description
Holdings include parish records (baptisms, marriages, burials) only. Other types of records are at the synod office of the diocese of Algoma
McMaster University, McMaster Divinity College, Canadian Baptist Archives
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
www.macdiv.ca/students/baptistarchives.php
Telephone Number: 905-525-9140 x 23511
E-mail Address: cbarch@mcmaster.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Tuesday and Thursday 9:00–4:00
Appointments are required.
Researchers are asked to complete an annual registration form and sign a daily register.
Access to parish records is restricted to marriage records over 75 years old and birth/baptism records over 100 years old.
Photocopies are available at 50¢ per page.
Staff will do research at a rate of $25 per hour—maximum 2 hours.
Collections & Description
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
Note that Baptist churches do not practice infant baptism. Very few Baptist churches outside of Quebec keep a record of births.
McMaster University Libraries, William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, Anglican Diocese of Niagara Archives
1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6
http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/anglican/anhome.html
Telephone Number: 905-525-9140 x22079 or x22789
E-mail Address: archives@mcmaster.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday, 9:00–5:00
Microfilm readers and printers are available.
Staff will photocopy documents at a charge of 30¢ per page.
Staff will answer very limited inquiries regarding specific items.
Collections & Description
You can find a list of parishes and descriptions of the records available for each, online: http://library.mcmaster.ca/archives/anglican/diocese/a.html
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
273 Third Avenue, Suite 204, Timmins, ON P4N 1E2
www.occc.ca/resource.html
Telephone Number: 705-267-7911
E-mail Address: info@occc.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday 8:30–4:30
Must visit in person.
Collections & Description
This is the largest native-oriented library in Ontario. The Resource Centre has a unique collection of materials focusing on the Aboriginal people of Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) and North America. Approximately 6500 titles are available for loan to NAN and non-NAN members and organizations in the NAN area.
There are 49 NAN community binders that contain information on the following: history, art & culture, language, law, education, community development, health, biographies, community photographs, maps and census statistics.
The periodicals and rare books section holds a variety of Native newspapers and magazines that relate to the NAN region of Ontario. They are available for patrons to read in the Resource Centre.
Penetanguishene Centennial Museum & Archives, Jack Hanna Genealogy and History Research Room
13 Berk Street, Penetanguishene, ON L9M 1C1
www.pencenmuseum.com (there is no page for the Jack Hanna research room as yet)
Telephone Number: 705-549-2150
E-mail Address: ptessier@pencenmuseum.com
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Researchers are encouraged to make an appointment. Wednesdays and weekends are usually best as these are the days when there are staff available to assist patrons. A museum member can access the research room during regular business hours so it is not restricted to the times when staff are present.
Researchers are encouraged to take out a yearly membership — $35 per individual/$50 per family — which allows them to do their own research under staff guidance.
Materials cannot be taken out of the research room. Photocopying services are provided for an extra charge.
There are three computers available to researchers.
Inquires can be made by telephone or email. Limited advice/information is provided without charge.
Staff will do research at a rate of $50 for three hours of research and a written report, photocopies and postage are extra. Additional research (after 3 hour minimum) available at a rate of $15 per hour.
The research room has connections for interlibrary loan from AO and LAC. Paper items can be examined in the research room, microfilms must be taken to another location for viewing and printing (e.g. Midland Public Library, Simcoe County Archives)
Collections & Description
The genealogical and research collection in the Jack Hanna Genealogy and History Research Room has a very large collection of genealogical and historical information on the 1500 plus men and women who have been identified as Original Personnel of the Naval and Military Establishments at Penetanguishene from 1817 to 1856. These people include military, fur traders, Indian Department employees, War of 1812 veterans etc., who lived on Drummond Island anytime between 1814 and 1828 and then moved to Penetanguishene in the late fall of 1828 and the spring of 1829, as well as a few others who settled in Penetanguishene, such as commuted pensionners who were moved from other areas of Upper Canada to Penetanguishene in the 1830s and enrolled penionners who were sent to Penetainguishene in the 1840s.
The research room’s collection "area" also includes numerous communities along Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior as well as the fur trade regions of the midwest river systems and as far west as Manitoba and the Rockies, and east to include all of New France/Lower Canada – basically anywhere the Drummond Islanders came from or moved to.
