Archives of Manitoba

Northern Department servants' engagement registers

1823-1895

5 volumes

Series contains engagement registers for servants of the Northern Department. The entries within the registers are arranged alphabetically by names of servants. However, the servants' names within each letter grouping are not always in alphabetical order. Each entry lists contract number; age; parish of birth; capacity; where engaged; term of years per contract and date the contract expires; "deserted, dead, or home," ie. reason for leaving the employ of the HBC and the date; wages; and general remarks. The registers list all the contracts signed by each servant within the dates that the register was created.

Original records have been withdrawn. These records must be viewed on microfilm or through the listings database when digital copies are available.

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The Archives Department of the Hudson's Bay Company was created in London in the 1920s. The Archives Department had custody of the records until they were transferred on deposit to the Archives of Manitoba in 1974, according to the 1973 Agreement between the HBC and the Province of Manitoba. In 1994, the HBC donated the records to the Province to be maintained permanently by the Archives of Manitoba.

The microfilm copies of all of these records have been digitized and a link to PDF copies can be found in the listings database.

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