Finding a Death Registration - A Pathfinder
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The Archives of Ontario holds death registrations
for the years 1869 to 1936.
An additional year of registrations and indexes
is transferred annually from the Office
of the Registrar General and microfilmed.
The 1937 registrations will be available to the
public some time in 2009.
To determine which microfilm reel contains the
registration you're searching for, follow
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| Death registrations are indexed for each year and
a unique identifying number is assigned to
each registration. This Pathfinder will guide
you through the Indexes (Indexes
are lists of names in alphabetical order.) to the
Registration Number and finally
to the Registration. Appendices
in Inventory 80 (Records of the Office of
the Registrar General) list microfilm reel
numbers for the Indexes and the Registrations.
The first step is to identify
a registration number using an
index. To do so, you must know
the person's name and the year
of death.
Did the death occur... |
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July 1869? |
The Province of Ontario did
not register deaths prior to July 1869. However,
Estate Files
from the Surrogate and Probate Courts
are a good source of information for some early Ontario
deaths. Cemetery Transcriptions
are another source documenting deaths, as are Church
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For deaths that occurred in this date
range consult the document Indexes
to Deaths - 1869-1936 - RG 80-10, Appendix A8.The
Indexes, which are arranged by year of death,
then alphabetically by last and first name,
can be found on MS 937 Reels 1-19.
The "Microfilm Reference"
column in the table will list the reel that you
should order. When you receive the reel,
look up the person's name in the appropriate Index.
If you find the person's name make a note of the
Registration Number and the Registration
Year (not
the Death Year), then return to this page
to continue your search for the registration.
If you haven't used a death index before you may
wish to consult the document: How
to Use the Indexes to Death Registrations (RG 80-10) |
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| ...In
1937? |
The death registrations for 1937
were transferred to the Archives of Ontario in 2008.
They are closed for microfilming
which takes approximately one year from the date
of transfer and will be available to the public
some time in 2009.
The Archives will search for and copy 1937
death registrations only if the information is required
to meet urgent legal or humanitarian needs.
Requests for this information must include: the
name of the person on record, the year of the death,
the place of death if known, and the legal or humanitarian
reason for making the request.
Please submit your request and contact information
to:
Archives of Ontario
77 Grenville Street, 3rd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 1B3
Tel: 416-327-1600 / 1-800-668-9933 toll free in
Ontario only
Fax: 416-327-1999
Email:reference@ontario.ca
An Archives of Ontario staff member will contact
you to confirm receipt of your request and to discuss
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| ...1938-Present? |
Death Registrations after 1937 are
still held by the
Office of the Registrar General.
Contact:
Office of the Registrar General
189 Red River Road
P.O. Box 4600
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Canada P7B 6L8
Tel: 416-325-8305
1-800-461-2156 (toll-free in Ontario)
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| If you found the person's name, make
a note of the Registration Number
and the Registration Year (not
the Year of Death). Then, use that information to
find the reel of microfilm that contains
the actual record.
Is the Registration Number... |
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0 and 399,999? |
If the Registration Number listed in
the Death Indexes is below 200,000,
the death was registered the same year that
it occurred. If the Registration Number listed
in the Death Indexes is between 200,000 and
399,999, it was a delayed registration
recorded after the year that the death occurred.
Remove the first digit (the "0",
"00", "2" or the "3")
and look up the registration using the rest of the
number.
Follow the links to the appropriate date range
in the document: Registrations of Death
- 1869-1931 - RG80-8, Appendix A7 - 1869
to 1899, 1900
to 1919, 1920
to 1936.
The "Microfilm Reference"
column in the table will list the reel of MS
935 microfilm that you should order. When
you receive the reel, find the correct year
on the microfilm and look up the registration number. |
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| ...Above
400,000? |
The Archives of Ontario has not
received these death records from the
Office of the Registrar General. Researchers
wishing to obtain a copy of such a registration
should contact:
Office of the Registrar General
189 Red River Road
P.O. Box 4800
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Canada P7B 6L8
Tel: 416-325-8305
1-800-461-2156 (toll-free in Ontario)
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