Family files
Research done by the members of the now disbanded group called the “Descendants of Establishments”
Focus is on the 1500 Original Personnel of the Naval and Military Establishments
Publications pertaining to the collection’s focus area
Published church registers
Local history books for the Georgian Bay area
Books on the original French immigrants into New France
Genealogical and historical magazines
Church and religious records (copies or transcripts only)
Ste. Anne’s Detroit Marriage Records (1701–1850); Exterior Parish Registers (1814–1828)
Ste. Anne’s Penetanguishene Parish Register (1835+)
Letters dealing with the construction of the original Penetanguishene chapel including names of the contributors
Several register pages of the military official at the Military Establishment who had the authority to sign marriage documents as the Justice of the Peace in the 1832 period.
Parish Registers from Mackinac, Michigan
Registers of churches for places such as Parry Sound, Byng Inlet etc
Diaries of the Rev. Allen Salt, who was the Methodist Missionary on the Christian Island for almost five decades in the mid to late 1800s.
PRDH on disc (French Roman Catholic church records database, 1621–1799)
numerous church repertoires for the major parishes of those first French Canadian settlers
Numerous CDs of various parish records etc from both New France as well as the western American regions.
Newspaper items
Clippings of articles pertaining to Drummond
Obituaries
Land records
Original land grants of Drummond Islanders in Tiny Township.
Census returns
Townships of Tiny and Tay, Penetanguishene, Midland and Christian Island
Records of the First Nations on Christian Island, including government records for the 1840s.
Records of Aboriginals from the Oka region of New France even in the late 1600s.
Copies of LAC’s RG 8 and RG 10 documents
Donated to the collection
Includes a list of 1814 fur trading employees who had returned from a trip to Michilimackinac and were thus paid off and a list of 1814 fur trade employees who did not return from this trip.
The George Gordon papers
1800s to 1840s
Correspondence received by Gordon
Mention many local people by name
The Archival collection of the museum (not in the Jack Hanna Research Room) also includes records of the Beck Lumber Company including "pay books" with lists of men and women who worked in the northern lumber camps during the early 1900s. There are also many records (e.g. ledgers) from town and government officials (Penetanguishene) including police, magistrates and welfare officials.
Museum Drive at Hunter Street East, Box 143, Peterborough, ON K9J 6Y5
www.pcma.ca
Telephone Number: 705-743-5180
E-mail Address: archives@pcma.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Appointments are required.
Staff will do research at a rate of $30 per hour.
Collections & Description
This is a selective list that includes only those genealogically valuable records that may refer particularly to Métis and Aboriginal people.
1959-030: Harris Hotel fonds
1867–1923
15 volumes of business ledgers and account books from the Harris Hotel, tavern and general store operated by Alfred Harris and family, Gore’s Landing near Rice Lake; includes an account ledger for Rice Lake Indian Reserve (churches, schools, etc), 1889–1898.
90 cm, textual records
Hiawatha United Church (Otonabee Township)
Booklet on the "100th Anniversary of Hiawatha United Church, 1870–1970"
Return from the register of Births, Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths for the parish of Hiawatha (1867).
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton Archives
700 King Street West, Hamilton, ON L8P 1C7
www.hamiltondiocese.com
Telephone Number: 905-528-7988
E-mail Address: dwilliams@hamiltondiocese.com
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Not open to public. Write for assistance with particular searches.
Collections & Description
Jurisdiction includes counties of Brant, Bruce, Grey, Haldimand, Halton,Wellington and Wentworth.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Hearst
Box 1330, 76, 7e rue, Hearst, ON P0L 1N0
www.hearstdiocese.com
Telephone Number: 705-362-4903
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
The archives is not open to the public. Researchers are advised to contact the relevant church directly. If you have difficultly contacting the relevant church, you may write to the diocese and they will assist you in making the relevant contact.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston Archives
390 Palace Road, Kingston, ON K7L 4T3
www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca
Telephone Number: 613-548-4461
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
No access or research services available for the public. Researchers are asked to use the microfilmed registers available through the LDS Family History Libraries.
