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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 Census Records The FIRST complete index for 1851 Census for all of Canada will be available on October 24, 2006! Learn more about this exciting 1851 census index The earliest census of Kent County is 1851, though there is also an 1846 census for some areas, which is only head-of-household. There was a census of Canada West in 1842, but the Western District, which is where Kent County would have been enumerated, was destroyed at some point. Census enumerations of the entire household were done every ten years beginning in 1851 (1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 are available). The latest census record open to the public is 1911. There is also the 1940-1946 Census Substitute. The National Registration File of 1940 resulted from the compulsory registration of all persons, 16 years of age or older, in the period from 1940 to 1946, and it's a great way to find an ancestor. See details at Olive Tree Genealogy Census records are available on microfilm and you should be able to get them by Inter-Library Loan from the National Archives in Ottawa; check with your local library or Family History Center. There are also online indexes: 1911 Census Indexes for Kent County NEW! As of July 2005, indexes are coming rapidly online and are linked to original images 1871 Ontario Census, Index to Heads of Household 1880 list of people on the Historical Atlas for Kent County (a census substitute) 1881 Ontario census, all members of household AllCensusRecords.com explains What Questions are on Ontario Census Records - includes links to online census records for Canada and details where Census Records can be found See Census Records in Ontario for more help and more links to Ontario wide census records, including those for Kent County. Kent County Branch of Ontario Genealogical Society has been busy publishing indices and transcriptions of census records. See their publications list for more information. [$]

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