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When Upper Canadian militia men died in the War of 1812 what happened to their wives and children? And how can they be traced without civil registration, census, probate or cemetery records? This talk will use a case study to walk the audience through the research process as I discovered a wealth of information about…
Land records are arguably the most important records for family historians researching their 19th-century ancestors because ownership of land was our ancestors’ most important achievement. The majority of immigrants to Upper Canada and Canada West did not have the opportunity to own land in their home country. This was one of the most important reasons…
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