Roman Catholic Diocese of London Archives
1070 Waterloo Street, London, ON N6A 3Y2
Telephone Number: 519-433-0658 x 242
E-mail Address: archives@rcec.london.on.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday 9:00– 12:00; 1:30–4:30
Appointments are required
Photocopies, microfilm readers and microfilm printing facilities are available at cost.
Staff will provide family history research at a rate of $50 per hour.
Collections & Description
Jurisdiction includes counties of Middlesex, Elgin, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Huron, Lambton, Kent, and Essex.
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
Early parish records for Essex, Kent and Lambton Counties have many entries for Aboriginal people.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Moosonee Archives
Box 40, Moosonee, ON P0L 1Y0
www.cccb.ca/english/ediocese.asp?ID=19
Telephone Number: 705-336-2908
E-mail Address: rcdioceseofmoosonee@ontera.net
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
The archives is not open to the public. Staff will search for a specific baptism or marriage record and provide a certificate for a fee of $10 per certificate, but inquirers must provide an approximate date and a clear location (church). No general research is provided.
The diocese of Moosonee covers the area from the Quebec/Ontario border north of Cochrane, west to Pickle Lake.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa Archives
1247 Kilborn Place, Ottawa, ON K1H 6K9
Telephone Number: 613-738-5025
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
The archives is not open to the public. Researchers are requested to contact the relevant parish directly.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Pembroke Archives
Box 7, Pembroke, ON K8A 6X1
www3.sympatico.ca/rcecpembroke
Telephone Number: 613-732-7933
E-mail Address: chancellor@diocesepembroke.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
The archives is not open to the public. Researchers are asked to use microfilm copies of the parish registers, available through the Family History Library of the LDS church (see page XX)
Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Catharines Archives
Catholic Centre, Box 875, St. Catharines, ON L2R 6Z4
www.romancatholic.niagara.on.ca
Telephone Number: 905-684-0154
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
The archives is not open to public. Researchers are requested to contact the relevant parish directly.
Collections & Description
Diocese includes former counties of Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand
Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie Archives
30 Ste. Anne Road, Sudbury, ON P3C 5E1
Telephone Number: 705-674-2727
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Archives is not open to the public. Researchers are requested to contact the relevant parish directly.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Thunder Bay Archives
Catholic Pastoral Centre, 1222 Reaume Street, Box 10400, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T8
Telephone Number: 807-343-9313
E-mail Address: archives@dotb.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10:00–2:00
Researchers require appointments to consult files in the archives.
Staff will not conduct research for inquirers. However, they will assist researchers in identifying and locating relevant records in their collection.
A microfilm reader is available. There are no printing or photocopying facilities.
Collections & Description
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy. All parish registers are available on microfilm.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Timmins Archives
65 Jubilee Avenue East, Timmins, ON P4N 5W4
Telephone Number: 705-267-6224
E-mail Address:
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Contact the Diocese for details.
Collections & Description
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Toronto Archives
Catholic Pastoral Centre, Suite 505, 1155 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON
M4T 1W2
www.archtoronto.org/archives/
Telephone Number: 416-934-3400 x 501
E-mail Address: archives@archtoronto.org
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Thursday, 9:00–12:00; 1:00–3:00
Appointments are required.
Two microfilm readers are available. No prints can be made from film.
Collections & Description
The diocese includes Toronto; the Regional Municipality of York; the Regional Municipality of Peel; the County of Simcoe
; the Town of Orangeville; a portion of the Regional Municipality of Durham; and a portion of the County of Dufferin. A list of early parishes in diocese with opening date is available on website.
Collections include parish records; records of Catholic organizations, institutions, schools, colleges, universities, seminaries, cemeteries; papers of clergy, and administrative records of the church.
One notable collection is the correspondence pertaining to the Indian missions in Amherstburg and Penetanguishene and the Métis evacuated from Drummond Island, 1828–1842.
425 Donald Street East, Thunder Bay, ON P7E 5V1
www.thunderbaymuseum.com
Telephone Number: 807-623-0801
E-mail Address: info@thunderbaymuseum.com
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday, 9:00–5:00
Appointments are preferred.
Photocopies and microfilm print-outs are available.
Collections & Description
The archives has a 2,200-volume library
This is a selective list that includes only those genealogically valuable records that may refer particularly to Métis and Aboriginal people.
