There are several archival collections of old documents pertaining to property ownership in Newfoundland. Amongst these collections are found a number of grants, deeds, sales, transfers, mortgages, wills, etc. involving people and property at Caplin Bay. These transactions were recorded in Colonial Office papers, old court records, old deeds books, probate records, and Crown Lands records. They are held at several depositories throughout St. John's, under the administration of the Provincial Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The links below provide access to the transcripts of a number of these old documents. Every effort has been made to accurately transcribe these documents as they were written. However, in some cases, due to document damage or illegibility, some information may be replaced with question marks to indicate that the transcriber is uncertain of the word or number. In the interest of transcribing these documents, so that they are intelligible to a modern reader, some basic punctuation, spacing, and indentation may have been added. However, the original spellings, capitalization, and contractions have been retained so that the reader gets a sense of the appearance of the originals documents.
For detailed definitions of some of the legal terms used in these documents, please refer to: Legal Terms in Deed Books, Land & Court Records Legalese and Other Terms
This page was last updated: Sunday 30th October, 2005