05 February 2021

New Titles in the Héritage Collection

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.

TitlePublication DateIdentifier
Canada. Department of the Interior : Letters patent (Western Land Grants)1909-1910C-6246
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : First series1896-1950C-8096
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : First series1915-1947C-8093
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black series1879-1921C-10123
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black series1889-1924C-10164
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : Black series1898-1927C-10202
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series1886-1939C-12060
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series1928-1948C-12075
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series1903-1945C-12123
Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : red series1863-1942C-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.

1 comment:

K said...

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.

But 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?