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Ontario Government Record Series RG 1-151
42 centimetres of textual records
Series is composed of warrants issued between March 1835 and July 1851 to the sons of Scottish emigrants who settled in Upper Canada in 1815 as well as related registers. References to land grants awarded to the sons of Scottish emigrants often are identified with the code "S.E."
Series is arranged into two sub-series based on the type of record.
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The British government sponsored an emigration scheme to Upper Canada in 1815. Heads of families were promised 100 acres of land patent free and their sons, upon their coming of age, were to receive a similar allotment.
It was a complex process to receive a land grant. Many offices were involved and each office (Executive Council Office, Receiver General's Office, Attorney General's Office, Surveyor General's Office, Provincial Secretary's Office, etc. ) maintained its own numbering system for the documents it generated or received relating to these transactions. Within the Surveyor General's Office, warrants issued in fulfilment of the promise made to the Scottish emigrants were numbered and filed separately from other types of fiats and warrants.
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Upper Canada. Surveyor General's Office Canada (Province). Crown Lands Dept.See sub-series descriptions.
These records were created by the following Ontario government agency or agencies. Click on the agency reference code for information about this agency and other records it created.
1835-1845 : |
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Surveyor General's Office (BA84) |
1845-1851 : |
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Crown Lands Department (AA100) |
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Reference Code | Sub-series Title |
RG 1-151-1 | Individual warrants relating to land - Scottish emigrants |
RG 1-151-2 | Register of warrants relating to land - Scottish emigrants |