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Indexed by Barry Taylor
Victoria Genealogical Society
Victoria, BC
August 1993
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Read Me First!
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This file contains important information regarding
the uncompressing and use of this database. You are well
advised to read onward before attempting to unzip the
data file itself.
Purpose
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This database is intended as a "pointer" database.
It consists of the names, locations and in some cases the
professions of over 11,000 residents of the Home District
(later York and Simcoe Counties in Ontario) in the year
1837. The Directory was originally published by T. Dalton
and W.J. Coates.
What's Different?
----------------
The original publication was indexed (more or less)
on the surnames of inhabitants by Township. To search for
all occurrences of a surname one had to read the listings
for all townships. This file allows you to import the
data into your favourite database program so that you can
search electronically with greater speed and accuracy.
The database as issued is pre-sorted on surname and given
name.
Value to Your Research
----------------------
This file is of particular benefit to Ontario
researchers because it provides information almost a full
generation back of the first full census in 1851. Many
family origins began in the Home District and can be
traced through this information. Little of the land
north and west of the Home District had been surveyed and
opened for settlement at this time. Lastly, for those
family historians who have no knowledge of the origins or
locations of certain surnames, this database may provide
a clue to further research. This will be of particular
benefit to those researchers south of the border, who
cannot easily access Ontario resources. Though family
connections are not defined in the data, one may be able
to surmise relationships by plotting lot locations of
identical surnames on a township map.
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Beware of File Size!
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The size of the compressed file is deceptive. When
uncompressed the DBF file expands to 1.8 mb! Make sure
you have enough hard drive space before you uncompress
and import the file into your favourite database program.
Field Sizes
-----------
The following are the field sizes which will allow
you to safely import the data without losing any of the
field contents:
Surname: 20
Given: 20
Concession: 15
Lot: 5
Township: 20
Soundex: 5
Remarks: 70
Z1c, GSDS note:
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It has been found that this .DBF file imports
perfectly using the File Express flatfile database
program when a Dbase style is specified for the input
file. Use the field size exactly as specified above.
Believe it or Not!
-----------------
This data file has been proofread. As you begin to
use it you will soon recognize that the original
transcribers employed some very creative spellings for
both surnames and given names, and in some cases for
street names. For this reason, you are well advised to
conduct your searches electronically using Soundex codes
in place of actual spellings.
Soundex Field
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Thanks to the ingenuity of George Pardue and his
program SOUNDEX802, we have been able to include the
convenience of Soundex searches as one of the main
features and benefits of this information base. As most
family historians soon discover, surname spellings have
to be taken with a degree of tolerance and creative
flexibility. Electronic database searches on the Soundex
code (rather than on a single spelling of a surname) may
yield some surprising matches which would otherwise go
undetected.
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Other Notes
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The original publication made extensive use of
abbreviations. Where a given name is an obvious
abbreviation, the name has been expanded in this database
to its normal full version (so that sorted reports have
better consistency). If there was any uncertainty to the
meaning of the abbreviation, however, the abbreviation
was left as originally published. At times it appears
that a surname and given name have been reversed by the
printers; in those cases the record has been keyed in
unaltered.
The street names in the City of Toronto have in many
cases changed from those listed in the data file. One
will have to consult other references to correlate the
old street names with the new or current names.
Whither Next?
------------
As mentioned earlier, this information is intended
only to get you pointed in the right direction. This is
offered as a convenience to all of us 'mail order
researchers' who are thousands of miles from the 'old
homestead' and its genealogical treasures.
Your logical next steps include:
a. a search of cemetery records near the listed
lot locations (available from the applicable
branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society);
b. a search of census records for a particular
township (available on interlibrary loan or
from the resources of the LDS Family History
Centres);
c. a search of land records for a particular
concession and lot number; and
d. the acquisition of township maps to pinpoint
the lot locations (maps are available from
the Ontario Ministry of Transport and
Communication, or from county atlases
available in most libraries).
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Addresses
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For those, like ourselves, who are far from these
cemeteries and who wish to follow up on possible leads,
the following collection of addresses is provided as a
convenience. Only a few of these cover the Home
District, but this list is such a valuable resource to
out-of-province researchers that all branches
of the O.G.S. have been included.
