Author name: Ruth Blair

The last topic is School Records. Since this is usually taken care of by the provincial and territorial governments there are few records at Library Archives Canada. You will find some information for Aboriginal records and Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East: Civil Secretary, records relating to education at Library Archives Canada.

This is the last of the Most Requested Records section to be found at the Canadian Genealogy Centre. You will find other sections entitled How to Begin, What You Can Do, and Learning Resources.

Visit the Canadian Genealogy Centre and spend an afternoon exploring the online resources they offer.

©2010 – Blair Archival Research

Other Topics covers a wide range of alternative records. The first is Criminal Records. They provide a long list of records that are available at Library Archives Canada.

You will find records for:

Lower Canada and Canada East: Civil Secretary Gaol calendars and prison returns;
Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada: Provincial Secretary and Registrar;
Quebec, Lower Canada and Canada East: Civil Secretary Court Records;
Lower Canada and Canada East: Police Records;
Upper Canada and Canada West: Civil and Provincial Secretaries;
Registrar General: Warrants and Pardons;
North West Mounted Police records;
Capital Case Files for people convicted of murder;
Inmate Case Files for federal penitentiaries;
Operational Records of the Penitentiary Branch, 1834-1962;
Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario which include: Prisoners’ Record Book 1843-1890; Warden’s Letterbook, 1848-1856; Kingston Penitentiary liberation and punishment books 1834-1974;
Stony Mountain Penitentiary, Stony Mountain, Manitoba which includes Stony Mountain, Inmate Admittance Registers, 1871-1921;
and other penitentiary records.

There is a list of provincial archives and court locations for research in each province and territory. You will also find a description of what is available in Quebec for the very early administration justice records.

To get a complete description of what is available visit the Canadian Genealogy Centre.

©2010 – Blair Archival Research

Heraldry, Names, Notarial Records and Orphanages are the next subjects under Other Topics.

Heraldry and Names provide descriptions and advice as well as helpful links and bibliographies.

Notarial Records exist only for the province of Quebec. These were private agreements written by notaries for such things as marriage contracts; inventories; leases; engagements; obligations; wills; and sales.

The website gives a good description of what is available and where to go when you are searching different time periods. The information and archival location changes for the different time periods.

Orphanages also has a good description of what you can expect to find. They list what is available at Library Archives Canada. You can find information on:

Protestant Orphans’ Home -Orphans’ Home of Ottawa;
Weredale House – The Boys’ Home of Montreal;
Summerhill Homes – the Montreal Protestant Orphan Asylum;
Industrial Removal Office which was for the Hebrew Orphans Home in Toronto;
and Juvenile Inspection Reports which mostly relate to Home Children.

There are links to online sources as well as other institutions.

©2010 – Blair Archival Research