Welcome to the Ontario County page of the Ontario GenWeb

Have you hit a brick wall with your Ontario County ancestors? Search for your family origins on Ontario 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 Ontario County Records * Archives, libraries, museums, etc. * Baptism, birth, marriage, and death * Land Records * Court Records * Church Records * Lovell's 1871 Directory * Newspapers * Municipal/Administrative History * Queries * Ontario County Genealogy Links * Ajax Photos of Ajax in the early days Featured Database Death Records Ontario County Death Records 1870 to 1879 [AncestorsAtRest] Quick Links Census Records Canada Naturalization Records Canada Ancestors At Rest Death Records Past Voices: Letters Home Olive Tree Genealogy Brick Wall Help Search Ontario County 1911 Census Indexes [AllCensusRecords.com] 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!

Ontario County GenWeb Newspapers Newspapers are a good source of information whether for genealogical or historical purposes. The ones listed here can be seen at the National Library of Canada in Ottawa. Other copies may be found elsewhere, such as the main Ottawa Public Library. The papers listed here can be old or recent. You can borrow them on microform (could be either a microfiche or a microfilm) from the National Library. However, it is best to check out your local resources first - libraries, Family History Centre, and genealogical and historical societies before asking your local library to borrow this material for you. Library & Archives Canada's policy on inter-library loans and other requirements are found here. Religious newspapers Births, marriages, and deaths found in many of these papers have been indexed. Some, but not all, were printed in provinces other than Ontario. Canadian Baptist Canadian Wesleyan Christian guardian Christian messenger Christian messenger Christian visitor The Evangelist Der Mennonitische immigrantenbote Mennonitishce rundschau The Presbyterian and Evangelical Protestant union The Religious intelligencer The Religious repository The Wesleyan Indexes and Inventories Library & Archives Canada has a checklist of newspaper indexes that could be useful to consult. The Inventory of Ontario Newspapers 1793–1986 (1988) J. Brian Gilchrist, compiler and editor; Karen Harrison, preface ISBN 0-88892-596-4 Consult at OGSL Newspapers operating in 1869 Name Location Frequency Publisher / Owner Chronicle Whitby weekly Wm. H. Higgins Gazette Whitby weekly George W. Ham Observer Bowmanville weekly Cephas Barker Observer Prince Albert weekly Baird & Parsons Statesman Bowmanville weekly W.R. Climie Sentinel Cobourg weekly D. McAllister Son of Temperance Oshawa monthly Luke & Larke Standard Port Perry weekly E. Mundy Star Cobourg weekly Wm. H. Floyd Sun Cobourg weekly Thomas McNaughton Vindicator Oshawa weekly Luke & Larke World Cobourg weekly Henry Hough Source: Ontario Gazetteer and Directory, 1869; Robertson and Cook, Toronto. Online Newspapers Pickering at the end of the Millenium: a historical newspaper database 1881 - 2000 Newspapers in the database include The Pickering News, Pickering News Advertiser, Pickering Post, and The Bay News.

Ontario County GenWeb is hosted by RootsWeb.com          All rights reserved          I can't answer queries as I don't live in Ontario County but a great place to start is the AskOliveTree blog where you can submit your genealogy challenges and brickwalls to Lorine for help.