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Ontario Birth Registers
1914-1917
The Ontario Archives has released the Ontario Birth Registers for 1846 to 1917. The registers
are available on Ancestry, originally up to 1913 but recently updated to 1916. The microfilm reels can be purchased from the Ontario
Genealogical Society. However the information and reels for 1917 are only available
at the Ontario Archives, through inter-library loan or at the Family History Centres. To access
a birth registration record for the years 1914-1917 you must first access the appropriate birth
index reel (MS 931) to obtain the registration number and year or registration, then access the
birth register contained on the appropriate birth register reel (MS 929, 930 or 933). Detailed
instructions can be found on the
Ontario Archives site.
Considering the Archives will only allow you to borrow 3 reels at a time through inter-library loan,
the process can be quite tedious and lengthy to obtain a copy of a birth registration. Since I had several
birth records to locate for the years 1914-1917, I decided to capture the images from the microfilm reels and
make them available on my site. The index records for 1914-1917 are available below. From the index, you can get the birth registration number for
a specific individual and therefore save time by ordering the relevant reel to obtain the
actual registration.
You will note that the index records are computer printouts. The obvious question is why the Ontario Archives
does not have a database with this information in the first place.
I have started to post the actual indivdual birth records. However this will likely be a longer term project
given the volume of records and the number or microfilm reels involved. I started with the 1914 records before Ancestry added these records.
I will now concentrate on the 1917 records since those are not available on Ancestry.
The following are the links to the birth index records from the MS 931 microfilm reels and the actual birth records from MS 929 microfilm reels.
The index pages are broken down by last name. The birth records are broken down by county and then listed by the registration numbers for each page.
You can download a copy of the image if so desired.
1914
1915
1916
1917