Publications

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The Story of a Building in Old Chinatown

by Lee Dickson

Lola [Toronto] No. 5, Winter 1999-2000: 14-17

Broken Pencil [Toronto] No. 13, Summer 2000, 37-39


Genealogy Publications

Toronto Time Capsule

The Toronto Time Capsule launched in February, 2015. Presented by Metroland Media Toronto "a growing collection of news stories, photographs, genealogy resources and columns from local historical experts are all dedicated to Toronto's rich and colourful history." I contributed eight short monthly columns to the genealogy section which can be viewed at InsideToronto.com.


Here are the links:

Provincial Lunatic Asylum
The Archives of Ontario contain records of those admitted to Toronto's Lunatic Asylum

City Centre Mirror, Feb 14, 2015
Image: Lunatic Asylum, Queen St. W., s. side, opposite Ossington Ave. Photographer William Notman, Montreal, 1868. Courtesy Toronto Public Library F 114.

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Brown's Toronto City Directory
Search old city directories for gems on residents, streets and an ancestor's business

Beach Mirror, Mar 07, 2015
Image: Brown's Toronto City and Home Directory 1846-7. Courtesy Toronto Public Library.

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Remarks: Jane MacNamara has put together a handy chart with links to on-line Toronto City Directories on her blog at Where the Story Takes Me...
Goad Toronto Fire Insurance Plan
LEE DICKSON GENEALOGY: Goad Fire Insurance Plans offer insight into the history of buildings

City Centre Mirror, Apr 06, 2015
Image: Courtesy Toronto Public Library.

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Thomas Mathew's Petition
LEE DICKSON GENEALOGY: Tap into the records of Toronto's earliest jails

City Centre Mirror, May 11, 2015
Image: Jail (1799-1827), King St. E., s. side, at Leader Lane. Watercolour, William James Thomson, 1888. Courtesy Toronto Public Library JRR 711.

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Thomas Mathew's Petition
LEE DICKSON GENEALOGY: Upper Canada Land Records help trace a Butler's Ranger from the American Revolutionary War

City Centre Mirror, June 2, 2015
Image: Land Petition for Thomas Mathews, Newark, 1797. Source: Library and Archives Canada/Executive Council of the Province of Upper Canada fonds/Volume 329/Bundle M 3/Petition 32/Microfilm reel C-2192.

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Lot Certificate, Clinton Township Papers
LEE DICKSON GENEALOGY: Taking a peak into a family's 1787 land settlement in Upper Canada

City Centre Mirror, July 8, 2015
Image: Lots 17 & 18, Concession 3, Clinton Township Papers. Source: Archives of Ontario/RG 1-58/Microfilm MS 658 reel 84.

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Certificate attached to U.C. Land Petition M2/132
LEE DICKSON GENEALOGY: Follows the lives of Thomas Mathews and his son John through the Upper Canada land records

City Centre Mirror, August 14, 2015
Image: Certificate attached to Land Petition for Thomas Mathews, York, 1795. Source: Library and Archives Canada/Executive Council of the Province of Upper Canada fonds/Volume 328/Bundle M2/Petition 132/Microfilm reel C-2191.

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Heir & Devisee Entrybook of Commissioners' Reports 1803-1804, Register C
LEE DICKSON GENEALOGY: Following the trail of land claims through the 1st Heir and Devisee Commission Papers

City Centre Mirror, September 8, 2015
Image: Heir and Devisee Entrybook of Commissioners' Reports 1803-1804, Register C. Source: Library and Archives Canada/Heir and Devisee Commission Minutes and reports submitted to the Executive Council of Upper Canada/RG 1 L5/Volume 82/Page 31/Microfilm reel H-1148.

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