Original Index Books to Birth and Stillbirth Registrations - 1869-1910

If you have already searched the Indexes to Births and Stillbirths (RG 80-4) and have not found the birth registration you are looking for, there is a very slight chance that the birth is indexed in the Original Index Books to Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations - July to December 1869 (RG 80-11), or in the Original Index Books to Birth and Stillbirth Registrations (RG 80-12) listed below.

Each Original Index Book listed below is arranged:

• First, by year,
• Second, by surname initial, and
• Third, by name of the County or District (City of Toronto registrations were often separately listed at the beginning of each year's Index)

Once you have found the Index that may contain the birth you are looking for, note the MS 939 reel number found in the "Archives of Ontario Microfilm Reference" column of the table. You may then:

• Consult the appropriate reel in our reading room on the ground floor, 77 Grenville St., Toronto.
• Through the Interlibrary Loan Department of your public library, borrow the appropriate microfilm reel. Quote MS 939 and the appropriate reel #. These reels cannot leave the borrowing library, so make sure to request them from a library that has a microfilm reader.
• Borrow the film from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through their Family History Centres. The Family History Centres have a different numbering system than the Archives of Ontario. These Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) conversion numbers have been provided in the right hand column of the table below or, for a complete list of all GSU conversion numbers, consult the microfilm conversion list.
• Purchase the appropriate microfilm reel directly from the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS). Quote MS 939 and the appropriate reel #. For information on how to place an order, visit the Ontario Genealogical Society website or contact the OGS at:
  
  
  Ontario Genealogical Society
  40 Orchard View Blvd. Suite 102
  Toronto ON M4R 1B9
  Phone: 416-489-0734 Fax: 416-489-9803
  E-mail: provoffice@ogs.on.ca

For each entry, this Index will give a Liber (volume) and Folio (page) number of the Registration. Once you have this information, proceed to Registrations of Births and Stillbirths (Listed Geographically).

If the person's name is not in the Indexes to Births and Stillbirths (RG 80-4), in the Original Index Books to Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations - July to December 1869 (RG 80-11), or in the Original Index Books to Birth and Stillbirth Registrations listed below, the birth was likely not registered or did not take place in Ontario.

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