Ontario Genealogical Society (Central Offices)
40 Orchard View Blvd.
Suite 251
Toronto, ON
M4R 1B9
Brant County Branch O.G.S. (Brant County)
Box 2181
Brantford, ON
N3T 5Y6
Bruce & Grey Branch O.G.S. (Bruce & Grey Counties)
Box 66
Owen Sound, ON
N4K 5P1
Elgin County Branch O.G.S. (Elgin County)
Box 416
St. Thomas, ON
N5P 3V2
Essex County Branch O.G.S. (Essex County)
Box 2, Station A
Windsor, ON
N9A 6J5
Halton-Peel Branch O.G.S. (Halton & Peel Counties)
Box 70030
Oakville, ON
L6J 6M9
Hamilton Branch O.G.S. (Wentworth & Haldimand
Box 904 Counties)
Hamilton, ON
L8N 3P6
Huron County Branch O.G.S. (Huron County)
Box 469
Goderich, ON
N7A 4C7
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Haldimand County Branch O.G.S. (Haldimand County)
Box 38
Cayuga, ON
N0A 1E0
Kawartha Branch O.G.S. (Haliburton, Northumberland,
Box 162 Peterborough & Victoria
Peterborough, ON Counties)
K9J 6Y8
Kent County Branch O.G.S. (Kent County)
Box 964
Chatham, ON
N7M 5L3
Kingston Branch O.G.S. (Frontenac, Lennox &
Box 1394 Addington Counties)
Kingston, ON
K7L 5C6
Lambton County Branch O.G.S. (Lambton County)
Box 2857
Sarnia, ON
N7T 7W1
Leeds & Grenville Branch O.G.S. (Leeds & Grenville
Box 536 Counties)
Brockville, ON
K6V 5V7
London Branch O.G.S. (Middlesex County)
Box 24017
London, ON
N6H 5C4
Niagara Peninsula Branch O.G.S (Lincoln & Welland
Box 2224, Station B Counties)
St. Catherines, ON
L2M 6P6
Nipissing & District (Nippissing District)
Branch O.G.S.
Box 93
North Bay, ON
P1B 8G8
Norfolk County Branch O.G.S. (Norfolk County . . . now
Box 145 Haldimand-Norfolk County)
Delhi, ON
N4B 2W9
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Ottawa Branch O.G.S. (Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew
Box 8346 & Russell Counties)
Ottawa, ON
K1G 3H8
Oxford County Branch O.G.S. (Oxford County)
Box 1092
Woodstock, ON
N4S 8A5
Perth County Branch O.G.S. (Perth County)
Box 9
Stratford, ON
N5A 6S8
Quinte Branch O.G.S. (Prince Edward &
Box 301 Hastings Counties)
Bloomfield, ON
K0K 1G0
Sault Ste. Marie District (Algoma District)
Branch O.G.S.
Box 1203
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
P6A 6N1
Simcoe County Branch O.G.S. (Simcoe County)
Box 892
Barrie, ON
L4M 4Y6
Sudbury District Branch O.G.S. (Sudbury District)
200 Brady St.
Sudbury, ON
P3A 5P3
Thunder Bay District (Thunder Bay District)
Branch O.G.S.
Box 373, Station F
Thunder Bay, ON
P7C 4V9
Toronto Branch O.G.S. (York County)
Box 518, Station K
Toronto, ON
M4P 2G9
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Waterloo-Wellington (Waterloo & Wellington
Branch O.G.S. Counties)
Box 603
Kitchener, ON
N2G 4A2
Whitby-Oshawa Branch O.G.S. (Ontario & Durham
Box 174 Counties)
Whitby, ON
L1N 5S1
Southern Ontario Map
---------------------
The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources has printed
a fine full colour wall map of Southern Ontario showing
all county and township boundaries, along with the major
towns and villages. It is Map #21-6 "Southern Ontario."
Order it from the Map Information Centre, Ministry of
Natural Resources, Room M1, 73 Macdonald Block, 900 Bay
Street, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2C1. The cost at the time
of this writing was approximately $7.50, but you are
advised to check before ordering.
Many of the O.G.S. branches also offer 8.5" by 11"
maps of county and township boundaries. The Nipissing
Branch offers a particularly good package, which includes
all the northern townships as a bonus.
Township Maps
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The Ontario Ministry of Transportation and
Communications offers a superb series of monochrome maps
in the scale of 1:100,000. (Two maps are normally
required to cover an entire county.) The value of these
maps is that they show the township boundaries and
individual lot and concession numbers. The Ministry's
address is: Map Office, Ministry of Transportation and
Communications, 1201 Wilson Avenue, Downsview, Ontario,
M3M 1J8.
The maps mentioned above are up-to-date, modern maps
which reflect current municipalities, boundaries,
highways, etc. If you do need to consult something older
try for the reprinted county atlases of 1878, available
in most large libraries.
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Something to Share?
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The Victoria Genealogical Society has an active and
enthusiastic group of Ontario researchers, but we are far
from Ontario. As a result we have had to hunt for,
collect and build our own information sources, such as
this particular database. We would be most appreciative
of additions to our Society Library holdings. Our
address is: Victoria Genealogical Society, P.O. Box
45031, Mayfair Postal Outlet, Victoria, BC, V8Z 7G9.