To start you’ll need a specific land description of the land you think was owned by the person of interest. Then we can perform an historical search of this property. Historical searches involve tracing the ownership backward to create a chain of ownership.
If your inquiry is of an historical nature and has to do with a homesteaded property, the Manitoba Archives may be able to assist you in locating homestead records. Their homestead records are indexed by name. These records should have the exact land description of the property in question.
You can search records of western lands grants made between 1870 and 1930 on the Canadian Libraries and Archives website: at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/western-land-grants/001007-100.01-e.php.
You can search census records up to 1901 at the Winnipeg Millennium Library if you know the location of where the individual in question may have settled.
The following information is also available online:
- The 1881, 1901 and 1911 census record: http://automatedgenealogy.com/
- The Genealogical Society of Manitoba also has local history books, burial records, and related materials: https://mbgenealogy.com/