York Research Resources is a compilation of online references, books, articles, and useful addresses to assist with research in York Region. Books can be located using your favourite online library catalogue search, borrowed through interlibrary loan, or purchased directly from the publishers.

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• Markham Economist Vital Statistics Index, January 1858 to June 1858  
  Compiled by Steve Marshall and re-printed from York Region Ancestors, Vol. 13, No. 2.
• Markham Economist Vital Statistics Index, July 1856 to December 1857  
  Compiled by Steve Marshall and re-printed from York Region Ancestors, Vol. 13, No. 1.
• Anna Burkholder "Death Book", Book II, 1906 & 1907 Entries (Adobe Reader required)
  Transcribed by Steve Marshall, reprinted from York Region Ancestors, Vol. 12, No. 2, May/June 2006, see page 3.
• Ontario Vital Stastics Project  
  Established 18th January 2000 this web site points you to Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations, Census Records, Archives and Cemetery Aids.
• Ontario Birth Registrations - York County  
  Steve Marshall has developed and maintains this rapidly-growing collection of birth registrations which include many from the Quinte area. Updated regularly, this site is fully searchable, can be browsed alphabetically by surname, and also includes some baptism records.
• Ontario Marriage Registrations  
  Mary Crandall's site houses full transcriptions of marriage registrations and also includes 1800-1924 marriages arranged by county, from sources other than post-1869 civil registrations. The marriage registrations are fully searchable and can also be browsed by year.
• Ontario Death Registrations  
  Heather Bertram’s site is an index of death registrations that can be browsed alphabetically by surname.

• Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds  
  This database contains references to: 7899 marriage bonds for Upper Canada (Ontario) 1803-1865 and 2960 marriage bonds for Lower Canada (Quebec) 1779-1858, hosted at the Canadian Genealogy Centre.

• Canada Births Deaths & Marriages Exchange   
  The purpose of the Canadian Births or Baptism, Deaths and Marriages Exchange is to provide genealogists a free resource for sharing information about details contained on certificates registered in Canada.

• Wesleyan Methodist Baptisms  
  Transcription by Ida Reed of the Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register held at the Victoria University Archives,Toronto.
• Ontario Marriage Records at inGeneas  
  The inGeneas database includes 8,648 marriage records (1858-1869) for York County.
• Marriages from Ontario, 1870-1910  
  Extracted by Mary Crandall from PAO Microfilm MS-932, includes many marriages from York County.
• Marriage Bonds of Ontario 1803-1834
  by Thomas B. Wilson (Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1985). Abstracts from Marriage Bonds housed at the National Archives of Canada.
• Marriage Licenses Issued at Toronto, 1806-1809
  The Ontario Register, Vol II, p225.
• Index to Marriage Registrations of Ontario, Canada 1869 - 1873
  compiled and edited by Carrie Slingsby & Renie A. Rumple. Six volume set. Spouse's surnames are included in the index. Many of these marriages do not have registration numbers and are not included in the Archives of Ontario Vital Statistics Microfilm indexes.
• Vital Statistics at the Public Archives of Ontario
  Detailed information regarding records such as Birth, Marriage and Death registrations; clergy returns, and other holdings at the PAO, and how to access them.
• Birth Certificates & Registrar General Information
  For information on how to obtain registrations more recent than those available in indexes.