- Call Number:
- HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5P7M2
- Category:
- Ontario
- Creator:
- Upper Canada. Provincial and Civil Secretary.
- Material Description:
- 15 microfilm textual records (44 volumes) ; 35 mm
- Background:
Marriage bonds were posted by two bondsmen affirming that there was no legal impediment to a marriage to be performed by licence.
Persons who wished to marry following the publication of banns in a parish church did not require a licence and therefore were not required to post bonds.
- Contents:
The Upper Canada Marriage Bonds are arranged alphabetically within each year by the groom's surname with accompanying correspondence, licences and other documentation, e.g. a statement of the bride's age or parental permission for a daughter to marry.
- Originals:
The original documents are held by Library and Archives Canada.
- Archival Ref. No.:
NAC/LAC RG 5, B 9.
- Finding Aids:
A nominal index on microfilm serves as a finding aid to the Bonds.
An inventory description and microfilm shelf list provide a general guide to the arrangement of the records and are available.
- PDF Finding Aid:
- Inventory-Description-Shelf-List_Upper-Canada-Marriage-Bonds_UC-Provincial-Civil-Secretary.pdf
- Related Records:
The Upper Canada Marriage Bonds are contained in volumes 13-44 of a larger series of Miscellaneous Records known as Bonds, Licences and Certificates, 1803-1867, consisting of 78 volumes.