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Below you will find our guides and pathfinders to help navigate your research based on common types of records and topics. They include:- Customer service guides to give you information on services available to you, and using our records
- Research guides to help you find records on specific topics
- Pathfinders to give you step-by-step instructions on finding some of our most popular records.
Click on the categories below to consult the corresponding guide and/or pathfinder.
- Adoption and Guardianship Records
- Aerial Photographs
- Bankruptcy Records
- Bills, Statutes and Regulations
- Birth, Marriage and Death 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 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 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 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 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