HELPFUL RESOURCES FOR THE GENEALOGIST Compliments of the Ontario Genealogical Society (O.G.S.) Suite 253, 40 Orchard View Blvd. Toronto, Ontario. M4R 1B9 Tel: (416) 489-0734 April 28, 1988 Note: Unless otherwise noted all addresses are for Toronto, Ontario., Area code (416) ARCHIVES National Archives of Canada: (NAC)) 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, K1A 0N3 (open 24 hours per day, but one must obtain material while staff is on duty [daytime]). Supplies microfilmed census records for 1842, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 on inter-library loan services; cemetery recordings, military, church, immigration, ship passenger, naturalization, Loyalist records and sources. Archives of Ontario (AO) 77 Grenville Street, Toronto, M7A 2R9 (1st street north of College Street, just west of Bay Street)..open until 10:00 pm, but register and get help between 08:30 and 16:30. One can register by mail. Census records; cemetery recordings; newspapers; wills; maps; county atlases, some church and marriage records; land records; directories, manuscripts; old phone books on microfilm. Census forms, a Guide to the Use of Land Records available from O.G.S. City of Toronto Archives,New City Hall (Bay & Queen Sts., Lower level) very old city directories, municipal records, pictures, scrapbooks. 947-7483 Church Archives (Canadian) some church records (births, marriages, deaths) collected centrally. Much information about ministers on file, and church publications with some informative obituaries. (Check hours before going) Anglican - General Synod, 600 Jarvis Street. M4Y 9Z9 924-9192 Baptist - McMaster Divinity College, 1280 Main St.,W.,Hamilton, ON. L8S 4K1 525-9140 Jewish - 4600 Bathurst St. M2R 3V2 635-2883 Lutheran -Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave., ON N2L 3C5 884-1970 Methodist - (see United Church) Presbyterian -59 St. George St., M5S 2E6 595-1277 Quaker - Friends' House Library,60 Lowther Ave. M5R 1C7 921-0368 Roman Catholic - (Toronto Archdiocese) 355 Church St., M5B 1Z8 977-1500 United Church - Victoria University, 75 Queen's Park Crescent M5S 1K7 978-3822 Hudson's Bay Co. Archives - 200 Vaughan, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 1T5 microfilm copy available in Ottawa. For information read "Seminar Annual - Sudbury, 1983" O.G.S. 489-0734 LIBRARIES Canadiana Collection, North York Public Library,5120 Yonge St., M2N 5N7 (North York Centre Subway Station) O.G.S. Collection, books, periodicals, manuscripts, maps, atlases, directories, family histories, lineage charts, cemetery recordings done by O.G.S. Branches. 495-3427 The Genealogical Library, of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. Toronto Branch, 95 Melbert St.., Etobicoke, ON M9C 4V3 (off #427 at Burnhamthorpe Rd, on the West Mall , 1. at Rathburn, just past Renforth...or take the Angelsey Bus from Royal York Station, (Bloor subway line). Reserve readers by telephone...I.G.I on microfiche; English, Irish and Scottish Civil Registration records, parish & census records (must be ordered from the Salt Lake City Library) books; periodicals; family histories, and personal help from volunteers. 621-4607 The Metropolitan Reference Library -789 Yonge St.,M4W 2G8 (just north of Bloor) history, atlases old & new, newspapers on microfilm, telephone books world-wide, I.G.I on microfiche, Griffith's Valuation on microfiche, maps, gazetteers, knowledgeable staff -4th floor History Dept. 369-7159. National library of Canada - (Reference) 395 Wellington St., Ottawa, ON K1A 0N4. extensive collection of Canadian Books, subject indexes, bibliographic sources, information on inter- library loan materials obtainable through local libraries. (613)-995-9481 University Libraries - usually have a local history section. Guelph is especially good for Scottish records, the Robarts for Irish records. Western Ontario for southwestern Ontario. MAP OFFICE - Ministry of Natural Resources, Whitney Block, Queen's Park M7A 1W4 --topographical, concessions & road maps, air photographs. Ontario Township & County Maps available, O.G.S. 965-1348 MUSEUMS - Some regional museums have records of the area, local papers on microfilm (some indexed) and certainly they will give you a feel for the past and an understanding of how your ancestors lived and worked. REGISTRAR GENERAL - Macdonald Block, Queen's Park M7A 1Y5. (s.w. corner Bay & Wellesley) certificates or extracts for birth. marriage, death from July 1,1869.$5 fee (cheque payable to Treasurer of Ontario) for birth includes search within a 5-year period. Applications must include father's name & mother's maiden name. Marriage and death certificates $10.00 but certified documents are $15.00. Marriage certificate applications must give bride's maiden name. 965-1687 SOCIETIES Clans & Scottish Societies of Canada. (CASSOC)--an association of clans & societiees. Not all clans have a Canadian Society; more have an American. 593-4095 Federation of Family History Societies, 96 Beaumont St., Milehouse, Plymouth, England PL2 3AQ The Heraldry Society of Canada,125 Lakeway dr., Ottawa. K1L 5A0 The Huguenot Society of Canada, Box 1003, Stn.A M5W 1G5 927-8363 or 864-1234. The Ontario Historical Society, 78 Dunloe Road, Room 207. M5W 2T6 486-1232 The Scottish Genealogy Society, 84 Pentland Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland EH10 6HF The United Empire Loyalists, 23 Prince Arthur Ave. M5R 1B2 OTHER SOURCES "Some Ontario References & Sources for the Family Historian" on sale by O.G.S. "Starting Your Family Tree", a beginner's guide. "Methods of Research for the Amateur Historian" The Ontario Genealogical Society and its branches have helpful forms and books on sale, especially cemetery recordings, and lists of names being searched. watch for Seminars andd Workshops held by O.G.S. and its branches, and also courses in genealogy offered by community colleges, public libraries, etc.