Ontario Court Records

Research Guides

 * Criminal Justice Records at the Archives of Ontario
 * How to Find a Will in Court Records
 * Ontario Court of Probate and Surrogate Court Records: Wills and Estate Files - A Pathfinder
 * An excellent explanation of court records and their use in genealogy is Gordon Dodd's "Court Records as a Genealogical Source in Ontario" in Don Wilson's Readings in Ontario Genealogical Sources, pages 94-105. WorldCat.

Online Records

 * Court records, 1828-1881. Ontario. Court of Queen's Bench and Court of Common Pleas, Ontario.
 * The Ontario Reports, Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the High Court of Justice for Ontario, index ($)

FamilySearch Records
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of records of the Supreme Court 1881-1937 (Family History Library .) and of one of its predecessors, the Court of Queen's Bench 1828-1881 (Family History Library ). These records are indexed at the beginning of each volume.