Just for everyones information I'll give a short bit on what is available for Ontario. Births 1869-1906, Marriages 1869-1921 and Deaths 1869-1931, if I remember correctly, 1907 is the first year they ask for a persons parents names and birthplaces on the death registration. There are indexes to the above vital statistics, you find the person you are looking for, make note of the registration number and year in which the event was registered, then go to another book to find out what reel number that particular registration is on. All registration films are available through your local library on inter library loan, in Canada. Elsewhere the films can be ordered in to your local Family History Library (LDS). Any dates after the above have to be ordered, check the Ontario Archives site http://www.archives.gov.on.ca on how to do that. Every year another year is released, so this year we will get births for 1907, deaths for 1932 and marriages for 1922. I hope I have explained this so everyone can understand. Jane in Cooksville (Mississauga) Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan B Currie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 11:49 PM Subject: [ONT-Cemeteries] RE: Obtaining death certificates > Hi Betty, > > By this time in my genealogy studies, I should have obtained some > certificates from Ontario--but I haven't. > > If you go to the Ontario government site at > http://www.cbs.gov.on.ca/mcbs/english/4UMPCQ.htm you will know as much as I > do. > > Their descriptions of entitlement to documents seem rather vague. In BC, > death certificates are on microfilm and are available to anyone 20 years > after death. Ontario may not be that liberal (small L) and some provinces > actually demand that you give them information that you wouldn't be asking > for if you had it! > > So I'll pass the buck to some knowledgeable person on the list who has gone > through the process with Ontario. > > For future use, I would like to know when or if Ontario death certificates > (or birth/marriage) first identified the origins and parents of the subject > persons. Perhaps the same knowledgeable person can inform us about this. > > Regards, > > Al Currie > Across the way in Surrey, BC > > -----Original Message----- > From: Betty Nelson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 2004-Feb-18 17:56 > To: Allan B Currie; [email protected] > Subject: Obtaining death certificates > > Once one has the cemetery information, how does one go about obtaining a > death certificate? And is it necessary to prove a relationship to the > deceased? Thanks for any information and help. > I'm a new member of this list. > Cheers! > Betty (Delta, BC) > > > > From there, I would try to obtain death certificates which could provide > > names of parents. Death certificates often include names of death > informants > > who would likely be spouses or younger family members. > > > > > > > ==== CA-ONT-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > Website that goes with this mailing list. > http://ca-on-cemeteries.tripod.com/ > A list of people who will do lookups can be found on the webpage > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >