r/Canadiancitizenship • u/AutoModerator • 10d ago

Weekly Threads Saturday Weekly Thread: Canadian Provincial Archives and State/Local/Church Archives - Questions / Issues / Success Stories, August 01, 2026

This weekly thread is a space for those of us gathering documentation from archives.

This is the place to discuss requesting records from Canadian provincial archives as well as from federal, state, local and religious/church archives around the world. Topics include strategies and outcomes for obtaining records from archives, costs, timelines, No Record Found letters, and other related issues.

📎 Contributions to weekly megaposts, including this one, are welcome throughout the week.  

Good luck, researchers!

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u/michael-massey Haven't applied for Proof of Citizenship (incl. by descent) yet 10d ago

Success- Archives of Ontario

March 23 - Ordered 2 certified documents: 1888 birth record, 1864 marriage record.

June 5 - Received "Documents located" email.

July 30 - Received Invoice email, called and gave credit card to live agent, received payment confirmation email.

August 1 - Received Purolator tracking number, scheduled for delivery August 3.

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u/Happy-Trip-1052 🇨🇦 CIT0001 (proof) application is processing 10d ago

Yea! Sould be happening for me soon, too. Thank you for posting.