Index to the Claims Case Files : 1804-1895.
| Call Number: | HIL-MICL FC LPR .O5H4C2 Index |
| Category: | Ontario |
| Creator: | Upper Canada. Heir and Devisee Commission. |
| Description: | 5 microfilm () ; 16 mm |
| Background: |
The second Heir and Devisee Commission was established in 1805 and abolished in 1911. The Commission adjudicated claims to land by the heirs and devisees of the original Crown land grantees.
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| Contents: |
The Archives of Ontario has created a card index to the Claims Case Files of the Second Heir and Devisee Commission. The case files are arranged alphabetically by claimant's name within each year. The index to the files is by surname and gives the dates, case file number and township or location of the land requested. Approximately 5000 names have been indexed.
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| Originals: | The original documents are held by the Archives of Ontario. |
| Archival Ref. No.: | AO RG 40, Series I-2 Index, MS 566. |
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| Electronic Finding Aid Record: |
UC Upper Canada Heir and Devisee Commission Index Shelf List.pdf Claims-Case-Files_Index_UC-Heir-Devisee-Commission.pdf |
| Notes: | The National Archives of Canada holds the Records of the first Heir and Devisee Commission in RG 1, L 5. An inventory description and the microfilm shelf list for RG 1, L 5 are available in print. |
| Part Of: | The Claims Case files, with the index, form one part of the much larger body of records of the second Heir and Devisee Commission. Other records include the Minute books, which are available in the Loyalist Collection. |
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