Canada Census Mortality Schedules - FamilySearch Historical Records

Canada

What is in this Collection?
Mortality schedules are death registers recorded at the national level, usually as part of a census. This collection consists of an index of the 1871 census mortality schedules for the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Ontario.

The official enumeration date for this census was April 2, 1871, and these records cover deaths which occurred during the 12 months immediately prior to the census enumeration. The age given in the census was rounded up to what would have been the deceased’s age at his or her next birthday.

Mortality schedule records may contain the following information:


 * Name of deceased
 * Age of deceased
 * Year and place of birth
 * Month and place of death
 * Marital status
 * Religion

How do I Search the Collection?
Search by Name by visiting the Collection Page.

I Found Who I was Looking for, Now What?

 * Use the death information listed to find other documents like a death certificate, obituary, mortuary record, cemetery record, or probate record.
 * Use the age to estimate a birth date. With a date and place of birth, you can search for a birth record.
 * Use the religion mentioned in the record to search for church records in the surrounding area.
 * Use this information to look for other records that may provide information about the individual and other family members, such as parents, siblings, spouses, and children. For example, if you find a child in the mortality records, look for possible parents in the living schedules of the 1871 Census.

What if I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For?

 * Your ancestor may have used a nickname or a different surname, or the registrar spelled the name wrong. See Name Variations in Canadian Indexes and Records.
 * Your ancestor might have lived at a different time from the years you were looking.
 * Not every death was registered.
 * Try looking in a different area. Enumeration was by census/voting district or lot number, not by county. Although many census districts were synonymous with cities and counties, census district and county boundaries were not always the same.

Citing this Collection
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