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*Ontario Canada Marriages, 1857-1924
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*British Columbia Birth Index: 1872 to 1899
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View 300 marriages for Simcoe County . These marriages are complete entries with bride and groom's parents' names, occupations and much more! The first file of 130 marriages is a very large file 291 K so be patient while the page loads.
Extracts from a Simcoe County Newspaper Midland & Vasey Area
Records from the Observer , a Bible Christian newspaper of the Bowmanville area 1868-1883. Note that the records cover a vast expanse, not just the Bowmanville area.
Extracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths July 1869 from The Canadian Champion, Milton Halton County Ontario
Extracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths February 1872 from The Canadian Champion, Milton Halton County Ontario
Extracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths April 1887 from The Canadian Champion, Milton Halton County Ontario
Extracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths February 1892 from The Canadian Champion, Milton Halton County Ontario
Extracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths May 1899 from The Canadian Champion, Milton Halton County Ontario
Marriages in Colbourne District 1841-1842
Marriages in Colbourne District 1842-1843
Marriages in Colbourne District 1843-1844
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Marriages in Colbourne District 1846
Marriages in Essex County 1877, 1878, 1894, 1895
Marriages in Essex Co., St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church, Windsor 1888, 1889, 1908, 1910
Births in Essex County 1890, 1894, 1895
Burials in Essex Co., St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church, Windsor 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892
Burials in Essex Co., St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church, Windsor 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900
Burials in Calton (Van Pine) Cemetery, Elgin County
Marriages in Peterborough County 1850-1855
Marriages in Peterborough County 1857
Marriages in Peterborough County 1858
Marriages in Peterborough County 1863
Marriages in Peterborough County 1869
Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1820
Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1822 Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1824 Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1828-1831 Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1832 Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1833 Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1834
Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1835
Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto),
1836 Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1837 Marriage Registers of St. James Anglican Church Cathedral, York (Toronto), 1838
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Hundreds of free online Ontario Birth | Marriage | Death Records found in Churches, Newspapers, and Vital Statistics
Vital Statistics (including indexes) are avialable from the Archives of Ontario. You can order these films on ILL (InterLibrary Loan) or a FHC (Family History Centre). The Index to Vital Stats microfilm reel Numbers are online, and using the Ontario Archives step by step instructions (also online) you can easily order in the correct reels to view the full certificate of B, M or D
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Finding Births 1869-1904
Births 1905 to present
The Office of the Registrar General holds Ontario records for births that happened during the past 95 years
A birth certificate may be obtained by the person named on the certificate (must be at least 13 years old), by a person’s parents and, if the person (registrant) is deceased, by the next-of-kin or executor. Not more than one wallet-sized certificate and one certified copy (long form) will be issued.
Request for Birth Certificates An online form you can print, fill out, mail or fax to the Office of the Registrar General, or bring in person to a counter location with the appropriate fee for processing
To request forms, please call 1-800-461-2156 (in Ontario) or in Toronto, 416-325-8305. Toll Free for Callers Outside Ontario (807)-343-7420
Applications may also be received and submitted by fax, provided the applicant is making payment by VISA, AMEX or MasterCard. For further information, write to the ORG at:
Office of the Registrar General
PO Box 4600
189 Red River Road
Thunder Bay ON
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Fax: (807) 343-7459
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Search hundreds of free online Ontario Birth | Marriage | Death Records found in Churches, Newspapers, and Vital Statistics
Algoma District
Brant County
º Variety of BDM & Vital Stats
º Births, Marriages, Deaths Index for the Brantford Expositor (1852-1916 (weekly); 1917-1937 (daily;)
1960-1982 (daily); 1988-2001 (daily)
Bruce County
Carleton County
Cochrane District
Colborne District
Dufferin County
Dundas County
Reverend Samuel Schwerdtfeger's Records
Lutheran Church in Williamsburgh, Dundas County,
Lunenburgh Distr.
