Fonds Number: 60

Title: Peterborough County Land Records

Creator: County of Peterborough Land Registry Office

Dates of Material: Predominantly 1866-1955

Physical Description: 80 meters (240 feet)

Scope and Contents:
The Peterborough County Land Records are arranged in two series. The abstract registers are in Series A and are useful for researchers interested in the history of transactions related to a particular property.

The land instruments – land deeds or equivalent, and occasionally mortgages, and wills. Generally mortgages are removed when they cease to be liens on the property, although the evidence is usually accessible in the abstract registers. Wills are usually transferred to the Surrogate Court Records, also available at the Registry Office, but some have been left with these documents.

Access Conditions:
Open to researchers.

Accruals:
There is an expectation that the records relating to the post-1955 land transactions will be released by the Archives of Ontario.

Custodial History:
The land records were made available through the agency of APOLROD working in co-operation with the pertinent provincial departments, of which the Archives of Ontario was the most important.

Biographical Sketch/ Administrative History
The provincial land records are in the custody of the Archives of Ontario, and the Trent Valley Archives agreed to look at those records tied to the county of Peterborough with the same guidelines used in other collections at the archives. Land records which precede Confederation are generally with the Archives of Canada, or with the Library and Archives of Canada depending on whether land grants were done by registry offices or by a provincial agency.

The land records in the province were microfilmed around 1955, and subsequently the province declared that for land transaction purposes the microfilm copies were deemed to be originals. Copies of the microfilm are accessible at the Registry Office, housed in the MNR building at the corner of Water and Charlotte. Copies of the plans are also available there.

Access points

Digital index have been prepared for most townships. The abstract registers were indexed for full names for each property. See the in-house computers looking for the pertinent township file.

To find the instruments, researchers must consult the abstract register page looking for the specific names. On each line there is an instrument number in the first column.
* The abstract registers for the following townships and places have been indexed.

Allandale
Ashburnham
Asphodel
Belmont
Bridgenorth
Cavendish
Douro
Dummer
Ennismore
Keene
Lakefield
Monaghan Township Park Lots
Norwood
Otonabee
Smith

The abstract registers for the following townships have not been completed: Burleigh (North and South); Chandos; Galway; Harvey; Havelock; Methuen; and North Monaghan.

File listing: Series A The abstract registers, 206 heavy volumes, are available for the following:

1	Allandale *
2-9	Ashburnham *
10-15	Asphodel *
16-25	Belmont *
26-27	Bridgenorth *
28-31	North Burleigh
28-31	North Burleigh
32-39	South Burleigh
40-45	Cavendish *
46-51	Chandos
52-63	Douro *
64-73	Dummer *
74	Dummer / Warsaw *
75-80	Ennismore *
81-88	Galway
89-99	Harvey
100-105	Havelock
106-107	Keene *
108-113	Lakefield *
114-121	Methuen
122-153	North Monaghan
154-157	North Monaghan, Park Lots *
158-159	North Monaghan Old Park Lots *
160-163	Norwood *
164-175	Otonabee *
176-177	Smith, Red Label *
178-203	Smith *
204	Patent Books Dummer, Otonabee
205	Patent Books Asphodel, Belmont, Methuen
206	Patent Books North Monaghan, Douro

Series B The land instruments, 1867-1955, are arranged in numerical order by township or municipality.

1-4	Anstruther	1-1,235
5-10	Ashburnham	1-1,290
11-28	Asphodel	1-8,709
29-54	Belmont	1-10,101
55-63	Burleigh	1-2,815
63-67	Cavendish	1-974
67-76	Chandos	1-2,948
77-99	Douro	1-10,700
100-126	Dummer	1-11,123
126-136	Ennismore	1-4,860
137-142	Galway	1-2,136
143-161	Harvey	1-6,485
162-173	Havelock	1-5,260
173-186	Lakefield	1-5,823
186-192	Methuen	1-1,624
193	Monaghan
193-230	North Monaghan	1-291
231-238	South Monaghan	1-3,400
239	South Monaghan
240-248	Norwood	1-3,750
249-282	Otonabee	1-15128 S
283-326	Smith	1-19,636 T
327-343	Cavan	2,552-10,000 1866-1904
343-357	Cavan	C1 to C5,385 1904-1955
358	Cavan Millbrook Deeds and Land Transfers	1962-1991
359-360	Cavan Land Titles	1978-1983
361	Cavan Millbrook Bylaws	1883-1923;
361	Land Registration Documents	1911-1955
362-370	Millbrook Deeds of Sale	1-2,562
371-373	Refiling and Conservation Files