SOURCES
Advertisements of Crown Lands Dept; 'Upper Cda Gazette' NLC
-21 July 1836; 4 Apr 1839 (lost); Oct 1844
Ass't/Tax, Municipal Records; 1823/48. (1849-1902 missing)
AOnt inter-lib loan (MS 116 reels 1/2);
and PAC, M-7735 (clearer)
Atlas; 'Illustrated Atlas of Prescott-Russell'; by Cumming, Ross.
(1972 reprint of Beldon's 1881 edition) F5498 S8 B42 Xfol
NLC. (The people listed had 'subscribed')
The map was dated 1862 and was drawn by HF Walling.
Auditor General; Abstracts of Land Patents. PAC; Russell Co.
RG1 L7 vol 104; 1810-1835 pp.227 and 341
Cemetary Lists (only those people b.<1875) (and Ottawa Archives)
-Navan UCh; Navan ACh, Vars UCh PAC M-6797
-Bearbrook ACh, Dales Cu, Vars RC PAC M-7724
-Sarsfield RC (many non-Cu residents) PAC M-7993
St Hugues also at Mormon's BGL486
-Patterson, Vars 6c-22 lot
-McMillan, Cumb 1c-17
-Cumb cem book; Ken Beaton 833-2176, did <1900; many
families bought plots and then had no entry details.
Census; at PAC
-1851 missing
-1861 film C-1071; alpha indexed; includes town;
and jobs; and agricultural census
-1871 film C-10012; alpha indexed
-1881 film C-13229; alpha indexed
-1891 film T-6366 (not included)
-1901 film T-6494 (not included)
Crown Land Petitions; early 1800's; indexed by surname at PAC
Directory's of Ottawa and Area; at NLC and OPL
-1857/8 Osborne and Bearbrook
-1864/5 Osborne
-1866/7
-1868
-1869 Ont Gazetter
-1869/70
-1870/1
-1880
-1884
-1888 and on
H/D; Heir and Devise; AOnt RG40; land grants to relatives of UEL's
(couldn't locate most of the people listed)
indexed by twp MS 556 reels 1-5, twp index on MS 657 r15
indexed by name MS 657 many reels
And see PAC H.1133
eg. vol 5 p.105 Emprey; vol 6 p.134 Baikie
Jury Lists; from Quarter Session Court Records; MS 697 AOnt;
Quarter Sessions, L'Orignal; re Cumb.
Reel 1; starts 1816; did to 13 Jan'18 and roughly to '22
(Not much dealing with Cumb. Some 1817 names, and some
later court cases, of persons not known to be of Cu, were
not included in index. Needs to be done thoroughly.)
A thief got 39 lashes on his naked back in June'17.
Some men were found guilty of playing ball on Sun and were
jailed for 1 week.
Reel 2; starts 1856; did to 13 Mar'60
The 1858 jury list was compiled Nov'57
The 1859 jury list was compiled Nov'58
Land -Alpha index of Grantor and Grantee; hard to read; doesn't
give lot no. AOnt film GS 5326 (Mormon 0201522)
-Abstracts (summary p.) film GS 5325 (Mormon 0201521)
-Deeds 1817-'66 #367-10700 film GS 5327 (Mormon 0201523)
1866-'73 #10702-622 film GS 5328 (Mormon 0201524)
1873-1876 #623-943 film GS 5329 (Mormon 0201525)
(also called Copy Books)
Land Grants PAC RG1 L4 vol 10 1790 C-14027
eg. p.107a Adam Emprey; lots of McDonells
PAC RG1 L2/13 and 14 (UCLG) C-11961 Cu
Maps -1800 PAC, NMC 98186 Cumb twp is shown. (no names)
-1815 PAC, H3/1114 [1807] 7399 (no names)
-1820 Old survey
-1821 New Survey; Land Register; AOnt Map Dept; A-14
on Parchment
-1825 PAC, H12/430 [1825] 3425
-1843 1825 map updated to a later (but unknown) date;
AOnt Map Dept
UC SGO RG1 CI-10, 67 C-1835 Patent Plan #10
- ? small twp map; few names
-1862 Part of 1881 Atlas, by HF Walling
-1881 Small map, part of 1881 Atlas
-first air photo 1927 (os only); 1948 not much diff than now
Marr's, Russell Co - see Ont Register
Militia lists; PAC RG9 1B2 V31 No addresses; few names taken.
