Canada Homestead Grant Registers: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta (1872-1930) [ENH]: Rick Dondo's Family Tree

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Title	Canada Homestead Grant Registers: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta (1872-1930) [ENH]
Short Title	Canada Homestead Grant Registers: MB, SK, and AB (1872-1930) [ENH]
Author	Ancestry.com
Publisher	Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
Repository	Ancestry
Source ID	S1516268596
Text	Ancestry provides further and possibly extensive explanation of this source material it purchased and privately indexed at a specific point in time with, potentially, periodic or irregular updates by Ancestry and the possibility of many updates and correction by members in the interim via this proprietary Ancestry.com Records Collection. From: Library and Archives Canada Described as : Land Grants of Western Canada, 1870-1930 Details : Their reference: RG68 libers between 11 and 105, microfilms C-3986 to C-4016 RG15-D-III-10, volumes 2131 to 3169, libers 1 to 1039, microfilms C-5942 to C-6769 etc Location : Library and Archives Canada; 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0N4 Letters Patent (land grants) usually consist of a one-page document with the following details: - the name of the grantee - description of the homestead - date when the land was granted The LAC database contains over 670,000 references to land grants (Letters Patent) issued. It also includes a small number of grants between the years 1931 and 1950. OF NOTE TO THE READER: *********************************************************************************** It has come to the attention of your host that these records have limitations. As one can learn from the material from the LAC website referenced below, some sections in every township were set aside for the railroads, for the Hudson's Bay Company, colonization companies, municipalities, and religious groups. In the cases where a settler chose to purchase their parcel from one of these entities, or one was granted through a different program (see below)no record of the sale is available in this collection. ********************************************************************************* * Further *: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) provides free public access** to these specific records with an extensive elaboration of and background for the material, and additional references to other similar record collections via https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/land/land-grants-western-canada-1870-1930/Pages/land-grants-western-canada.aspx" target="_blank">this page on their website. There, the reader will find an extensive elaboration of the Land Grant system and the work behind it. Details include, but are not limited to: - Background on the Dominion Lands Act, the uniform land survey conducted, the application and approval processes - A description of the Western Canada land system (Meridians, Ranges, Townships, and sections) - A map showing townships, ranges and meridians - Guidance on the content of the records and how to interpret them - Links to other related LAC resources As well, there is access to the part of their website is suggested by way of an introduction to this wealth of information. ************************************************************************************* Some other records offered by Ancestry that may be of interest in this context as sources on this website: - Canada, Alberta Homestead Records, 1870-1930. - Canada, Soldier Homestead Grant Registers, 1918-1931.
Linked to Individuals: 51	Aminot, François Asher, William Herbert Sr Axford, Frederick William Beaven Barczuk "Barchuk" "Barezuk" "Borchuk", Karol Erik Bazin, Eugène Alexis Beaudoing "Baudoing", Ludovic Auguste Beblow "Biblow", Nykola T "Nicholy" "Nicholas" Bibault, Theophile Bilan "Bilanow" "Billan" "Bilon", Theodor "Fred" Bisyk "Bezyk" "Bisak", Styfan "Stefan" Boal, Samuel Boć "Boch" "Botsch", Bolesław "Oleslaw" "William" Boychuk "Boyczuk" "Boijczuk", Danylo "Daniel" "Dan" Branconnier, Daniel Broeckx, Jean Howard Budzinsky "Budzinski", Iwan "John" Burge, Arthur Abraham Byblow "Beblow", Tymko Campbell, Joseph Chareyron, Jean-Baptiste Cherniak "Czerniak", Dominik Danyluk, John T "Jack" De Mars, Fred Joseph Demydowicz Demedowicz, Wasyl Deutzer "Dentzer", Jean "Pierre" "Peter" Diehl, Allan Marshall Dmytryk, Anastasia "Nellie" "Nettie" Dondo, Yves Marie Dondo "Dondeau", Joseph Downing, Christopher Thomas Dupasquier, Antoine Polycarpe Rodolphe Durand, Jean Étienne "John" Dziedzic, Anton "Anthony" Dziubiński "Dzibinski" "Dzubinski", Ignatii "Hnat" Dziubiński "Dzibinski" "Dzubinski", Stefan "Stephen" Eirikson, Sveinbjorn Jonsson Feldbauer, Ludwig "Lewis" "Louis" Fifi, Achille "Archie" Gendre, Jean Rodolphe "Rudolph" Genik "Genick", Nikolaj "Nickola" "Nicholas" Girin, Fréderic Grayson, George Livingstone Grouette, Jean Baptiste Jr Guillard, Fernand Hagman, Hans Alfred Johansson Hamonic, Pierre Joseph Marie Harrison, Judge Auguste Hirst, James Hoyle Hrycena "Hrycyna", Anton "Antoni" Klowak "Glowak" "Glovak", Josef "Joseph" Korpan, Alak "Alyk" "Alex" [More individuals]