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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 Books This page is limited to books that cover the entire county, or at least a good part of it. Many of these books can be purchased from Kent County Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. [$] Guide to Tracing Your Family in Kent County, published in 1994 by Kent County Branch OGS. Highly recommended! Illustrated Historical Atlas of Kent and Essex Counties originally published in 1881 by H. Beldon and Co., and reprinted in 1973. This is one of the series of atlases published by Beldon, and if your ancestors were landholders (farmers) in 1881 they should be shown on the appropriate township map. There is also biographical information on many of the early pioneers. Commemmorative Biographical Record of the County of Kent, originally published in 1904, reprinted. An index was done by Kent Co. Branch OGS. Index to Essex-Kent Militia Records, 1812-1815 Romantic Kent (1626-1952) by Victor Lauriston (Index is in a separate book published by Kent Co. Branch OGS). This is a thick book with an excellent history of the area. Valley of the Lower Thames, 1640-1850 by F.C. Hamil, 1951 goes into more detail than Romantic Kent. A brand new book just out (1999) by Lisa and Jim Gilbert is There was a Time. It seems to be mostly about the city of Chatham, but also covers the surrounding area. When Chatham Was Woods: Reminiscences Of The Pioneers, 1996, by John Rhodes Landmarks From The Past, by Don Spearman. A pictorial history of the Dresden area. Books You Can Consult for Ontario-wide Records Death Notices of Ontario - William D. Reid Death Notices from Canada Christian Advocate 1858-1872 Rev. Donald McKenzie More Notices From Methodist Papers, 1830-1857 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Death Notices From The Christian Guardian, 1836-1850 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Death Notices From The Christian Guardian, 1851-1860 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Obituaries From Ontario's Christian Guardian, 1861-1870 - Rev. Donald A. McKenzie Death Notices From The Canada Christian Advocate, 1858-1872 Rev. Donald A. McKenzie ...See details on where these books can be purchased [$] or consulted at libraries [free]

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