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Prince Edward Island
Research Outline
   

Table of Contents
Records Of The Family History Library
Research Strategy
Archives And Libraries
Cemetery Records
Census Records
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Genealogy
History
Land And Property Records
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Societies
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

LAND AND PROPERTY RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.

All land registry records from 1900 to the present are located in the Office of the Registrar of Deeds, Box 2000, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 7N8, telephone: 902-368-4591. Records from 1769 to 1900, such as land registries, mortgageLook this term up in the glossary. books, rent books, and leases, are located in the Public Archives and Records Office. (See the “Archives and Libraries” section for the address.) The archives also houses a number of atlases and maps which show property owners and the location of their property.

The Family History Library has two good sources for land and property research:

Nova Scotia. Department of Crown Lands. Land Records, 1763–1914. Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983–1984. (On 95 FHL films beginning with 1378554.) Prince Edward Island was part of Nova Scotia until 1769.

Prince Edward Island. Registrar of Deeds. Land Registry Records. Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Microfilmed by the Public Archives of Prince Edward Island, 1979-1981. (On 55 FHL films beginning with 1630087.) These contain films of indexes and of records.


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MILITARY RECORDSLook this term up in the glossary.


World War ILook this term up in the glossary. (1914–1918)

Canadian Expeditionary ForceLook this term up in the glossary. (CEF) service records are available through the Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada (see the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline for the address). These service records contain detailed information from enlistment to demobilization (discharge). Information may include each person's date and place of birth, address at the time of enlistment, name and address of next of kin, marital status, occupation, personal description (eye and hair color, height, weight, and distinctive marks or scars), and religion. When requesting information from the Personnel Records Unit please include the name, rank, and regiment (where known).


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NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIPLook this term up in the glossary.

Until 1947 British immigrants from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland automatically became citizens of Canada. They did not need naturalizationLook this term up in the glossary.. Non-British immigrants, however, were required to make oaths of allegiance before receiving land grants. Files containing these oaths and petitions for citizenship covering the years 1817 to 1846 are found at the Provincial Archives.

Records created after 1917 are more detailed than earlier records and are found at:

Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Public Rights Administration
300 Slater Street, 3rd floor, section D
Ottawa, ON K1A 1L1
CANADA
Telephone: 888-242-2100 (in Canada only; outside of Canada, write to the above address)
The Public Archives and Records Office has some records of oaths of allegiance as well as naturalization books for the period of 1865–1893.

Requests for copies should be directed to the Department of Citizenship and Immigration at the address above.

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