A29 Richard Faries fonds (teacher, Anglican missionary)
1893–1950
Series A 29/1/1–6: Daily Journals (diaries)
1) Fort Hope from 1 January to 3 June 1896, 70 pages. Handwritten.
2) Fort Hope 27 July to 15 November 1897, 80 pages. Handwritten. Also contains notes on vital statistics and accounts for 1897
3) Fort Churchill for the year of 1899, 367 pages. This journal was probably kept by the Hudson’s Bay Company factor at
Fort Churchill, not by Faries.
4) Personal diary of R. Faries, 23 December 1926 – 28 September 1927
A45 Keith Denis Collection
1861–1977
Series A 45/2/1–27: Research correspondence, photocopies of records and books, maps, clippings, and historical notes on the history and origins of many northern Ontario communities
15 cm
A47 Blake McNaughten Collection (city clerk for Fort William)
1890–1964
Series A 47/4/1: Records of the tax collectors of the Corporation of the town and city of Fort William, 1898–1900
Clerk’s voters’ list, 1903–1930 recording the results of Dominion and Provincial elections in local ridings
A50 Bernard Rogan Ross fonds (fur trader)
1845
Series A 50/1/1: Manuscript entitled “The Athabasca Journal and English River Inquirer” written by Ross giving an account of his trip up the English (Churchill) River towards Methy Portage and the fellow travelers and fur traders around him. It was written in the style of a popular newspaper of the period. Dated 8 August 1845. 11 pages
Microfilmed (B 4/7/2).
Has also been transcribed and published in Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, Papers and Records, XVI (1988)
B4 Hudson’s Bay Company fonds
1823–1898
Series B 4/1/1: Letterbook for Montizambert trading post, 1897–1898
Series B 4/2/1–3: Fort William Journals, 1823–1824, 1835–1837, 1875–1876Series B 4/3/1: Invoices, inventories, daybooks, 1827–1836. Includes a statement of servants’ accounts belonging to Fort William post, 1834. It includes debits and credits of 1 June 1834, wages, debts owed to Moose Factory and Michipicoten
and expenses at auctions for each man, as well as personal notes on certain men.
6 cm, textual records
B13 St. Andrew’s (Roman Catholic) Cemetery fonds
1878–1940
Series B 13/1/1: Interment records for 2526 individuals, with partial index. Includes names, dates of death, dates of burial, places of birth, age, cause of death, presiding priest, and the name of the cemetery
4 cm, photocopies, and on microfilm
B15 Canadian Pacific Railway Company fonds
1908–1920
Series B 15/2/1–2: Timebooks
1) Time book of CPR employees (May 1908–September 1920), showing names, jobs, hours worked, what jobs were done, hours worked and rates of pay.
2) Time book for construction work in various buildings, 1911 and 1920 reports on who worked, what jobs were done, hours worked and rates of pay.
3 cm, textual records
B21 Fort William Brick and Tile Company fonds
1911–1941
Series B 21/3/1–3: Monthly time books recording the working days of employees and wages owed.
4 cm, textual records
E34 Diocese of Keewatin Anglican Mission fonds
1846–1956
Series E 34/1/1–2: Vital statistics and parish books
Churchill, baptisms, confirmations, marriages and death records, 1860–1934
Fort Alexander, baptisms, 1864–1893
Islington, baptisms 1871–1943, and marriages, 1872–1942
Lac Seul, baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1881–1902
Osnaburgh, burials, 1880–1951, and marriages, 1883–1956
York Factory parish book discussing everyday activities such as weather, church activities, packets arriving, hunting, sermons preached, 1879–1892
York Factory baptisms, marriages and deaths, 1846–1858, including Fort Churchill
York Factory baptisms and marriages, 1858–1864
York Factory baptisms, 1864–1903
York Factory births, 1864–1924
York Factory deaths, 1864–1929
York Factory marriages 1864–1952
Originals are kept by the Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Keewatin
2 reels microfilm
789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/uni_spe_baldwin.jsp
Telephone Numbers: Answerline (quick reference, not specifically for Baldwin Room): 416-393-7131, TTY: 416-393-7030
E-mail Address: Use online form (not specifically for Baldwin Room)
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Thursday 9:30–8:30
Friday 9:30–5:30
Saturday 9:00–5:00
Sunday 1:30–5:00 (October to June only)
Researchers are asked to register the first time they use the collection. Library membership is not required.