º Registers of the United Anglican Mission of
Williamsburgh, Matilda, Osnabruck, and Edwardsburgh 1790-1886
Durham County
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Searchable BDM databases º
BMD indices for Port Hope/Hope Township 1832-1899
Elgin County
Essex County
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Baptism records for the Church of the Assumption 1761-1786
located in Sandwich, Essex County
º Leamington Newspaper Index BDM from 1907 on
Frontenac County
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Parish Register of Kingston Upper Canada St. George's Church Baptisms 1785-1811 º
Registers of Marriages, Baptisms, and Burials
of Rev. John Langhorn 1788-1813 over a large number of these
events in the District of Mecklenburg (No Longer Exists) Established 24 July 1788, changed to Midland District in 1792
º Registers of Rev. Robert McDowell 1800-1830s Kingston area Presbyterian Church
º Baptisms 1853 to 1916 in Frontenac County
Glengarry County
Grenville County
Grey County
Haldimand County
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Haliburton County
Halton County
º Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths appearing in the Acton Free Press 1875-1991
º Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths appearing in the Georgetown
Herald 1867-1992
º Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths appearing in the Canadian
Champion 1862-1925
Hastings County
Huron County
Kenora District
Kent County
Lambton County
Lanark County
Leeds County
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Parish Register of Brockville and vicinity, 1814-1830 marriages and baptisms from the Brockville (Elizabethtown) area
º Baptisms Brockville 1831 to 1848 Includes Brockville, Elizabethtown, Kitley, Augusta, Leeds, Yonge, Bastard, Lansdowne, Hillier and area º
Gananoque Reporter 1860 - 1915 Births, Marriages & Deaths º
Gananoque Reporter 1916-1925 Births, Marriages & Deaths
Lennox & Addington County
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Lutheran Church Record 1793-1832 Ebenezer Church, at Big Creek, Fredericksburgh, Lennox County
º Fredericksburgh Twp., Fredericksburgh Births and Baptisms
up to 1900
º Baptisms 1853 to 1916 in Lennox & Addington Counties
Lincoln County
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Register of St. Mark's and St. Andrew's Churches in Niagara - Baptisms 1792-1832 Covers Niagara, Chippewa, Grand River, Ancaster,
York, Grimsby, Fort Erie, Long Point, Grantham, Queenston, St. Catharines
º Baptisms and Marriages in Grimsby 1793-1834 Records of Rev. William Sampson,
Rev. Robert McGill and others. Includes Newark (Niagara), Thorold, Grimsby, Trafalgar, Louth, etc
º Niagara Region Baptisms, Marriages, Burials 1800-1837 Covers Niagara, Lundy's Lane, Thorold, Stamford Twp.,
Grantham, Crowland, St. Catharines, Bertie, Queenston, Pelham and Willoughby
townships and areas
º Military Register of Baptisms for Fort George, Upper Canada 1821 TO 1827
º Register of Saint Paul's Church at Fort Erie for the years 1836-1844
º Niagara Falls Public Library Index from Niagara newspapers from 1905 to the present.
Manitoulin District
Middlesex County
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Baptisms in St. Thomas in the Church of England 1824-1830 Includes St. Thomas, Yarmouth, Southwold, Dunwich, London, Westminster, Malahide and vicinity
Muskoka District
Nipissing District
Norfolk County
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BDM in Norfolk 1867-1907
Northumberland County
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Port Hope/Hope Township births, marriages and deaths indexed for 1832-1899 [http://www.nhb.com/hunter/]
º Births for Port Hope/Hope Township from Port Hope newspapers 1900 on [http://www.nhb.com/trumper/]
Ontario County
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Markham Circuit Primitive Methodist Baptism Registers 1843-1866 º
Parish Registers of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Beaverton starting 1858
º Register of Births and Deaths, Yonge St., 1803-1866 (Hicksite Register) Quaker Records in King, Pickering, Uxbridge, East Gwillimbury, Whitchurch, Whitby, Tecumseth, St Vincent, and Hallowell Townships
Oxford County
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Births (1896 to 1934) Searchable database of offical birth records for the town of Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada, from June 8, 1896 to January 4, 1934
º Ingersoll Tribune Birth, Death, and Marriage Notices -index to the Birth, Death, and Marriage Notices from the Ingersoll Tribune newspaper, 1870-1970.
º Wesleyan Methodist Baptism Records for Oxford County 1843-1910 (Scroll to the bottom of the page for surname index)
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St Columban "Irishtown" also St James Seaforth Huron/Perth Ontario
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St Peters 1843-1850 Goderich
Parry Sound District
Peel County
Births from the Brampton Presbyterian Church, Baptismal Register 1849 - 1876
º 1870 Birth Registrations Peel County
º Peel Co. Birth Registrations 1869, 1870, 1881 & 1901
º Peel County Births Miscellaneous (1869, 1881, 1885,1870)
º BRAMPTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH , Baptismal Register, 1849 - 1876
Perth County
Peterborough County
Prescott County
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Parish Register for Our Lady of Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church Brudenell, Otttawa District 1862-1910
Prince Edward County
Rainy River District
Renfrew County
Russell County
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Parish Register for Our Lady of Holy Angels Roman Catholic Church Brudenell, Otttawa District 1862-1910
Simcoe County
Extracts from a Simcoe County Newspaper Midland & Vasey Area º
BDM in Bradford W. Gwillimbury, Innisfil and New Tecumseth IBID Searchable database from newspapers 1854 to 1910 º
Baptisms of Rev. John McMurchy, Presbyterian Congregation West Gwillimbury, Home District 1842-44
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Parish Registers of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Beaverton starting 1858
Stormont County
Sudbury District
Temiskaming District
Thunder Bay District
Victoria County
Waterloo County
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Baptismal Roll Book St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Galt Waterloo Co. 1832 - 1869,
Welland County
Wellington County
Wentworth County
º Erin Township, Wellington Co. Birth Records 1834-1844 Registers of Rev. MacMurchy; 1869-1879; 1882-1896; 1903; Wesleyan Methodist birth index
º Register of Rev. John Miller 1830-1837 baptisms, marriages and burials he performed in Ancaster and area
º Register of Rev. Ralph Leeming Covers parts of the
Gore and London Districts, including Ancaster, Flamboro East and West,
Glanford, Nelson and Barton Townships. 1816-1827
York County
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Markham Circuit Primitive Methodist Baptism Registers 1843-1866 º
Parish Registers of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Beaverton starting 1858
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