Welcome to Kent County Ontario GenWeb

Kent County is located near the South-Western tip of Ontario, between London and Windsor. Have you hit a brick wall with your Kent County ancestors? Search for your family origins on Kent County GenWeb. I hope this site will help you find that brick-wall ancestor.

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2 Thumbs Up To Library & Archives Canada for putting digitized images and an index online for Soldiers of the South African War 1899 - 1902 Tip of the Month Kent County Records Black Settlement Cemetery Records Census Records Church Records Court Records Directories Home Children Land Records Lookups Loyalists Military Records Newspapers Orders in Council Township Records Vital Stats (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Featured Genealogy Criminal Assize Clerk criminal indictment files, 1853-1929 (309 Kent County names) Chatham General Hospital School of Nursing Quick Links Census Records Canada Naturalization Records Canada Ancestors At Rest Death Records Past Voices: Letters Home Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy Blog Feeds Genealogy Blogs Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy updates of free records online and tips for finding those elusive brick-wall ancestors The Paper Trail Eclectic mix of old documents - you may just find an ancestor's will, land record or general store receipt here! Past Voices Letters, letters and more letters! Letters from Civil War soldiers, from wives to husbands, sons to mothers, sisters to sisters... Ancestors at Rest - The blog for AncestorsAtRest.com website. Contains death records of all kinds - funeral cards, death notices, cemetery receipts, obits...and more Family Bibles - Another AncestorsAtRest.com blog of Family Bible entries and pictures of the births, marriages and death pages Antique Hunter - If you like antiques or collectibles, this brand-new blog will be one you don't want to miss!

Kent County Black Settlement This area is also significant for black history. By 1851 there were more than 35,000 people of African descent in Ontario. Many of these people lived in the south-western part of the province, with thriving communities in Buxton, Dresden, Chatham and Windsor areas. Benjamin Drew wrote about the blacks in Canada 1856 in his 1856 book "A NorthSide View of Slavery. The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by themselves, with an account of the history and condition of the colored population of Upper Canada" A CD ROM is available [$] For a detailed history of Blacks in Ontario and links to many databases (Newspapers, Military records, census and more), see Black Settlements in Ontario Underground Railroad - Dresden was the northern end of the Underground Railroad, which led slaves north to freedom. Today, Dresden is the location of Historic Uncle Tom's Cabin. Buxton National Historic Site (formerly Raleigh Township Centennial Museum) African-Canadian Heritage Tour Ontario Travel - Black Heritage Black History - Ontario GenWeb Some books on black history, specifically related to Kent County are: The History of the Negro Community in Chatham, Ontario by John Kevin Anthony Farrell, 1955 Blacks in Buxton and Chatham, Ontario 1830-1890, by Jonathon William Walton, 1979 Seek the Truth: A Story of Chatham's Black Community by Gwendolyn and John Robinson, 1989 contains many biographical sketches You will also find lots of books on Josiah Henson, the man on whom Uncle Tom was based, in Harriett Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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