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Curious to learn more about the Archives of Ontario, trace your family history in the province, or discover how to research our collections online? Check out the first three films in our Unboxing the Archives video series on our YouTube channel.
Learn about the treaty that covers roughly two-thirds of Ontario’s total landmass, including the context and different interpretations of the treaty, its impact on Indigenous communities, and the role that archival records and other forms of memory have come to play in its story.
We’re pleased to share that the Alvin D. McCurdy fonds (F 2076) has been inscribed on the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s Canada Memory of the World Register. This is a first for one of our collections and demonstrates the importance of the McCurdy fonds to the collective history of Canada.
Exciting news, researchers! We’re giving our research guides an updated look and added a new one to help you locate popular ethno-cultural records from our collections. Click here to take a look!
Explore some of our most popular microfilm collections online! FamilySearch International has digitized these collections for you to access free of charge through the FamilySearch website. Learn more.
Discover amazing records from the Archives of Ontario’s collections and put your puzzling skills to the test.