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Tracker: Goal 3: Learn about Ontario vital and census records.
Choices:
ALearn about Ontario vital and birth records.
- Learn about Ontario vital records in this article.
FS—Wiki: Ontario Vital Records - Search for vital records on the Ontario Government Archives site.
- Learn how to connect Ontario vital records in this case study video.
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BMD Records
- Birth: Learn about and search Ontario birth records.
FS: Ontario Birth Records
Beginner's Guide: Finding Ontario Civil Birth Registrations
- Explore birth record resources on the Ontario GenWeb site.
- Marriage: Learn about and search Ontario marriage records.
FS: Ontario Marriage Records
FS: Ontario County Marriage Registers - Explore marriage record resources on the Ontario GenWeb site.
Adoption
- Get help with adoption topics on the Ontario Government site.
- Learn about adoption records on the
OriginsCanada site. - Explore adoption resources on the Ontario GenWeb site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for vital and birth records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Cyrus Van Camp was married in Ontario. Use the "FS Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- What is the name of Cyrus Van Camp's wife?
- How old was she when married?
- What is the name of her father?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Cyrus" as the first name and "Van Camp" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Original Document for Cyrus Van Camp.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Cyrus married Jennie Ferguson.
- She was 40 years old.
- Her father is Malcolm McMartin. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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BExplore Ontario death records.
- Learn about and search Ontario death records.
FS: Ontario Death Records - Explore death record resources on the Death Indexes site.
- Explore death record resources on the Ontario GenWeb site.
- Explore Ontario obituaries on the In Memoriam site.
- Explore funeral home records on the Ontario GenWeb site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for death records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
George Edward Abbot died in Ontario. Use the "FS: Illinois WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- How old was George Edward Abbot when he died?
- What was the cause of death?
- What is the name of his mother?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "George Edward Abbot" as the first name and "George Edward Abbot" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Original Document for George Edward Abbot.
- Read the information in the center column.
- 0 (he died at birth).
- "Umbilical cord around the neck with no one to help out."
- The mother is Fern Northcote Burk. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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CExplore Ontario census records.
- Get an overview of Ontario censuses in this article.
FS—Ontario Census - Learn about and search Ontario census records.
Olive Tree Genealogy, Census Records - Explore the MyFreeCensus site for Ontario state and county census records.
- Explore census records on the Ontario GenWeb site.
- Explore Ontario education records on the Olive Tree genealogy site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for census records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Lewis F Clark is listed in the 1861 Ontario census. Use the "FS Ontario Census, 1861" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- How old is Lewis F Clark in the census?
- Where was he born?
- What did his family do for work?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Lewis F" as the first name and "Clark" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click View Original Document for Lewis F Clark.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Lewis was 12 at the time of the census.
- He was born in West Canada.
- They were farmers. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
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