Original Index Books to Death Registrations - 1870-1911

If you have already searched the Indexes to Deaths (RG 80-10) and have not found the death registration you are looking for, there is a very slight chance that the death is indexed in the:

• Original Indexes to Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations (RG 80-11)
  - for deaths occurring between July and December 1869
• Original Index Books to Death Registrations (RG 80-25) listed in the table below
  - for deaths occurring between 1870 and 1911

Each Original Index Book to Death Registrations is arranged:

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

Once you have found the Index that may contain the death that you are looking for, note the MS 942 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 942 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 942 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 the appropriate Registrations of Deaths:

• Registrations of Deaths (Listed Geographically) - 1869 to 1899
• Registrations of Deaths (Listed Geographically) - 1900 to 1919
• Registrations of Deaths (Listed Geographically) - 1920 to 1935

If the person's name is not in the Indexes to Deaths (RG 80-10), in the Original Index Books to Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations (RG 80-11) - July to December, 1869, or in the Original Index Books to Death Registrations listed below, the death was likely not registered or did not take place in Ontario.

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