Steps Used Finding Allan McDonald's Upper Canada Petitions

Finding Upper Canada Land Petitions blog post (Archives' updated link here).

McDonald Allan Newark 1794 327 M 1 [Petition] 110 RG 1 L3 C-2190
McDonald Allan Lake Erie 1795 327 M 1 [Petition] 115 RG 1 L3 C-2190

The distribution of Petitions on Microfilm# C-2190 was found here on the help file.  Knowing approximately where to start looking through these non-indexed records is helpful.

C-2190 325A M Misc. 209 to 225 1792-1821
C-2190 326 M Misc. 226 to 341 1824-1840
C-2190 327 M 1 1 to 140 1792-1795C-2190 327A M 1 141 to 154 1792-1795

Petition# 110 Image 902

Petition 115 Image 920

How To Find The File Of The Heirs Of Captain Donald Cameron

Found in a database: CAMERON Donald (heirs of) 1848 *135 C 4 82 RG 1 L3 C-1735

See the list of **Digitized Microforms, including C-1735.


Check under the **"Help" file to break down the elements of each microfilm:

C-1735	134	C 3	143 to 192	1844-1846
C-1735	135	C 4	1 to 100	1847
C-1735	136	C 4	101 to 138	1845-1848

On Microfilm# C-1735 there are 1277 images.
*"135" is in the middle of the film as is "C4"
82 is towards the end of the middle (1-100) of the middle grouping in the table above.

Started with Image 688 (turned out to be Petition# 30 and I needed Petition# 82 which started at IMAGE 998).

List Of Microfilm For Petitions

List of Microfilm For Petitions (4 of 327 listed above)

Microfilm Pages In Canada

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Available Microform: (1-50 of 2639)  

Petitions and other items found, including Sir John Thompson fonds and Passenger Lists: Montreal (1925-1935) - See below for a partial list of titles.

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Results: (1-28 of 28) 

Title    Mikan Number
1. Border Entry, Form 30, 1919-1924 161377 Help
2. School Files Series - 1879-1953 (RG10) 157505 Help
3. Ocean Arrivals, Form 30A, 1919-1924 161349 Help
4. Sir John Thompson fonds - Letters Received 123656 

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Locating Some Land Records In Connecticut

hile looking for land records in Wethersfield, Connecticut, I found this Research Guide to Connecticut Land Records (excerpted below):


Record Group 1, Early General Records.

Volumes 46-51 of the Early General Records contain land records copied by the Secretary of the General Assembly. These are records of land grants from the colony and subsequent sales of granted land. These are not found in the land records of the individual towns, and those who are searching for early records should search these volumes in addition to town land record volumes.

These volumes are available on microfilm in the History and Genealogy Reading Room.

46

Connecticut Colonial Records Vol. 1, 1640-1653, Hartford, Windsor, Wethersfield.

L.H. 4417

While searching for the comparable LDS Microfilm for Connecticut Colonial Records, The public records of the colony of Connecticut, 1637 - 1776...  was among the results and even better, are online at FamilySearch.  Don't know if they are the exact same records, because I've never used either.

Finding An Upper Canada Land Petition Online

Click on the Index to Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865) to get the search screen:

In my search for "howard,"  this item (one of many) was found:

Name: Howard, Asa

Year: 1792

Volume: 448A

Bundle: S 1

Petition: 171

Microfilm: C-2806

Reference: RG 1 L3

I then looked to see if the images for Microfilm C-2806 were online.  They were.

After clicking on C-2806, the following screen allowed me to view each image on that microfilm number online.  A help file* was utilized to narrow down where to start looking for Bundle "S-1," Petition 171, which is where I would find Asa Howard's petition:

Title: Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)

Microform: C-2806

Page Navigation:   <   420   >  Page  of 1313

*In the "Help for these Files" link, I scrolled down to C-2806 and found:

C-2806	448	S 1	51 to 150	1793-1795
C-2806	448A	S 1	151 to 187	1793-1795
C-2806	448A	S 2	1 to 122	1795-1797
C-2806	449	S 2	123 to 218	1795-1797
C-2806	450	S 3	1 to 2	1797

I was looking for Bundle S-1, Petition 171.  That item was found in the 2nd of five categories.

After a few educated guesses, the specific image(s) I needed started at #419 of 1313 images.

[Image] Page #420 below:

Included in this February 1792 petition for Canadian land were several residents of Tolland, Connecticut, including Bunyan Howard, Nathan Howard, Jonathan Howard, John Howard, Thomas Howard, Stephen Howard, Stephen Stimpson, David Kennedy, Wearam Willes and many others.