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Homestead Records to find the location.Settlers had to apply to the Provincial Land Titles Office to to file Homestead forms that they were British subjects by birth or naturalization. Dominion Land Acts set out provisions and options for lands regarding 'Pre-emption', 'proving' or purchasing a quarter section.  For online searches of homesteads, use Archivia Net Dominion Land Grants which is an online database of any homesteader who received their letter of patent for successfully proving their land. The Letter of Patent was granted by the Dominion Government of Canada, and a copy is available from National Archives. The Saskatchewan Homestead Index Project (SHIP) has just come online which is a transcription of homestead record holdings of the Provincial Archvies. The Provincial Government of Saskatchewan managed the land titles offices, and the correspondence and forms that transpired between homesteader and the land titles office are available from Saskatchewan Provincial Offices. Provincial Archives may have a file on the homesteader even if the land was not proved successfully and title not granted, or if the land was a pre-emption.
The ICS Centennial Site provides a database of Original Land Grants ($). "These grants were the original documents that granted Saskatchewan settlers land ownership." As well Saskatchewan Genealogical Society provides HOME (Historical Ownership Mapping Endeavour) ($) provides a CD of names, dates and locations of Dominion Land Grantees.Any homestead records held by the Provincial Archives are also on microfilm at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. At the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints there are Saskatchewan homestead records, 1870-1930, and index Canada. Department of the Interior. Dominion Lands Branch (Main Author) Notes Microfilm of originals at the Saskatchewan Archives, Saskatoon. The index gives name of homesteader, location of land (section, town- ship and range) and file number. Please go to the online LDS site; "Library", and "Family History Library Catalog" for the microfilm reel numbers. Provincial archives have limited research services, and it is best to start your research at a library or by doing an online search at Archivia Net Dominion Land Grants, or come to Provincial archives in person and receive help from the archivist to direct you in your research.Many early settlers purchased their land. This could be instead of applying for a homestead patent, or it could be in addition to an existing homestead. Land could be purchased from the rail lines, colonization company or from the Hudson Bay Company in the early 1900s. Search Glenbow Archives CPR database which shows the "Sales of agricultural land by the Canadian Pacific Railway to settlers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, 1881-1906. "There are other web sites and maps which are online which also state the name of the original homesteader. For instance RURAL MUNICIPALITY of TURTLE RIVER No. 469 Original Homesteads Map
--Surname Database of original homesteads near Edam, Vawn and St. Hippolyte and Scandinavian Canadian Land Co. Historic map. Map shows the names of settlers of 1904 and 1905 and previous. Townships 32,33,34,35 and Ranges 1,2,3,4,5,6. West of the 2nd Meridian. Use a local history / family biography book may have further familial information. The library online databases may help you locate such a book, if you search by subject, and enter the nearest town to the homestead. The Sask Wheat Pool maps 1924-25, 1947-48, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1984 may help you in determining where the homestead is located, and the nearest town/s. Many of these local history/ family biography books have Cummins maps in them which were drawn in the early 1900's and show who was proving the land at the time the map was drawn up. Cummins maps are also available from Provincial Archives. Saskatchewan Cummins Rural Directory maps are available for the years of 1917-1918, 1920, 1922, 1926 (this year is only for the area East of the Third Meridian), and 1930 (this year is for the area north of township 21). Each map encompasses 12 townships (6 miles x 6 miles) which is an area 18 miles East West and 24 miles North South. To see how Saskatchewan is divided into townships use the Sask Wheat Pool Maps (years: 1924-25, 1947-48, 1950-51, 1952-53, or 1984) website. The Saskatchewan maps on this site are divided into townships marked similarly as graph paper grids. These maps will help to determine which township a homestead is located within, and which Cummins maps would best show this township. In a complete legal land description {ie. SW section 24 Tsp 31 Rge 13 West of the 2nd} the {Tsp 31 and Rge 13 West of the 2nd} would define the township. The beginning notation {SW section 24} is used to define the actual farm (1/2 mile x 1/2 mile) quarter-section location within the 6 mile by 6 mile township.
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1900's CNR map of the Prairie Provinces showing townships and ranges
Canada at Scale Maps of our History Canada's Digital Collections The Spirit and the Soil: Humboldt Settlement: Land Companies and Railways Canada's Digital Collections The Spirit and the Soil: Humboldt Technoloty - Railway Canadian Genealogy Center - Land
Canadian Maps The Canadian West 2005 Sask. Centennial - Sask. Agriculture and Food
Genealogy Resources on the Internet - GENERAL USA MAILING LISTS --Colonial America/Canadian early history MAILING LIST --Homesteader ancestors MAILING LIST --Land/property research and its applications in genealogy MAILING LIST History of SLSA- Saskatchewan Land Surveyors' Association HOME (Historical Ownership Mapping Endeavour) ($) Homestead Dominion Land Grant Information Homestead Forms --Examples of forms that may be in the provincial archives file List of Lease holders in the North West Territories - Immigrants to Canada Immigration of 1887 for the west- Ranches in North West Territories Map Town Co-ordinate Converter New World Atlas 1922 Edition showing provincial electoral districts On Campus News Prof. Emeritus compiles book on phenomenon of "Eaton's Houses" Sask Wheat Pool 60 years-1924-25, 1947-48, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1984 maps --Map from SWP showing ranges, townships and meridians to help locate homestead property Original Land Grants ($). Past and Current Land Use in Saskatchewan Rootsweb Message Boards - Boards > Topics > Research Resources
RURAL MUNICIPALITY of TURTLE RIVER No. 469 Original Homesteads Map --Surname Database of original homesteads near Edam, Vawn and St. Hippolyte Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame Saskatchewan Archives | Family History Research | Land Records Saskatchewan Archives | Family History Research | Municipal Records  Saskatchewan Homestead Index Project (SHIP) Saskatchewan Land Titles Saskatchewan Provincial Offices Saskatchewan Townships & Ranges in a tutorial quiz! Scandinavian Canadian Land Co. Historic map. Map shows the names of settlers of 1904 and 1905 and previous. Townships 32,33,34,35 and Ranges 1,2,3,4,5,6. West of the 2nd Meridian. --- in the Kamsack Gen Web Region Search Glenbow Archives CPR database
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