Services

General and Visual Records Researcher: Genealogical Specialist in Ontario Land Records, United Empire Loyalists.

Some Local Repositories

  • Archives of Ontario
  • Art Gallery of Ontario Library
  • City of Toronto Archives
  • Dioceses of Toronto, Anglican Church Archives
  • North York Library (Canadiana & Ontario Genealogical Society Collections)
  • Presbyterian Church in Canada Archives and Records Office
  • Robarts Library & affiliated University of Toronto Libraries
  • Superior Court of Justice, Toronto Estates Division
  • Toronto Land Registry Office
  • Toronto Reference Library
  • United Church Archives of Canada
  • United Empire Loyalists’ Association, Toronto Branch Library
  • University of Toronto Archives

Affiliations

  • Association of Professional Genealogists [APG]
  • Ontario Chapter of the Association of Professional Genealogists [OCAPG]
  • Ontario Genealogical Society [OGS]
  • Association For The Preservation of Ontario Land Registry Office Documents [APLROD]

Photographic Services

  • Able to provide digital images of local sites such as buildings and cemetery tombstones and repository documents (when permitted).

Ontario Genealogy Services

  • Loyalists
  • Land Records
  • Census & Assessments
  • Vital Statistics (Births/Marriages/Deaths)
  • Court Records & Wills
  • Church & Cemetery Records
  • Immigration Records
  • City Directories
  • Newspapers, Historical, etc.
  • Problem Solving

Beyond Ontario

  • Extensive internet experience
  • Ancestry.com subscription
  • Familiarity with American, Canadian and UK records
  • Access to microfilms from the Family History Library and other repositories utilizing interlibrary loan through the Toronto Reference Library, which has excellent microfilm copy facilities.

Fees

  • Residents outside Canada: Hourly rate: $35. US Funds. Minimum charge: $55.
  • Canadian Residents: Hourly rate: $35. Cdn Funds. Minimum charge: $55. plus tax.
  • (This includes basic copy, postage, stationary & local public transport.)
  • Clients with Canadian addresses, please add 5% G.S.T. (#12861 6950 RT)
  • Extra charges: Excessive copy (e.g. probate wills), library/archive retrieval fees, long distance phone, travel in excess of ½ hour to and ½ hour from a facility, etc.

Genealogical Information You Can Provide

  • Name including any middle names, initials, previous names, alternative spellings
  • Religion
  • Relations
  • Any dates: Birth, death, marriage, citing, etc.
  • Locations: City (address, ward), town, township, county Profession, trade
  • Any further identifying information
  • Please keep this information to a maximum of 5 pages.

Please Note

  • Please place your requests in writing.
  • I cannot guarantee I will find what you need as in some cases there simply are no records and at times records are lost or destroyed. Even original documents can contain inaccurate information. Therefore, it is important to indicate how you wish to proceed should these unlikely eventualities occur in order to avoid a misunderstanding over fees.
  • I do require payment in advance and will send your invoice and a detailed follow-up report along with the researched documents I have found.