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Title

Sub-series consists of

5462 lower level description(s)

Arrangement structure

Sub-series part of

Dominion Lands Branch [textual record, cartographic material] (R190-35-0-E)

Accession

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AFFIDAVIT CLAIMANTS AND HOUSE HOLDERS [textual records]

Bilingual equivalent

Affidavits des Métis et des premiers immigrants blancs [document textuel]

Date(s)

1870-1885

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Sub-series consists of affidavits by Métis children in support of their claim to participate in the special 1,400,000-acre land grant identified under section 31, 33 Victoria, chapter 3 (the Manitoba Act) and by Métis heads of family under 37 Victoria, chapter 20. The series also includes affidavits to the There are three different types of affidavits: Form A, which was used by Métis children over the age of 18; Form B, which was used by Métis children under the age of 18; and Form C, which was used by Métis heads of family. In each case, the affidavits give the name of the claimant, date of birth, parents' names, parish affiliation, affidavit number, and claim number. The records are filed alphabetically. If researchers can not find a particular application in this series, they should then investigate the "HB" central registry series which was created by the Department as a special repository for records pertaining to the Métis scrip commissions of 1885 and 1886. It is always possible that the application was withdrawn by Departmental administrators and placed in a separate case file under the "HB" registry (MIKAN record number 134033). If it is not here, they should probably investigate the central registry of the Dominion Lands Branch (MIKAN record number 156349). Also included in this sub-series (vol. 3171) is a second (and much smaller) group of affidavits filed by Métis residents of Manitoba in support of their claim to the 1,400,000 acres set aside for Métis children under the Manitoba Act (33 Vic., c. 3, 1870). These affidavits were withdrawn from the main collection of affidavits (see above), by departmental administrators, and for some unknown reason were never integrated back into the collection. Although the affidavits were sworn before Commissioners Ryan and Machar between 1875 and 1877, the land grants in most cases were not awarded until the late 1890s. The affidavits are filed alphabetically according to the name of the claimant.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Copyright belongs to the Crown. In order to protect the fragile originals, the microfilm copies of these records must be consulted rather than the originals.

Finding aid

Finding aid 15-8 refers only to volume 3171. The finding aid is a computer-generated index, giving the name of the claimant, the names of his/her parents and children, the claimant's date of birth and place of residence, the affidavit number, and the grant number. 15-8 (Paper)

Finding aid 15-8 is also available on MINISIS, the National Archives' computer database. 15-8 (Electronic)

Finding aid 15-19 is a computer-generated index to the affidavits in volumes 1319-1324. 15-19 (Electronic)

Finding aid 15-19 is also available in microform. Reel T-4687 contains an alphabetical index to the records in volumes 1319-1324. 15-19 (Microform)

Finding aid 15-19 is a computer generated index to the affidavits in volumes 1319-1324. The index is organized alphabetically by the name of the claimants. 15-19 (Paper)

Additional information

Source

Government

Related control no.

1. 1984-85/582 GAD
2. RG15-D-II-8-A

MIKAN no.

134034