Staff will not conduct research for inquirers. However, they will assist researchers in identifying and locating relevant records in their collection.
Photocopies will be provided by staff, where the condition of the records permits.
Collections & Description
The Baldwin Room collects manuscripts, photographs and ephemera with a focus on early Canadiana. The collection is strongest for Ontario (especially the Toronto area), but also has materials from across the country. This is a selective list that includes only those genealogically valuable records that may refer particularly to Métis and Aboriginal people.
S11 William Nelles
Accounts and militia papers, 1792–1837
Family papers 1780–1866
Includes a great many references to Six Nations people
S13 George Nelson Papers (fur trader)
1803–1836
- Daily journals (extensive) and papers
- On microfilm
S29 Rev. Gustavus Anderson Papers (missionary)
Folder A: #12 Algoma Missionary news “Settlement of Manitoulin”, 12 pages
Folder B: #32 Journal 1848–1849 (while at Garden River Mission), 59 pages
Folder C: #51 Copy of address by Alnwick Indians on the occasion of Capt. Anderson’s retirement, 1858
Folder C: #49b Draft of report on Indian Affairs by Capt Anderson, Cobourg Township, 1854
Folder C: #36 Draft of a report offering suggestions for improving arrangements at Manitoulin, 5 pages, undated
Folder C: #39 List of subscribers to help Indians build house for Rev. Anderson
Folder C: #40 Draft of letters and reports by Rev. Anderson at Sault Ste. Marie and Garden River
Folder C: #45 Inventory of Indian Stores transferred from Drummond Island, 4 pages, 1818
Folder C: #46 Private memorandum regarding Drummond Island, 36 pages, 1821/22
Folder C: #49 Contract of gift of land from Indians to Rev. Anderson, 1849
Folder C: #50 Address at presentation by Mohawks Chiefs, and Capt. Anderson’s reply, 1858
Folder D: #57 to #63, Letters written at Drummond Island
Folder D: #79 to #103, Letters written at Coldwater or Manitoulin
S125 Samuel Peters Jarvis Papers (Chief Superintendant of the Indian Department), Indian papers
1788–1847
Over 2000 pages
Correspondence and speeches
Specific references to the following communities: Grand River, Huron Reserve North of Amherstburg, Mackinac Island, Grape Island, Alnwick, Port Sarnia, Manitoulin, Credit River, Mud Lake, Tyendinaga, Alderville, Snake Island, Innisfil, Hawkesbury East, Lower Monsee Town, Coldwater, Orillia, Rice Lake, Walpole Island
Specific documents containing lists of names:
1837 List of presents given to Indians
1839 Baptisms at Manitowaning
1839 Return of Indians possessing houses on Upper Indian reserve, River St. Clair
1840 Petition of inhabitants of Walpole Island
1840 Return of Indians settled at Manitoulin and statement of presents received
1839 List of Persons baptised at Manitoulin in 1839
1839 List of persons received into the Church of England (formerly Roman Catholics) in 1839
1843 Return of Indians for presents at Lower St. Clair reserve
1844 Census of Indians at Alderville
1844 List of people to receive brass kettles (no place indicated)
185? List of names, probably at Murraytown
1845 Return of Indians for presents at Beausoleil, River Credit, Rama, Snake Island, Rice Lake, Scugog Lake, and Mud Lake
fo. North West Company Papers
1763–1803
Letters and accounts
William Edgar papers, including letters received by Edgar at Detroit and Long Island from fur traders across North America, 21 pieces, typewritten copies, 1763–1787
Voyageurs’ engagements (Joseph Lemire, Micel Becan, Louis Amelot, Jean Cantara), 1792–1798, 3 pieces
Day-book of men’s accounts at Grande Portage, July–August 1803, 92 pages (has name index—99 men included)
42 pages
Toronto Public Library, Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca
Telephone Numbers: Answerline (quick reference only): 416-393-7131; TTY: 416-393-7030
E-mail Address: Use online form
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Thursday 9:30–8:30
Friday 9:30–5:30
Saturday 9:00–5:00
Sunday 1:30–5:00 (October to June only)
Staff will not conduct research for inquirers. However, they will assist researchers in identifying and locating relevant records in their collection.
