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Cemetery Records and Images

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  Census Images

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  • Bastard Township
    From Johnstown District Municipal Records, Bastard Township, Ontario Archives, MS 2547
    Scanned by Ron Cox

  • Bastard and Kitley Townships
    From Johnstown District Municipal Records, Bastard and Kitley Townships, Ontario Archives, MS 2548
    Scanned by Ron Cox

  • Bastard, Kitley, Leeds and Lansdowne (Rear) Townships
    From Johnstown District Municipal Records, Bastard, Kitley, Leeds and Lansdowne (Rear) Townships, Ontario Archives, MS 2548
    Scanned by Ron Cox

  • Elizabethtown Township
    From Johnstown District Municipal Records, Elizabethtown Twp, Ontario Archives, MS 2556
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  • Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne
    From Johnstown District Municipal Records, Rear of Leeds & Lansdowne, Ontario Archives, MS 2552
    Scanned by Ron Cox

  • Yonge Township (Town of Yonge & its Environs)
    From Johnstown District Municipal Records, Yonge Township, Ontario Archives, MS 2554, 2555, 2556
    Scanned by Ron Cox

  • Leeds & Grenville
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    The digital images within this database are copies of the original microfilm records held by the National Archives of Canada. This is not a nominally-indexed database. It allows researchers to search by geographic location only, and not by family name.

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  Census Information

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Census Returns before 1867

Township authorities in the Johnstown District took Census returns at different times - mostly for taxation purposes.

  • Returns for Augusta Twp in Grenville, for instance, exist from 1796. These are basically a "Heads of Household" type of return but much useful information about a family's members and situation can be found. Returns for other Townships exist, but nowhere in the area were other enumerations taken as early as they were in Augusta.
  • Provincial authorities for Canada West took a Census of Inhabitants in 1842 and again in 1848. These were also a "Heads of Household" type of return, and several have been Indexed.
  • Fully nominal returns, where information about each person living in any location was gathered by Provincial authorities, were taken in 1851 and 1861. These personal returns, as well as many informative Agricultural Schedules for some parts of the counties, survived to be microfilmed in 1955.

The Leeds & Grenville Branch OGS offers Indices to several of these early census records. The "Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm, 1666-1891", published by the National Archives, 1987, ISBN 0-660-53711-7, lists these NA microfilm reels for Grenville returns:

  • 1796 - C-1345
  • 1806 - C-1345
  • 1813 - C-1345
  • 1823 - C-1345
  • 1824 - C-1345
  • 1842 - C-1344, M-5908
  • 1848 - M-5909
  • 1851 - Completed by 12 January 1852 (portions have not survived) - C-11724
  • 1861 - Completed by 14 January 1861

Census Returns after 1867

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  Census Transcriptions

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  Church Records

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  Commercial Sites

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  Land Registry Offices

  • Land Registry Office (Leeds)
    7 King St
    Box 633
    Brockville ON K6V 3P7
    Tel: (613) 345-5751
    Fax: (613) 345-3790

  • Land Registry Office (Grenville)
    499 Centre Street
    P.O. Box 1660
    Prescott ON K0E 1T0
    Tel: (613) 925-3177
    Fax: (613) 925-0302
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  LDS Family History Centres

  • 280 Ormond Street
    Brockville, ON
    Tel: (613) 345-0410
    Hours: Fri 9 am - 12 pm
    Note: Call ahead

  • 2245 Battersea Rd
    Glenburnie, ON
    Tel: (613) 544-8489
    Hours: Tues, Thur 10 am to 4 pm; Wed 6 pm to 9 pm; Sat 9 am to 1 pm

  • 1017 Prince of Wales Drive
    Ottawa, ON
    Tel: (613) 224-2231
    Hours: Tues to Thur 9:30 am to 3:30 pm, 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm; Fri, Sat 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
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  Lookups by Volunteers

Note: These services are provided at the sole discretion of the volunteer.
  • Marg Hunter (hunter@total.net)
    • The Hub of the Rideau: A History of South Crosby Township by Sue Warren
    • Rideau Reflections by G. Clare Churchill
    • County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada, 1858-1869, Vol 20, L&G
  • Dixie Cutler (dixcutler@netscape.net)
    • Kemptville Past and Present lists most business people from 1830 through 1900
  • Sandy Wunder (swunder@bresnan.net)
    • History of Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, from 1749 to 1879 by Thad. W.H. Leavitt, 1879
    • The Old United Empire Loyalist List published 1885
  • Bernita Harris (bernita@kingston.net)
    • Frontier Spies compiled from the Haldiman Manuscripts and detailing the activities of certain Loyalists during the American revolution as part of the British Secret Service, Northern department, many of whom settled in the area from Napanee to Cornwall
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  Mailing Lists

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  Maps and Place Names

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  Military Records

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  Neighbouring Counties and States

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  Organizations

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  Other Resources

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  Researchers for Hire (Courtesy Ontario GenWeb)

Note: These researchers may offer paid services or resources and are not financially associated with L&G GenWeb. L&G GenWeb does not take any responsibility for the outcome of using the services of those listed below.
  • Michelle LaBrosse-Purcell
    purrcell@sympatico.ca
    Number of years experience researching in Ontario: 12
    Number of years experience with genealogy: 12
    Resident of Ontario: Yes, 8+ years
    Ontario area of specialty: Middlesex Co. / Eastern Ontario / North Bay Area. Currently living in Ottawa, Ontario.

  • Bruce Murduck
    bruce.murduck@family-historian.com
    http://www.family-historian.com
    820 Allum Ave, Kingston, ON K7M 7A1
    Number of years experience researching in Ontario: 20+
    Number of years experience with genealogy: 40+
    Resident of Ontario: Yes, 52+ years
    Ontario area of speciality: All counties, municipalities, Libraries and Archival repositories in South Eastern Ontario.

  • Glenn King
    kingdav@kos.net
    http://genealogypro.com/gking.html
    Number of years experience researching in Ontario: about 21
    Number of years experience with genealogy: about 21
    Resident of Ontario: Yes, 40+ years
    Ontario area of specialty: All areas
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  Transcriptions

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  "All of the Above"

  • Loyalist Resource Centre
    PO Box 607, Twp of South Dundas
    3 Augusta Street
    Morrisburg, ON  K0C 1X0
    613-543-2045

    The home of Mrs. Lynne O'Brien Cook is filled with books, binders, clippings, files, microfilm and photographs, including transcriptions or copies of census, cemetery, church and land records, local histories and last wills covering much of Eastern Ontario and upstate New York. The centre also serves as the library for the St. Lawrence Branch, United Empire Loyalists Association, and contains a variety of Loyalist resources and includes research material on the Palatine (Germany) and the Mohawk Valley, New York. A microfilm, microfiche reader and photocopier are available. The resource centre is not a public library, and Mrs. Cook should be contacted prior to your visit.

  • Eastern Ontario Genealogical Information (meblee)
    • indexes of several genealogy-related sources from selected municipalities
    • a small number of family histories of, with few exceptions, early residents of those townships
    • photographs of gravestones in selected cemeteries.
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Thanks to contributors: Bruce Murduck, Ron Cushman, Paul Côté, Eileen Truesdell, Sandy Wunder, Ron Cox, Frank T. Watters, Ann Carr, Jane E. Scott

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