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I provide Genealogical and Family History research services particularly utilizing the resources of Library and Archives Canada and the Ontario Archives.

Public archives provide access to information collected by government agencies, such as census records, records of government employment, submissions to government boards, and vital statistics. This information is considered private for statutory periods generally established such that the individual covered by the material is probably dead. For example:

Canadian Census records are private for 92 years after the year of the census.
Ontario Birth records are private for 95 years after the year of birth.
Canadian military personnel records are public for soldiers of World War I, but are still private for soldiers of World War II.

To gain access to private information you must establish that you have legitimate grounds for access. For example that you are a close living relative of the individual, and that the individual is deceased and therefore cannot grant you access to their private information.

Therefore before you can delegate research on your family to a professional genealogist you must either collect the appropriate documentation to satisfy the privacy criteria of the government agency, or personally trace your ancestry back beyond the privacy cutoff. The first step is to complete the following family tree, to the best of your ability. All fields whose label is highlighted in bold should be filled in if possible. If you do not know the required information, say so. Even an approximate birth date, such as "about 1905" or "1890s" can help the research, as can an uncertain birthplace such as "Canada or Sweden". Your e-mail address is required only for sending the results of the research to you.

Your Generation	Parents	Grand-Parents	Great-Grand-Parents
			Father's Father's Father:
			Name:
			Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
		Father's Father:	Death Date:
		Name:	Death Place:
		Birth Date:
		Birth Place:	Father's Father's Mother:
		Death Date:	Name:
		Death Place:	Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
	Father:		Death Date:
	Name:		Death Place:
	Birth Date:
	Birth Place:		Father's Mother's Father:
	Death Date:		Name:
	Death Place:		Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
		Father's Mother:	Death Date:
		Name:	Death Place:
		Birth Date:
		Birth Place:	Father's Mother's Mother:
		Death Date:	Name:
		Death Place:	Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
Yourself:			Death Date:
Name:			Death Place:
Birth Date:
Birth Place:			Mother's Father's Father:
E-mail address:			Name:
			Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
		Mother's Father:	Death Date:
		Name:	Death Place:
		Birth Date:
		Birth Place:	Mother's Father's Mother:
		Death Date:	Name:
		Death Place:	Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
	Mother:		Death Date:
	Name:		Death Place:
	Birth Date:
	Birth Place:		Mother's Mother's Father:
	Death Date:		Name:
	Death Place:		Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
		Mother's Mother:	Death Date:
		Name:	Death Place:
		Birth Date:
		Birth Place:	Mother's Mother's Mother:
		Death Date:	Name:
		Death Place:	Birth Date:
			Birth Place:
			Death Date:
			Death Place:

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Genealogy:

Enter the name of the individual.

Enter the birth date of the individual to the best of your knowledge. Specifying something, even a range of years is better than nothing.

Enter the death date of the individual to the best of your knowledge. Leave blank if they individual is not dead. Enter "Don't Know" if you believe the individual to be dead, but do not know when they died.

Enter the birth place of the individual with as much detail as possible to assist in locating appropriate documentation.

Enter the death place of the individual with as much detail as possible to assist in locating appropriate documentation.

You must enter your e-mail address so that I can follow up on your request.

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