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In October of 1792 the old District of Lunenburg (1788-1792) was renamed the Eastern District and included the present counties of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott, Russell, Leeds, Grenville and Carleton. In the Act of 1798, proclaimed in 1800, the Counties of Leeds, Grenville and Carleton were separated out of the Eastern District to become the Johnstown District. In March of 1816, the counties of Prescott and Russell became the Ottawa District. As of January 1850 all Districts were abolished and the Eastern District became the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry and remain the United Counties to this day. As of January 1998, Cornwall Township and Osnabruck Township were amalgamated into South Stormont Township; Roxborough Township, Finch Township and the Village of Finch were amalgamated into North Stormont Township.

Research Facilities & Organizations 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 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1522 Cornwall, ON K6H 3V5 Tel: (613) 938-9585 or (613) 932-2381 SD&G GS has a small archival collection housed at the Cornwall Community Museum, Water Street, Cornwall. Volunteers are available on Wednesday afternoons, 1 pm to 4 pm. SD&G GS kindly provides online these back issues of SD&G Roots: Vol 15, No 4, November 2000 Vol 15, No 3, August 2000 Vol 15, No 2, April 2000 Vol 15, No 1, January 2000 Vol 14, No 4, August 1999 Vol 14, No 3, June 1999 Vol 14, No 2, April 1999 Société franco-ontarienne d'histoire et de généalogie La Régionale Saint-Laurent Inc. Genealogical and Historical Centre 124 Anthony Street Cornwall ON K6H 5K1 Tel: (613) 932-1320 Fax: FAX : (613) 932-0360 E-mail: rstl@bellnet.ca Web: http://www.regionalesaintlaurent.ca This bilingual research centre has a huge collection to help you trace your French-Canadian ancestors. The centre is located in the former Nativity School on Chevrier Ave, off McConnell (visit the website for directions). They are open weekdays 1 pm to 4 pm as well as Wednesday evenings from 7 pm to 9 pm. Membership for a year is $25 - a small price to access the rooms full of the information they possess. St. Lawrence Branch United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada P.O. Box 607 Township of South Dundas Morrisburg, ON K0C 1X0 E-Mail: eamermp@sympatico.ca Web: http://www.ripnet.com/sites/uelstlawrencebr/ Lost Villages Historical Society P.O. Box 306 Ingleside, ON K0C 1M0 Collecting, preserving and displaying the heritage of the lost villages of Mille Roches, Moulinette, Wales, Dickinson's Landing, Farran's Point, and Aultsville; the hamlets of Maple Grove, Santa Cruz and Woodlands; and the farming community of Sheik's/Sheek's Island Lost Villages Museum (East of Long Sault) Tel: 613-534-2197 E-mail: t3022@trondata.net Photographs and memorabilia of the villages flooded in 1958 for the St. Lawrence Seaway; housed in an original log house. Raisin River Heritage Centre (St. Andrews) Tel: 613-938-4748 or 1-800-937-4748 The original building, erected in 1843 as a convent and boarding school, was burnt in 1900. The present building, constructed in 1906, became a Heritage Building in 1978 and is now the headquarters of Cornwall Township Historical Society. The Centre houses an exhibit and artifacts depicting life during the turn of the century. The Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Historical Society P.O. Box 773 Cornwall, Ontario K6H 5T5 Tel: 613-936-0842 Fax: 613-936-0798 Email: ian10@bellnet.ca The archives of the Society, a collection of over 4,500 photos and thousands of documents and books, are available at the Cornwall Community Museum Heritage Cornwall (Cornwall LACAC) (Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee) E-mail: lacac@cnwl.igs.net Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall Web: http://www.diocese-alex-cnwl.on.ca/ Site includes contact information and history for all parishes The City of Cornwall City Hall 360 Pitt Street Cornwall ON K6H 5T9 Tel: 613-932-6252 Fax: 613-932-8145 E-mail: cityhall@city.cornwall.on.ca Web: http://www.city.cornwall.on.ca/main.cfm/ Cornwall Public Library 45 Second Street East P.O. Box 939 Cornwall, ON K6H 5V1 Tel: 613-932-4796 Fax: 613-932-2715 E-mail: generalmail@cornwall.library.on.ca Web: http://www.library.cornwall.on.ca/ The Cornwall Room provides archival services for books, photographs and paper having local or regional content and requiring special care. Township of North Stormont 4949 County Rd. 14, P.O. Box 340 Ingleside, ON K0C 1M0 Tel: 613-537-2362 Fax: 613-537-8113 E-Mail: admin@townshipofnorthstormont.on.ca Web: http://www.townshipofnorthstormont.on.ca Township of South Stormont 4949 County Rd. 14, P.O. Box 340 Ingleside, ON K0C 1M0 Tel: 613-537-2362 Fax: 613-537-8113 Web: http://www.sdg.on.ca/sstormnt.htm Township of Cornwall (former) Web: http://www.sdg.on.ca/cornwall.htm Township of Osnabruck (former) Web: http://www.sdg.on.ca/osnabruc.htm Township of Finch (former) Web: http://www.sdg.on.ca/finch-t.htm Township of Roxborough (former) Web: http://www.sdg.on.ca/roxborou.htm return to top

