Garafraxa East Township

Early survey maps with names of original patentees – over-written with subsequent owners.

THE ABOVE LINKS ARE BROKEN. These had been off-site links to the Archives of Ontario's RG-100 Patent Plans. In 2023 the A of O replaced the 'Archives Descriptive Database' with the 'AIMS' database. Please direct inquiries to the Archives of Ontario quoting the RG 1-100 collection and urging for restoration of *large-sized* map images. (I'm always happy to hear from you too).

The names on these maps are not transcribed for the HeritagePIN databases.

Maps at McGill University's Digital Atlas Project cover the Post-Confederation period (late for the scope of this project). Names of land-owners are transcribed at McGill's site.

Library and Archives Canada originally had provided this list of LINKS to the 1851 Agricultural Schedule IMAGES. Up until 2024, Names from Agricultural Schedules had been indexed for a District (County-wide) search. Now researchers must manually view the images per Sub-District (Township-wide).
 
The former LAC search form, above, pre-filtered by Township and set to return the Agricultural Schedule results, cannot be made operational in the 2024 database. I will be watching for a restoration of function. Here is a pre-set search form for the 1851 Census, Ontario-wide. (Then, hit 'Modify Search').
 
Please view the images as per the link given in the first paragraph. Do back up your files and research, as links and indexes are disappearing without acknowledgement or remedy.

NOTE: Garafraxa Township in Dufferin Co. includes the eastern Concessions 9 to 19,A,C. At the time of this 1861 census the eastern portion had not yet ceded to Dufferin Co from Wellington Co.. The below pages are for the full township, filed with Wellington.

1861 District	SubDistrict	Film		PGs:	17 –	30
Wellington	Garafraxa	C-1084		17	18	19
Wellington	Garafraxa	C-1084		20	21	22
Wellington	Garafraxa	C-1084		23	24	25
Wellington	Garafraxa	C-1084		26	27	28
Wellington	Garafraxa	C-1084		29	30

 
* The LAC search form is had been pre-set to search NAMES in this District, and within Agricultural schedules only. However, these indexes are significantly incomplete (and rendered even more unreliable in 2024). I recommend searching the 1861 Ag Schedule IMAGES by page number, in the chart, above.

The 1861 Census Districts | Re: Bothwell, Cardwell & Monck

Contact me with questions, linking errors, solutions you've found, etc. LAC had invited feedback during its transition process; now that it has abandoned the former database without ensuring the integrity and efficacy of their new system, they should be the receiver of complaints.

Important: See FINDING AID – involves a few steps.
 
The Township of Garafraxa was split into East- and West- sections in 1879, after this 1871 census. However, already at this date the township was divided into East and West enumeration districts. Therefore, only the East part is shown here, with the West filed in Wellington Co.

1871 District	SubDistrict	Div.*	Film	Images
34 Wellington Centre	H Garafraxa East	Div 1	C-9948	Link to Start
34 Wellington Centre	H Garafraxa East	Div 2	C-9948	Link to Start
34 Wellington Centre	I Orangeville		C-9948	Link to Start

 

* The Enumeration Division number must match the Division of the corresponding Sched. 1 Personal Census.

Enumerators weren't always consistent in recording District- and Division information at the tops of the pages. To confirm Division number, check previous pages or rely on indexed information at Ancestry or FamilySearch.

The 1871 Census Districts | Maps of City Wards

Contact me with questions, linking errors, etc.

FamilySearch has begun to transcribe: (incomplete)

See FamilySearch Wiki about Ontario Taxation.
Both Owners and Tenants were assessed for taxes (i.e. Freeholders and Householders).
See the Instructions to Assessors from 1847 Norfolk Co.