When my birth mother married my father in 1974 he adopted me. This was a legal adoption and my name was changed. I was born in the US. My parents recall the lawyer saying that I would have Dual Citizenship. Would it have been part of the adoption process in the early seventies to confirm my Canadian Status? How could I obtain a copy of the Adoption act that covers that time period?

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My GG-Grandfather died at 999 Queen St. in 1914. How would I find out where he is buried? His wife had no money to do so.

Have you obtained his death registration? It may state place of burial. It's also possible he was buried at 999 Queen St which was a hospital. Submit a query to Toronto OGS and request a lookup of their cemetery records.

I have a copy of a will written in Ontario in 1850 which mentions "property to be given to the girls when of age or married". At what age did children become "of age" in 1850?

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Apparently, my grandfather changed his name from Carter to Smith before he got married. Where do I search for this information? The name change would have taken place sometime after 1885 but before the 1st WW.

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I would like to know if anyone knows how a person can obtain a deceased family member's citizenship papers if they don't know the names of that person's parents. Also is there any other way that I can get anything that may have that persons parents names on it, and how do I get it?

As far as I know parent's names aren't required to obtain citizenship papers - it's the information on the person in question that's important. Their full name, dates, proof of death, and if the death is recent proof that you are next-of-kin.

Birth and marriage records would both include the names of parents, and depending upon year of death (after 1907) death records should also include this information if it was known to the informant.