Document Record

Title

Upper Canada Land Minute Books (1791-1841), Quebec Land Minute Book (1787-1791) and Province of Canada Land Minute Books (1841-1867)
Land minute books of the Executive Council
Upper Canada Land Index : Finding aid MSS1802
Land Books
Land Minute Books du Haut Canada (1791-1841), Land Minute Book du Québec (1787-1791) et Land Minute Books de la Province du Canada (1841-1867)

Identifier

MIKAN: 205068
Reels/Bobines: C-100 to C-110, C-10810 to C-10836, H-1976 to H-1978
Archival Reference/Référence Archivistique: RG 1 L1
oocihm.lac_mikan_205068
lac_mikan_205068

Subject

Genealogy
Government
Immigration
Généalogie
Gouvernement
L'immigration

Document source

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Notes

1791-1867
Copyright Not Evaluated/Droit d'auteur non évalué
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Language

English

Description

Library and Archives Canada holds the records of the Upper Canada Land Books (RG 1 L1, MIKAN 205068). These books contain the deliberations, decisions and recommendations of the Land Committee of the Executive Council of Upper Canada. Early settlers in Upper Canada, now known as Ontario, could apply for ownership of Crown Lands by first submitting a written petition, according to the regulations in force at that date. In order to find a specific reference for a petition, you should first consult the Upper Canada Land Petitions database that provides more than 82,000 references to names of petitioners. If you find a reference of interest to you, note the microfilm, volume, and bundle and petition numbers in order to easily find the digitized images of this land petition.
The Executive Council of Upper Canada considered these petitions and made a decision of granting or not a Crown land; the record of those decisions are in the minutes, commonly known as the Upper Canada Land Books. Over 82,000 petitioners, early settlers, soldiers, civilians and loyalists, went before the Executive Council of the Land Board of Upper Canada during this period to submit a request for Crown Land.
Also included in this collection is the Quebec Land Book covering the years 1787-1791) and the Land Minute Books of the Executive Council of the Province of Canada (1841-1867). The sequence of entries within the volumes is chronological, such that a report appears according to the date of its presentation, rather than by its date of preparation. A table of contents and a nominal index of petitioners is generally found within each individual minute book.
A reference guide to this collection can be found at: https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/navigating-collections#ref-guides.
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada détient les documents se rapportant aux Upper Canada Land Books (RG 1 L1, MIKAN 205068). Ces volumes contiennent les délibérations, les décisions et les recommandations du Comité sur les terres du Conseil exécutif du Haut-Canada. Les premiers colons du Haut-Canada, aujourd'hui l'Ontario, pouvaient présenter des demandes afin d’obtenir des terres de la Couronne en soumettant d’abord une pétition par écrit selon les règlements en vigueur à l'époque. Pour trouver la référence spécifique à une pétition, vous devez d'abord consulter la base de données des Demandes de terres du Haut-Canada qui contient plus de 82,000 références aux noms des pétitionnaires. Si vous trouvez une référence qui vous intéresse, prenez note du microfilm, du volume, et des numéros de la liasse et de la pétition afin de retrouver facilement les images numériques se rapportant à la demande de concession en question.
Le Conseil exécutif du Haut-Canada examinait ces pétitions avant de décider d'accorder ou non la concession d’une terre de la Couronne. Ces décisions sont enregistrées dans des registres de procès-verbaux communément désignés sous le titre de Upper Canada Land Books. Au cours de cette période, plus de 82,000 requérants, anciens colons, soldats, civils et Loyalistes, se sont présentés devant le Conseil exécutif du Land Board of Upper Canada pour soumettre leur demande en vue d’obtenir une terre de la Couronne.
Cette collection comprend également le Quebec Land Book couvrant les années 1787 à 1791 et les Land Minute Books du Conseil exécutif de la Province du Canada (1841-1867). Les inscriptions dans les volumes suivent l’ordre chronologique. Ainsi, un rapport se trouve sous la date de sa présentation plutôt que sous la date de sa préparation. En général, une table des matières et un index nominatif des requérants se trouve à l’intérieur de chaque volume de procès-verbaux.
Un guide de référence de cette collection est disponible à l'adresse suivante : https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/navigating-collections#ref-guides.
The CAB RG 1 Shelf List (see RG 1, L1 section) is a typed volume-level description which provides volume titles and inclusive dates and corresponding microfilm reel numbers. The Shelf List also correlates the current volume number (assigned by the National Archives) to the letter designation (A, B, C, ... U) assigned to each volume by the records creators.
Finding Aid MSS1802, an alphabetically-arranged card index by name of petitioner, commonly called the Upper Canada Land Index, provides nominal access to both the Land Books in this series and the land petitions in the Land Submissions to the Executive Council series (found elsewhere within this fonds). Petitions on behalf of groups were indexed, but not necessarily under modern headings.
The index cards which make up Finding Aid MSS1802 have been microfilmed on reels C-10810 to C-10836 and H-1976 to H-1978. CAB RG 1 Shelf List (see RG 1, L3 section) includes a microfilm shelf list for these reels.
This shelf list indicates the range of petitioner names appearing on each reel (e.g., reel C-10810: from Aaron (Mohawk Chief) to Baker, G. W.). When using the microfilm of the index, researchers should search under possible variant spellings of a surname, and watch for inconsistencies in the filing order of the cards. As the card index identifies the page reference for a Land Book or the alpha-numeric reference for a petition, copies of the CAB RG 1 Shelf Lists (L1 and L3 sections) were included as a preface to each reel when the index was microfilmed so that users may identify the corresponding microfilm reel numbers for the petitions.
In that Finding Aid MSS1802 serves two series in this fonds, additional comments on its use will be found in the descriptive entry for the Land Submissions to the Executive Council series. Included there are comments about the correlation of Land Book and petition references, which are useful in those situations where the index provides only a Land Book entry or a petition reference, but not both. Finally, users should note that this finding aid also serves both the Land Books and land petitions for the Province of Canada, 1841-1867, records not found in this fonds but, rather, in the Records of the Executive Council Office of the Province of Canada fonds.

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