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Ontario Ancestors Special Interest Groups Resources by County
Have you exhausted all avenues of research of the commercial databases?
Feel like you’re missing out on the ‘local’ data?
Why not look in to the Special Interest Groups Indexes? These are fabulous little nuggets of transcribed data specific to the counties which are a part of the Ontario Ancestors family of 34 SIGs and Branches.
Many many volunteers have spent hours transcribing, creating and double checking this data. What a great effort by genealogists who are as passionate as you are about accurate information. They deserve a round of applause!
The Indexes covered on the link above : OGS Society, Brant Branch, Bruce & Grey Branch, Elgin Branch, Essex Branch, Haldimand-Norfolk Virtual Branch, Halton Peel Branch, Hamilton Branch, Huron Branch, Kawartha Branch, Kent Branch, Lambton Branch, London & Middlesex Branch, Niagara Peninsula Branch, Ottawa Branch, Oxford County Branch, Quinte Branch, Simcoe County Branch, Sudbury District Branch, Thunder Bay Branch, Toronto Branch, Waterloo Region Branch, Wellington Branch, York Region Branch. Note: Some of these will be free to access while others will need a membership to access, these are marked with an ‘M’.
Canadian Resources
Dave Obee – CanGenealogy – Your guide to Canada’s best family history resources
Jane MacNamara – Name lists & finding aids ; Ontario Research
Janice Nickerson – Upper Canada Genealogy – Resources
John D Reid – Links page
Ken McKinlay – Links of Interest
Penny Allen – Canadian Genealogy by Province
Ontario Resources
CyndisList – Ontario – https://www.cyndislist.com/canada/provinces/on/
Family Search Wiki – https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Ontario,_Canada_Genealogy
Library and Archives Canada – https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/genealogy/places/Pages/ontario.aspx
OnLand – What is onLand? OnLand Records Portal (catalogue)
Ontario Archives – http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/index.aspx
Finding Your Ancestors in Ontario – https://ukcdngenealogy.blogspot.com/2017/06/finding-your-ancestors-in-ontario.html
Print Resources for Ontario Genealogy
Books you need to do genealogy in Ontario : an annotated bibliography by Ryan Taylor
District Marriage Registers and District Vital Records Upper Canada / Canada West (Ontario) 1786-1870
https://globalgenealogy.com/countries/canada/ontario/general/resources/258-main.htm
Genealogy in Ontario : Searching the Records by Brenda Dougall Merriman
United Empire Loyalists : book: Ontarian families : genealogies of United Empire loyalist and other pioneer families of Upper Canada by Edward Marion Chadwick
More titles available on the BIBLiON Archives of Ontario Library Online Catalogue