Collections & Description
The library has a large collection of published transcripts, abstracts and indexes to genealogical records, including census indexes, church register transcripts and abstracts, cemetery inscription transcripts, and much more. Covers all of Canada, but strongest for Ontario.
1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough ON K9J 7B8
www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/
Telephone Number: 705-748-1011 x 7413
E-mail Address: archives@trentu.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Monday to Friday 9:00–4:00
Appointments are preferred.
Staff cannot undertake extensive research on behalf of patrons.
Collections & Description
Trent University has a large native studies department and the archives has collected a wide range of records to support research. Some of the most valuable records for the purposes of genealogical research are listed below.
Thomas Gummersall Anderson (Superintendant of Indian Affairs)
1779–1849
Diary was written while Captain Anderson was the visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Cobourg, Canada West, from September to December 1849. It includes an account of a journey to settle an Indian land claim on Lake Superior and Lake Huron
34 pages
Robert Brooking (Methodist missionary)
1839–1879
Transcripts of correspondence and journal of Rev. R.Brooking regarding his service as missionary to Rice Lake, Rama, and Norway House
Reports of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1851–1857
Originals at United Church Archives and LAC
15 cm, textual records
Albany Parish, Diocese of Moosonee fonds
Registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1859 to 1966
Microfilm, 1 reel
Cape Crocker Indian Reserve fonds
Cape Croker Indian Reserve Band Records, 1880–1966, and includes land sale records, correspondence in sale of land and Jesuit diaries.
Cape Croker Indian Reserve Records, 1856–1919, includes Paul Smith field notes, band council resolutions, native cures and history of Cape Croker reserve
Microfilm, 2 reels
Department of Indian Affairs
Minutes of the commission for Indian Affairs meeting at Albany, New York 1722–1748, reels C-1220 and C-1221
Schedule of propositions made by Indians and answers given them 1677–1719
Sir William Johnson’s correspondence including minutes of Indian councils 1756–1772
Records of the management of Indian Affairs by commanders at Detroit, Michilimackinac and other western posts 1771–1855, reel C-1224
Indian Agency Records: St. Regis Agency, 1812–1921, 7 reels; Tyendinaga Agency, 1893–1913, 7 reels; Sault Ste. Marie Agency, 1900–1919, 3 reels; Fort William Agency, 1905–1918, 2 reels; Fort Frances Agency, 1891–1917, 3 reels; and Rat Portage Inspectorate, 1880–1911.
Records of Superintendent’s office, correspondence 1756–1790, reel C-1222 and C-1223; minutes of Department of Indian Affairs, 1755–1790, reel C-1223
Black Series: headquarters files from 1872 to 1950, on 103 reels of microfilm (see Finding Aid for reel numbers)
Red Series: records from eastern Ontario, on 94 reels of microfilm (see Finding Aid for reel numbers)
Letterbooks of William Spragge, Deputy Superintendant General from 1879 to 1924, 37 reels of microfilm (see Finding Aid for reel numbers)
Originals at LAC
Pauline Johnson fonds (Mohawk/English)
1870–1937
Notes and correspondence of Evelyn Johnson pertaining to her sister Pauline, family history, and the affairs of the Six Nations Reserve
30.5 cm, textual records
Professor Kenneth E. Kidd fonds (ethnologist)
Correspondence, research notes, and manuscripts relating to Paul Kane and anthropological research
E.g. Rice Lake Indian Reserve Accounts 1889–1898, Report on Montagnais Villages 1879, Macdonnell Diary c.1790
Moose Factory Mission Church fonds
Copy of registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and deaths, preachers’ book and diary, church accounts, and history of the Christian mission at Moose Factory
Originals at Diocese of Moosonee
John Norton fonds (explorer, soldier, trader, politician)
Correspondence, and papers from 1796 to 1842. Topics included are: Mohawk rationing, relations with Joseph Brant and his family, Indian land administration in Upper Canada and United States, family/personal news and Six Nations Affairs.