-1814
-1828
-1837/8
-1848 index of pensioners (Upper Cda Gaz)
Montreal Immigration Soc Lists;
-1832 PAC RG7 G18 vol 46 #889 film H-962 (Misc) Land Board
-c1846 OGS James Allison Irish list (selected extracts of)
OLI; Ont Land Index (ie; Upper Cda Land Index); AOnt and
PAC, MG9 D4 fische
Ont Register, 7 vols at PAC ref CS 88 0505 1983/4; and AOnt MS 248
-Reel 3, District Marr Reg 1800-1870 (often no address given)
-Reel 14, pp.1-13. Marr Reg 1858-1868 (see Mormon's BGL 526)
Petitions;
-Ch of Scotland (Presby) 1836. PAC, C-1729 Bundle 20,
RG 1 I3, vol 120, pp.118 a and b
-Ch of Eng 1846. Cda Land Pet'n 'C' bundle 4, pt 5 RG1
L3 vol 136, C-1736 p.236q. PAC
Includes, letters from Alex Findlay NW E pt lot D-8c;
Hugh Fullerton; and, Arch Petrie
-Agricultural School, March 1846; PAC, RG5 C1 Vol 887 #13079
film C-10802
-Episcopal Ch 1848. PAC, Cda Land Pet'n 'C' bundle, 5 pt 1.
RG1 L3 vol 137, C-1736 pp.11 b and c. 10 acres SE 20-5c
Survey letters of Duncan McDonnell;
1816/7 #176; 1818 #342 p.372 PAC, C-103 vol J; 1821 #179; 1822 #444; 1820 p.22/3
AOnt RG1 AI2 vol 25 (surveyor gen'l office); 1820 38 AI1 vol 4; 1821 41; 1821 55 C-
103 vol L land bk; 1821 42 or 97; 4/1821 #42 p.69 PAC; 4/1821 38; 10/1817 p.256;
5/1821 65 m48; 3/1820 p.371; 1 May 1821 LF Ridout to John Small
Tax sale of land, 1836/8; PAC, MG9 D8-36
Township Papers; AOnt inter-lib loan, Land Records
MS 658, reels 97/8
Wills Index; AOnt GS2/165 Surrogate Court files on films
GS1 742 and 742a: (1858-1977; did index to 1900).
Sometimes a name is listed on both films. Estate details
are on other films. Mormon film 0594674 has 1823-1889
index; and Russell Co Surrogate Crt on 43 films.
- - - - - - SOURCE LOCATIONS - - - - - -
Anglican Church Archives; 439A Queen St; K1R 6G6 232-7124
(Fred Neal). archives@ottawa.anglican.ca ext 4
Bearbrook #82; indexed all entries;
Osgoode #35; indexed only Cumb residents
Archives of Ontario; Toronto 1-800-668-9933
Cumberland Archives and Family History Soc
c/o Ottawa Public Library; Cumberland Branch
1599-10th Line Road, Cumberland, Ont K1E 3E8 (613)-830-5422
www.cths.ca library@city.cumberland.on.ca
Mormon Church Gen'y Lib; 1017 Pr of Wales Dr 224-2231
Have Ont b.m.d indexes and cert's 1869-1920
National Lib of Cda; Wellington St 995-9481
Ont Court House; Elgin St (Cumberland deeds) 239-1319
Ottawa City Archives; 111 Sussex Drive 244-5300
barbese@city.ottawa.on.ca ext 3333
Cumb United Church OPR, 9/CUM/31 and 32
b's 1844-1874 and 1879-1899;
m's 1851-1857;
d's 1858-1866
Ottawa Public Lib; Reference Dept, 3rd floor 598-4008
Presbyterian Church Archives; 59 St George St,
Toronto M5S 2E6 416-595-1277
Public Archives of Cda; Wellington St, Gen'y 996-7458
Societ‚ Franco-Ontarienne...G‚n‚alogie; Stanley St 749-4843
All RC OPR's have been indexed; also at OPL
- - - - - - OTHER CONTACTS - - - - - -
Bob Serre, 1057 Riviera Dr, K1K ON7 (613)-749-0607
An expert on Cumberland francophone families.
Rick Wallace (613)-523-6800 rickwall@attcanada.ca