This announcement is posted on behalf of the Archives of Ontario.
Frank van Kalmthout.
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Archives of Ontario - A New Year of vital records available

Posted on behalf of the Archives of Ontario:

On Monday, May 1, 2000, a new year of historic birth marriage and death
records were made available to researchers. The microfilm of indexes and
registrations for births (1903), marriages (1918) and deaths (1928) as well
as a few miscellaneous vital records are now available to the public through
the Archives of Ontario (AO) and the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU).

With the addition of a new year of historic records, the following vital
records are now available to the public.

        Births       1869-1903
        Marriages 1869-1918
        Deaths     1869-1928

As of Monday, May 1, microfilm of these records is available to the public
in one of three ways:

1. In person, in the Main Reading room of the Archives of Ontario (77
Grenville Street, Toronto, Ontario) on self service microfilm. Information
about the opening times of the main reading room are available on the
Archives of Ontario Web page at:
 http://www.gov.on.ca/MCZCR/archives/english/

2. On interloan from the Archives of Ontario to your local library. To find
out more about the Archives of Ontario Interloan program and to determine
what is available for loan please see the online Interloan catalogue at the
following Archives of Ontario web page:
http://www.gov.on.ca/MCZCR/archives/english/interloan/index.html

3. Through local Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints (LDS). The microfilm numbers used by the Archives of
Ontario are different from the microfilm numbers used by the LDS. However,
the Archives online Interloan catalogue includes a separate conversion list
for AO to LDS microfilm numbers. More information about the location of
local Family History Centers is available from the main LDS web pages at:
http://www.familysearch.org/Search/searchfhc2.asp

Revised information handouts (pathfinders) and an updated information
Bulletin  are also available in the main reading room of the Archives of
Ontario and on the Archives of Ontario's website.

Important Note:
THE ARCHIVES OF ONTARIO IS NOT ABLE TO CONDUCT RESEARCH.
Microfilm copies of the indexes and registrations may accessed using one of
the three methods described above.