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Tracker: Goal 6: Learn about Ontario probate and land records.
Choices:
ALearn about Ontario probate and land records.
- Learn about Ontario probate records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Ontario Probate Records - Learn about Ontario land and property records.
FS—Ontario Land and Property Records
OT—Ontario Land Records - Learn more about land records on the Ontario GenWeb site.
Ontario Land Records - Read this case study in using Ontario land records, from Olive Tree Genealogy.
OT—A Challenging Upper Canada (Ontario) Puzzle - Explore land records on the DigitalKingston site. Click the Land Records link in the left panel of the page.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for probate and land records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
QUIKLinks
BLearn about Ontario court records.
- Learn about court records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Ontario Court Records - Learn more about court records on the Ontario GenWeb site.
Ontario Court Records - Explore court records on the
Olive Tree genealogy site.