Inheritance in Ontario

<p>A guide to researching your family's inheritance history in Ontario. <br/><br/><p>Whether your ancestor left hundreds of acres of land money or a few modest belongings the records created when those legacies were distributed can provide valuable clues to family connections relationships and just how your ancestors lived.</p><p><i>Inheritance in Ontario</i> will help you determine whether your relative's will was proved in the Court of Probate surrogate courts or another court and navigate the finding aids to locate surviving estate files and other complementary records at the Archives of Ontario local courthouse or archives or through <i>FamilySearch.org</i>. Not every Ontario estate was handled by a court however and land records newspapers and manuscript collections can also help you discover who got what.</p> </p>