Originals at Archives of Ontario
Microfilm, 1 reel
Chief George Paudash papers (Mississauga)
Letterbook, 1825–1842
Band Council Minutes, 1834–1848
Peter Jones Entry Book, 1831–1848 (includes band council minutes, correspondence, addresses and petitions)
Band Council Minutes and Correspondence, 1842–1867
Originals at LAC
Microfilm, Series A, Volume 1011, T-1456
St. Thomas the Apostle Anglican Church of Moose Factory, Ontario fonds
Two registers of baptisms, 1852–1893
One register of burials, 1851–1906
Originals with Church, copies at AO and LAC
Microfilm, 1 reel
Trent Valley Archives
567 Carnegie Avenue, Peterborough, ON K9L 1N1
www.trentvalleyarchives.com
Telephone Number: 705-745-4404
E-mail Address: admin@trentvalleyarchives.com
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Open to members Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00–4:00; other times by appointment.
Annual memberships:
Single: $52.50
Family: $63.00
Day rate: $26.50
(GST included)
Staff will conduct research at the rate of $20 per hour.
Collections & Description
Microfilmed records of all the parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough, which includes Northumberland, Durham, Peterborough and Victoria Counties and the Districts of Muskoka and Parry Sound.
St John’s Anglican Church Archives, 1825–1935
Warsaw United Church records, 1890–1960
Early Methodist registers, 1805–1850
Censuses of the counties of Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland, Durham and Haliburton, 1851–1901
Newcastle District census, 1800–1850, heads of households only
Many early Upper Canada Newspapers
Indexes to obituaries in Peterborough area newspapers 1845–1885 and 1980–2004
Land Registry Office Documents for Peterborough County
Cemetery transcripts
Published family histories
A genealogy program computer database contains over 210,000 names, mainly connected to original families of the Trent Valley.
3250 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M8X 2Y4
http://unitedchurcharchives.ca/
Telephone Numbers: 416-231-2680 x 3123; Toll-Free 1-800-268-3781
E-mail Address: info@unitedchurcharchives.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
As of Spring, 2008, the archives is in the process of moving to a new location at The United Church of Canada’s General Council Office in west-end Toronto. It is anticipated that the new location will be open to the public 5 May 2008.
Hours of operation at the new location will be Monday to Friday 9:00–4:00
All researchers are asked to complete an annual registration form, sign a daily register, place coats and bags in a locker provided, and adhere to guidelines on records use.
Reference staff are available to assist researchers, but cannot conduct detailed searches. Staff can advise as to the availability of records that are relevant to your inquiry and possible alternative sources.
Photocopying service is provided (charges apply) where allowable under copyright, access restrictions, and the condition of the materials permits.
Collections & Description
The central archives holds records pertaining to the national church most of Ontario (the eastern portion is part of the Ottawa/Montreal conference and is held in Ottawa).
The archives holds records of the United Church and its uniting denominations: Methodist, Congregational, some Presbyterian and Evangelical United Brethren. Records with the most information pertaining to Aboriginal people are listed below (as of 1998, more recent additions to the collection have not be added yet).
Methodist Episcopal Church fonds
1800–1883
Microfilm, 1 reel
Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Collection fonds
1791–1893
Microfilm, 15 reels
Methodist Church (Canada) Missionary Society fonds
Includes the quarterly returns of the Indian Institutes and Day Schools, 1902–1923
Church of Scotland fonds 1818–1887
Microfilm, 6 reels
Presbyterian Church in Canada Board of Home missions and Social Service fonds
Includes missions to the Aboriginal People in Manitoba and the northwest, 1876–1923
Personal papers of ministers and missionaries (FA = Finding Aid)
Andrew Browing Baird Fonds 3008. 7 cm. & 20 Microfilm Reels. 1872–1924.
George Barnley Fonds 3012. 1 cm. 1840–1845.
Emma Baylis Fonds 3014. 2 cm. 1872–1885.
Robert Brooking Fonds 3035. 12 cm. 1839-1961 (1839–1859).
Cornelius Bryant Fonds 3038. 2 cm. 1856–1860.
John Douse Fonds 3079. 12 cm. 1826–1891.