History - Bibliography As Others See Us, The Frasers and Other Scots of the Seaway Valley R.J. Fraser Beamsville Press, Beamsville, ON, 1959 Canada and the American Civil War: Prelude to War Mark Vinet Wadem Publishing, Belleville, 2001 The Central Canadians, 1600 - 1900 Compiled by Noel M. Elliott The Genealogical Research Library, Toronto ON, 1994 The French Canadians Compiled by Noel M. Elliott The Genealogical Research Library, Toronto, ON, 1992 From Royal Township to Industrial City, Cornwall 1784 - 1984 Elinor Kyte Senior Mika Publishing Company, Belleville ON, 1983 Heritage Highlights of Cornwall Township St. Andrew's Historical Society Bicentennial Committee, 1984 History of the Settlement of Upper Canada William Caniff Dudley & Burns, 1869 Also: Facsimile edition, Mika, Belleville, ON, 1971 Index of Names in Lunenburgh or the Old Eastern District Compiled By Lyall Manson SD&G Historical Society, Cornwall, ON, 1975 Joyful is Our Praise - Trinity (Bishop Strachan Memorial) Church, 1784-1984 William J. Patterson Brown & Martin, Kingston, ON, 1984 The King’s Royal Regiment of New York Ernest A. Cruickshank Ontario Historical Society Records and Papers, Vol. XXVII, 1931 Reprinted with appendices, illustrations, maps and index by Gavin K. Watts UEL Association, St. Lawrence Branch, Morrisburg, ON, 1984 The Loyalists in Ontario, Being the Sons and Daughters of the American Loyalists of Upper Canada William D. Reid Rose Publishing, Toronto, ON, 1884 Facsimile edition: Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ Lunenburgh or the Old Eastern District Jacob Farrand Pringle Standard Printing, Cornwall, ON, 1890 Facsimile edition: Mika, Belleville, ON, 1972 People of Ontario, 1600-1900 Editor, Noel M. Elliott Genealogical Research Library, London, ON Rolls of the Provincial (Loyalist) Corps, Canadian Command American Revolutionary Period Mary Beacock Fryer and Lt. Col. William A. Smy, C.D. Dundurn Press, Toronto, ON, 1981 Roxborough Township, Stormont County Assessment Roll, 1856 Upper Canada Village, 1995 Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, 1945-1978 Clive & Frances Marin Mika, Belleville, ON, 1982 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, A History John Graham Harkness, K.C. Mundy-Goodfellow Printing Co. Limited, Oshawa ON, 1946 The Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders, 1783-1951 William Boss Runge Press, Ottawa, ON, 1952 Up the Glens - Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Highlanders, 1783-1994 Wm. Boss & Wm. J. Patterson The Old Book Store, Cornwall, ON, 1995 Upper Canada Sons and Daughters of United Empire Loyalists, Vol. 1 Mildred R. Livingstone Brown & Martin, Kingston, ON, 1981 Data on Existing Cemeteries in the United Counties of Dundas and Stormont affected by the St. Lawrence Power Project, with corrections and additions by Lyall and Margaret Manson Lyall and Margaret Manson St. Lawrence Branch UELAC, Box 607, Morrisburg, ON K0C 1X0, 2007 return to top

