Research Guides and Tools

• Adoption and Guardianship Records
• Aerial Photographs
• Bankruptcy Records
• Bills, Statutes and Regulations
• Birth, Marriage and Death Records
• Black History Records
• Census Records
• Change of Name Records
• Corporation and Partnership Records
• Copyright and Citing Archival Records
• Criminal Justice Records
• Customer Services
• Digital Images
• Directories, Telephone Books and Voter’s Lists
• Divorce Records

• Education Records
  
• Ethno-Cultural Records
• Freedom of Information Requests
• Freelance Researchers
• Genealogy and Family History
• General Collections
• Health Records
• Immigration Records
• Land Records
• Military and War of 1812 Records
• Municipalities and Municipal Planning Records
• Newspapers
• United Empire Loyalist (UEL) Records
• Wills - Estate and Probate Records

• Research Guide 230 - Finding Bankruptcy Records -  Word, PDF

• Research Guide 207 - Researching Ontario Bills and Statutes - Word, PDF
• Research Guide 219 - Researching Ontario Regulations (1867 to the Present) - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 202 - Vitals Statistics Records - Word, PDF
• Research Guide 203 - Understanding the Vital Statistics Indexes - Word, PDF
• Pathfinder to Birth Registrations - Word, PDF Updated!
• Pathfinder to Marriage Registrations - Word, PDF Updated!
• Pathfinder to Pre-1874 Marriage Registrations Acquired from the Office of the Registrar General - Word, PDF Updated!
• Pathfinder to Death Registrations - Word, PDF Updated!
• Research Guide 204 - Sources for Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Word, PDF Updated!
• Guide to Published Transcriptions and Indexes of Pre-1874 Marriage Records - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 220 - Census Records - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 229 - Finding Change of Name Records - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 217 - Corporation Records of the Government of Ontario -  Word, PDF Updated!
• Research Guide 218 - Partnership and Benevolent Society Registration Records - Word, PDF Updated!

• Customer Service Guide 108 - Copyright and Your Research - Word, PDF Updated!
• Archives of Ontario’s Public Policy on Copyright Policy - Webpage 
• Customer Service Guide 107 - Citing Archival Records - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 233 - Criminal Justice Records - Word, PDF

• Customer Service Guide 101 - Reading Room Rules - Word, PDF Updated!
• Customer Service Guide 105 - Reproduction Services and Fees - Word, PDF Updated!
• Customer Service Guide 110 - Microfilm Interloan Service - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 234 - Visual Database users guide - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 221 - Directories, Telephone Books and Voters Lists - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 210 - Finding Divorce Files in Ontario - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 216 - Student and Teacher Records - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 300- Records Related to Black Communities in Ontario - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 235 - Ethno-Cultural Records - Word, PDF New!

• Customer Service Guide 109 - Freedom of Information and The Protection of Privacy - Word, PDF Updated!

• Customer Service Guide 111 - Genealogical Researchers in Ontario - Word, PDF Updated!
• Customer Service Guide 112 - Freelance Researchers List - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 222 - Genealogy Collections and Published Genealogies - Word, PDF Updated!
• Research Guide 299 - Sources of Family History - Word, PDF

See also Birth Marriage and Death, Land, Census, Wills, Adoption and Guardianship, Divorce, Immigration, Military, UEL, Health and Education

• Research Guide 201 - The Records We Do and Don't Have - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 224 - Patient Health Practitioner Records - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 228 - Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship Records - Word, PDF Updated

• Research Guide 205 - Using the Ontario Land Records Index ca. 1780-ca. 1920 - Word, PDF
• How to use the Ontario Land Records Index - Word, PDF
• Understanding the Archival Reference Code in the Ontario Land Records Index: How to Find the reel of Microfilm You Need - Word, PDF
• Research Guide 215 - From Grant to Patent: A Guide to Early Land Settlement Records, ca.1790 to ca.1850 - Word, PDF
• Pathfinder to Petitions for Land - Word, PDF
• Pathfinder to Land Patents - Word, PDF
• Research Guide 225 - Researching Crown Land Records - Word, PDF
• Research Guide 231 - Finding Land Registration Records - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 226 - Militia and Military Records - Word, PDF Updated!
• Research Guide 213 - War of 1812 Records - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 208 - A Guide to Researching Records of Ontario Municipal Board Hearings - Word, PDF Updated!
• Research Guide 209 - Finding Municipal Records - Word, PDF Updated!
• Research Guide 214 - Municipal Land Use Planning - Word, PDF Updated!
• Research Guide 236 - Property Assessment Records - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 212 - Newspaper Holdings of the Archives of Ontario - Word, PDF Updated!
• Finding Aid L 23, Original and Microfilm Newspaper Collections in the Archives of Ontario - Word, PDF

• Research Guide 227 - United Empire Loyalist Records - Word, PDF Updated!

• Research Guide 206 - How to Find a Will in Court Records - Word, PDF Updated!
• Pathfinder to Estate Files - Word, PDF Updated!