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Archives of Ontario

See also Land Records
  • Genealogical Research
  • Municipal Records, Eastern District
  • Records Group (RG) 22, Series 7, 8, 15 and RG 40 include these items specific to the United Counties:
    • Minute books, Quarter Sessions, Eastern District & United Counties, 1802 - 1947 [1847?], 9 vols.
    • Commissions of the Peace (parchments), 1793 - 1861
    • Minute Books, County Judge's Criminal Court, United Counties, 1869 - 1927
    • Accounts of Criminal Justice, United Counties, 1866 - 1913, 2 vols.
    • Case files, Civil & Criminal, United Counties, 1860's - ca. 1900, 8 cu. ft.
    • List of Justices of the Peace, United Counties, 1863 - 1928, 1 vol.
    • Counties Jury Selectors Minute Books, 1852, 1879 - 1898, 1936 - 1957, 3 vols.
    • Schedules of Returns of Convictions, 1895 - 1922, 1 vol.
    • Criminal Statistics, County Judge's Criminal Court, United Counties, 1897 - 1948, 1 vol.
    • Claims heard, decided and notified under Heir & Devisee Commission, Eastern District (docket books), 1797 - 1803, 9 vol.
    • Lists of certificates for land, Eastern District, 1801 (13 May), 1 vol.
    • Lists of patents for land under Sept. 4, 1800 regulations, Eastern District, 1800, 1 Vol. (incl. list of deeds remaining in the office of Clerk of the Peace)

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Cemetery Records, Obituaries and Tombstones

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Census Information

Ontario GenWeb Official Census Project: Stormont
Goal: to transcribe every available Ontario census (from microfilm or microfiche), and to make those transcriptions freely available on the Ontario GenWeb site. Volunteers for this county are needed!
Microfilm / Microfiche
Stormont records are on the following National Archive microfilm reels. All persons in household are listed.

  • 1851 Canada West Census, completed by 12 January 1852
    • C-980 (part of 1st Conc. is missing), C-981; New number: C-11752

  • 1861 Canada West Census, completed by 14 January 1861
    • C-1074, C-1075

  • 1871 Ontario Census, completed by 2 April 1871

  • 1881 Ontario Census, completed by 4 April 1881
    • C-13227

  • 1891 Ontario Census, completed by 6 April 1891
    • T-6330, T-6331
    • Stormont (Institutions): T-6427.

  • 1901 Ontario Census, completed by 31 March 1901
    • T-6463

Books
  • 1829 Census for the Town of Cornwall, Cornwall and Roxborough Townships
    Heads of families and numbers in each family
    SD&G Historical Society, Cornwall, ON, 1978

  • Roxborough Township, Stormont County Assessment Roll, 1856
    Upper Canada Village, 1995
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Church Records

There are church records available throughout the Counties as well as in various church archives. The Ottawa City Archives has an extensive collection also. The usual fires and ravages of time have resulted in many gaps however. Most church archives can tell you what is available and where it is located. Some records have been published in recent years and others are available on National Archive and LDS microfilm reels, including:
  • NA C-3028
    Cornwall, Trinity (Anglican) Church, Parish register [incomplete] of baptisms, marriages and deaths, vestry meetings, etc., 1803-1846;
    Glengarry, St. Raphael’s (Roman Catholic) Church, Parish register, 1805-1831

  • NA C-3030
    Osnabruck & Lunenburg, Presbyterian Church, Register of baptisms and deaths of the Free Presbyterian Church of Osnabruck, 1849-1909;
    Register of marriage for the Congregation of the Canada Presbyterian Church of Lunenburg and Osnabruck, 1860-1899;
    Williamstown (Glengarry County), Register of baptisms & marriages, 1779-1820 (includes those performed by Rev. John Bethune, 1779-1817);
    Civil Register of Marriages for the Eastern District, 1831-1865

  • LDS #1482794
    St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, 1840-1861, 1882, Finch Twp.

  • LDS #1482973
    Pioneer Builders 1840-1845, St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church, Finch Twp.

These published compilations are also available:
  • Marriage Notices of Ontario
    William D. Reid
    Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ, 1980

  • Death Notices of Ontario
    William D. Reid
    Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ, 1980

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Commercial Operations

Stormont GenWeb has no affiliation with these fee-based operations, and makes no representation regarding their services.
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Land Records

Pre-Confederation (pre-1867) records are at the Ontario Archives in Toronto. 1868-1950 Original Records are no longer kept by the government. They are now kept at the Sir John Johnson House in Williamstown (Glengarry); The French Genealogical Society in Cornwall (Stormont); and the Morrisburg Library (Dundas).
  • Land Record Holdings of the Archives of Ontario
  • Ontario Archives Computerized Land Records Index is also in the holdings of the SD&G Genealogical Society

  • Provincial Land Registry Office #52
    127 Sidney Street
    Cornwall, ON K6H 3H1
    Tel: 613-932-4522
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LDS Family History Centres

  • 500 Cornwall Centre Road
    Cornwall, ON
    Tel: 613-933-1716
    Hours: Tuesday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm; Wednesday 6:00 pm - 9:00 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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Look Ups

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Mailing Lists

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Maps and Place Names

In 1862, the Wallings Company published a large wall map showing most properties and owners. It covers SD&G as well as Prescott and Russell Counties. An 1879 atlas produced by H. Belden and Company is similar to the above wall map but in book form. It covers SD&G only and includes an historical sketch of each township as well as a directory.
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Marriage Records

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Neighbouring Counties and States

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Newspapers

The National Archives of Canada has a collection of Cornwall and area 19th century newspapers and the SD&G Historical Society has some in their archives. The Cornwall Public Library has the following newspapers on microfilm:
  • Cornwall Freeholder, 1883 - 1932
  • Cornwall Standard, 1886 - 1932
  • Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, 1932 - present
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Organizations

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Transcriptions

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Other Resources

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