History - Online Veterans of the American Civil War http://www.rootsweb.com/~onstormo/docs/civil_war.htm A Stormont County GenWeb Project Coordinated and presented by Lyall Manson The Lost Villages http://www.lostvillages.ca/ Moulinette, Mille Roches, Woodlands, Dickinson's Landing, Wales, Farran's Point, Aultsville and Maple Grove 1860's Life http://www.parks.on.ca/village/lifevil.htm Some insights into some of the challenges and rewards of daily life in a small village in the 1860s The King's Royal Yorkers - The Regiment http://royalyorkers.ca/ Post Offices National Archives of Canada listing of about 60 post offices names, both historical & current, from mid-1850's onwards, with general location and postmaster names Souvenir of Old Boys' Reunion, 1906 http://www.sensato.com/reunion/ A richly illustrated view of SD&G, with an emphasis on Cornwall The Glengarry & Stormont Railway http://home.primus.ca/~robkath/railcorn.htm Inception of the SD&G Highlanders, 1785 - 1815 http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/5351/Sdg_inse.htm Early Canadiana Online http://www.canadiana.org A full text online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century Letters from James & Mary Quaife on their emigration to Canada, 1832-33 http://www.rideau-info.com/ken/genealogy/letter-quaife1.html http://www.rideau-info.com/ken/genealogy/letter-quaife2.html "... being exposed to all kinds of weathers and night air, Mary began to be very poorly, so we took our things from the boat at Milroche township, Cornwall, Upper Canada." Mille Roches Power Generation Station http://www.kanatadivingsupply.com/sites/milleroche.html Local Historic Photographs http://www.library.cornwall.on.ca/New_DP/index.php Presented by the Cornwall Public Library and the S.D. & G. Historical Society William Colquhoun, MPP 1867 http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/colquhoun_william.htm James Dingwall, Lawyer http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/dingwall_james.htm James Leitch, Lawyer http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/leitch_james.htm John McNairn, Scotland Native and United Empire Loyalist http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/mc/mcnairn_john.htm The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders http://www.regiments.org/regiments/na-canada/volmil/on-inf/059SDGH.htm History of the Cornwall Cheese & Butter Board http://www.rootsweb.com/~onstormo/cboard "Life-like reproductions of several hundred patrons of cheese factories and others from all parts of Stormont and Glengarry [...] with intimate and detailed biographical sketches of their life and farm activities." return to top

History - Online - First Nations Ottawa History http://www.tolatsga.org/otta.html The History of Akwesasne http://www.wampumchronicles.com/history.html The Indians of the Ottawa Valley http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/archeo/oracles/outaouai/30.htm St. Regis Mohawk Tribe - Tribal History http://srmt-nsn.gov/his.htm return to top

Mailing Lists ONT-STORMONT-DUNDAS-GLENGARRY-L is a mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the "united counties" of Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry in eastern Ontario, Canada. You must be a subscriber to post to the list. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to ont-stormont-dundas-glengarry-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or ont-stormont-dundas-glengarry-d-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode). Archived messages for this list are available at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ont-stormont-dundas-glengarry return to top

Thanks to contributors: Lyall Manson, William Lasalle, Bonnie Surprenant, Elaine Brown, Larry McDonald

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