"I am amazed and pleased by what you have found out. I had not been able to break into this family's secrets. I really appreciate the thought and work you went to on my family's behalf. I consider the information to be a critical breakthrough".

Michael W., Texas, U.S.A., 2002

Situated in Toronto, a wealth of record repositories is available to us. Some examples are:

Archives of Ontario:

• Civil registrations - records of births, marriages and deaths
  
• Wills and Probate records, Estate files
  
• Land records
  
• Newspapers (obituaries, birth, marriage and death notices), special events
  
• Census records
  
• Ships' passenger lists
  
• Church records (baptisms, marriages and burials)

Metro Toronto Reference Library

• Toronto City directories
  
• Newspapers (Toronto) and elsewhere
  
• Maps
  
• Research materials - England, Ireland, Scotland

North York Public Reference Library

• Publications of the OGS (Ontario Genealogical Society)
  
• Transcriptions of Ontario cemeteries
  
• Local histories

Church Archives (Archival records of baptisms, marriages and burials)

• Anglican
  
• Presbyterian
  
• Roman Catholic
  
• United Church (includes Wesleyan Methodist)

LDS-Family History Centres

• Microfilmed records - e.g. civil registrations of Ireland, Scotland and England.
  
• Access centre for all records from Family History Library in Salt Lake City

Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries

Centralized research room with searchable records of 10 large Toronto Cemeteries

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