Progress. Starting on 29 January Canadiana.ca has added nine microfilms to its Héritage collection, the first additions in many months. With the exception of the first title, they seem unlikely to relate to immigrants or migrants from Eastern Canada.
| Title | Publication Date | Identifier |
|---|---|---|
| Canada. Department of the Interior : Letters patent (Western Land Grants) | 1909-1910 | C-6246 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : First series | 1896-1950 | C-8096 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : First series | 1915-1947 | C-8093 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black series | 1879-1921 | C-10123 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black series | 1889-1924 | C-10164 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black series | 1898-1927 | C-10202 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series | 1886-1939 | C-12060 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series | 1928-1948 | C-12075 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series | 1903-1945 | C-12123 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : red series | 1863-1942 | C-12777 |
Links to the complete list with links to the individual digital microfilms are here. To find out about the contents, often a mixed bag, I suggest googling the title. One of the first hits will likely be a page at Canadiana Héritage like this that includes, under the About tab, a description of the contents.
I only looked at one of the Indian Affairs microfilms and they are very interesting. There were indigenous people complaining about not getting paid on the reserve, but that was because they kept leaving the reserve, and then coming back. There were letters from indigenous people asking for more land for their male band members only. There are pay lists. The people who received the most money from the government seemed to be teachers and interpreters. There is so much to read, I can't read it all but somehow have to remember to come back to this site next time I'm in a conversation about treatys the Indian act etc.
ReplyDeleteBut how come Canadiana has these microfilms? Why are they not with LAC and put on-line there? Did LAC discard these films? Is that how they got into the hands of Canadiana.org?