| Call Number: |
HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5P7M2 |
| Category: |
Ontario |
| Creator: |
Upper Canada. Provincial and Civil Secretary. |
| 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.
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| 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.
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| Originals: |
The original documents are held by the National Archives of Canada.
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| Archival Ref. No.: |
NAC RG 5, B 9.
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| Finding Aids: |
A nominal index on microfilm serves as a finding aid to the Bonds.
An inventory description and microfilm shelflist provide a general guide to the arrangement of the records and are available in print.
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| Electronic Finding Aid Record: |
Inventory-Description-Shelf-List_Upper-Canada-Marriage-Bonds_UC-Provincial-Civil-Secretary.pdf
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| Notes: |
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| Part Of: |
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.
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