Leah, You can get some idea of how to locate the land the Virtue's owned by looking at this site I think: http://www.interlinkbookshop.com/dominion.htm > > I am researching the Robert Virtue family. I find that my husband's > grandfather Robert Virtue born about 1863 in Enniskillen, Darlington Twp., > Durham County, Ontario, at some time after 1887 moved to or near Orillia in > Simcoe County but then must have moved to Manitoba by 1898 for I found him > listed as postmaster March 1, 1898, to Sept. 17, 1900 as postmaster at Viola > Dale in the electoral district of Marquette. I do not know when he moved or > when or where he died but most of his children are found in the Carmen, > Miami, and Plum Coullee regions farther south. Then I found a Robert > Headrick Virtue, a Robert Virtue and a Robert Alexander Virtue under > Dominion Land Grants (the first in Twp. 6, Range 9, W3),the second and third > the SE and SW parts of Sections 12 and 13, Twp. 33, Range 10, W2. I do not > know where these land descriptions are in Manitoba. Is there a site on the > Internet which maps out the townships? > Can anybody out there help me? I realize I shall have to order the > films listing the land grants but is there much information that might > relate to genealogy on them? > > Leah Joys > Medicine Hat, AB >