Reel numbers available from Manitoba Natural Resources, Survey Services. Visit our Genealogical Resources page under land records for the address. Field notes compiled by the Dominion Land Surveyors and subsequently by Manitoba Government Surveyors, recording mainly technical data and natural features of the land. Registers originating in the Dominion Lands Branch of the Department of Interior, recording the disposition of Crown land in Manitoba through homesteads and other grants. Included are Township General Registers and Parish and Settlement General Registers, as well as more specific registers.
Registers provide name of patentee, nature of grant, and date of transaction.
Includes names of persons who entered a homestead but did not obtain patent. Consists of Department of Interior cadastral plans for townships and parishes. Consists of documents that establish ownership and occupancy of parish lots in the Red River Settlement, as required to obtain patent under the 1870 Manitoba Act. Contains information on pre-1870 settlers, including personal data, use of land and improvements. The majority of files cover the period 1878-1930.