[William A. Elias ]. Reminiscences At The Outset Of My Missionary Life Fonds 3083. 1 cm. [189–?].
Bessie French Fonds 3536. 7 cm. 1941–1979.
John F. German Fonds 3105. 7 cm. 1876– [Ca. 1920].
Hockin Family Fonds 3132. Series 1: Katharine Hockin. 1.2 m. 1924–1990. FA1.
William Kendall Fonds 3308. 2 cm. [Ca. 1911].
John Chantler Mcdougall Fonds 3282. 7 cm. 1874–1928.
Hugh Mckay Fonds 3276. 7 cm. [Ca. 1900].
Norman Hall Mackenzie Fonds 3364. 2.27 m. 1927–1989. FA 316.
John Maclean Fonds 3270. 7.68 cm. 1863–1964 (1884–1928). FA 139.
Enos T. Montour Fonds 3249. 7 cm. 1972–1977.
John Niddrie Fonds 3241. 3 cm. 1912–1929.
James Nisbet Fonds 3240. 7 cm. 1861–1874. FA 54.
Pierre-Paul Masta Osunkhirhine Fonds 3387. 1 Microfilm Reel. 1833–1858.
Robert Terrill Rundle Fonds 3212. 12 cm. 1840–1848.
Allen Salt Fonds 3483. 1 Microfilm Reel. 1854–1912
Luther L. Schuetze. Fonds 3316. 1 cm. 1964–1965.
John Semmens Fonds 3204. 7 cm. [Ca. 1921]
F.C. Stephenson Fonds 3189. Series 1 & 3: Young People’s Forward Movement For Missions. 2 m. 1894–1936. FA 16.
Frederick George Stevens Fonds 3188. 12 cm. 1939–1954.
Sidney Barlow Stokes Fonds 3333. 84 cm & 18 Photographs. 1914–1984.
Lachlin Taylor Fonds 3180. 24 cm. 1839–1876. FA 86.
William Tomblin Fonds 3455. 1 cm. 1898–1901.
Thomas Woolsey Fonds 3155. 2 cm. 1865–1888. FA 123.
Egerton Ryerson Young Fonds 3431. 7 cm. 1898–1941.
Local church records
Buckhorn Pastoral Charge, 1901–1981
Caradoc Indian Mission, 1850–1962
Gibson Reserve Mission, 1906–1943
New Credit Methodist Indian Mission, 1826–1887
Parry Island Pastoral Charge, 1899–1957
St. Clair Indian Mission, 1838–1897
Photographs of many Aboriginal People.
Sound recordings of interviews relating to Aboriginal People.
University of Western Ontario, Huron University College, Anglican Diocese of Huron Verschoyle Philip Memorial Archives
1349 Western Road, London, ON N6G 1H3
www.archives.diohuron.org
Telephone Numbers: 519-645-7956; 519-438-7224 x 284
E-mail Address: archives@huron.anglican.ca
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
Tuesday 9:00–12:30, 1:30–4:00
Appointments are required.
Microfilm reader and photocopier
Collections & Description
Holdings include records created by individual parishes, such as registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; membership lists; and minutes of meetings; local church histories; and correspondence and papers of clergy.
University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 3K7
www.lib.uwo.ca/archives/talman.shtml
Telephone Number: 519-661-2111 x 81111
E-mail Address: Use online form
Hours of Operation, Access Conditions & Services
September to April: Monday to Friday 10:00–4:30
Collections & Description
This is a selective list that includes only those genealogically valuable records that may refer particularly to Métis and Aboriginal people.
James Evans (Methodist missionary)
Papers regarding his work at Rice Lake and St. Clair Indian missions and Norway House in Manitoba 1 m, textual records
Leslie Robb Gray and Elma Edith Gray papers
1905–1968
Papers regarding William Proudfoot and the Presbyterian Church in London including a selection of Presbyterian church records regarding the Moravian missions in Ontario
60 cm, textual records
Parish Registers of Native Indian Churches in Middlesex County
1885–1970
Includes the Oneida, Muncey, Lower Muncey and Chippewa churches
1 reel microfilm
Originals at the Huron Diocese Archives
Wawanosh Family Papers
1825–1964
Photos, correspondence and records regarding the Chippewa Indians at Sarnia
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