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past-presence.com How to navigate Order-in-Council records, part 1: real life at LAC
Canadian Genealogy · Canadian laws · Genealogy How Tos

How to navigate Order-in-Council records, part 1: real life at LAC

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In the next posts I will explain Order-in-Council records: what they are and how to find them. This post explains researching at the national archives in Ottawa, Ontario. If you'd like to start with the first one, see "Rev. Chan (陳) Sing Kai’s entry to Canada - a rare head tax refund tale using OIC… Continue reading How to navigate Order-in-Council records, part 1: real life at LAC

Rev. Chan (陳) Sing Kai’s entry to Canada – a rare head tax refund tale using OIC records
Canadian Genealogy · Canadian laws · Chinese Genealogy · Family history stories · Genealogy How Tos

Rev. Chan (陳) Sing Kai’s entry to Canada – a rare head tax refund tale using OIC records

wanderernolonger8 Comments

The paying of head taxes was front page news but the refunding of head taxes was shrouded in murk. Even today, finding the supporting documentation at the national archives with the friendly assistance of reference archivists and librarians was barely doable.