Abrams Collection Genealogy Highlights
May/June 2000
Volume 2, Number 3

The Library of Michigan maintains a large collection of resources that relate to Ontario genealogy research. Titles may be found by searching ANSWER, the Library's online catalog. Clicking on the links in this publication will take you to the ANSWER catalog search results or the catalog record for a particular item. When searching for Ontario genealogy resources on ANSWER, use the following keywords to retrieve the greatest number of citations:

• ontario genealogy
• ontario cemeteries
• ontario census
• ontario biography
• ontario passenger lists
• ontario atlas

Adding a geographic location will allow you to narrow your search. For example, ontario genealogy and toronto will retrieve Ontario resources that focus on the city of Toronto. When searching by keyword it is not necessary to capitalize proper nouns.

This publication is not intended as a comprehensive list of Ontario's genealogy resources; rather, it is a list of notable genealogical materials available at the Library of Michigan. Searching ANSWER is the only way to determine if the Library of Michigan holds the resources that you seek. Clicking on the links in this publication will take you to the ANSWER catalog search results or the record for a particular item.

Handbooks

Baxter, Angus. In Search of Your Canadian Roots: Tracing Your Family Tree in Canada. 3rd ed. Toronto: M&S, 1999.
Genealogy CS 82 .B393 1999

Jonasson, Eric. The Canadian Genealogical Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Your Ancestors in Canada. 2nd ed. Winnipeg: Wheatfield Press, 1978.
Genealogy CS 82 .J65 1978z

Merriman, Brenda Dougall. Genealogy in Ontario: Searching the Records. 3rd ed. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1996.
Genealogy CS 88 .O6 M47 1996

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Sourcebooks

Aitken, Barbara, ed. Ontario Genealogical Society Library Holdings. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1984.
Genealogy CS 88 .O6 O576 1985

Archives of Ontario. Ontario Archives Land Record Index. Ottawa: Archives of Ontario, 1979.
Genealogy Microfiche HD 1186 .C3 O57z

Barclay-Lapointe, Elizabeth. Sourcing Canada: Genealogy Addresses. Buckingham, PQ: Buckingham Press, 2001.
Genealogy CS 81 .B37
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.

Birkett, Patricia, ed. Checklist of Parish Registers. 4th ed. Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1986.
Genealogy CS 89 .C47 1987

Births, Deaths, Marriages: Christian Messenger. 7 vols. Hamilton, ON: Ontario Genealogical Society, [19-]-.
Genealogy CS 88 .O6 B57z

Britnell, W.E., ed. County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada, 1858-1869. 34 vols. to date. Agincourt, ON: Generation Press, 1979-.
Genealogy CS 88 .O6 C68

Chadwick, Edward Marion. Ontarian Families: Genealogies of United-Empire-Loyalists and Other Pioneer Families of Upper Canada. 2 vols. Toronto: Rolph, Smith and Co., 1895-98.
Genealogy F 1056.8 .C47 1895

Craig, Barbara L., and Richard W. Ramsey, eds. Guide to the Holdings of the Archives of Ontario. 2 vols. Toronto: Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, 1985.
Genealogy CD 3645 .O58 G85 1985

Cumming, Ross, ed. Guide Book and Atlas of Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts. Port Elgin, ON: Richardson, Bond and Wright, 1971.
Genealogy G 1148 .M9 G853 1971

Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 14 vols. to date. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966-.
Reference F 1002 .D49

Elliot, Noel Montgomery, ed. Central Canadians, 1600-1900: An Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places and Vital Dates. 3 vols. Toronto: Genealogical Research Library, 1994.
Genealogy CS 81 .C46 1994

---. People of Ontario, 1600-1900: Alphabetized Directory of the People, Places and Vital Dates. 3 vols. London, ON: Genealogical Research Library, 1984.
Genealogy F 1058 .P4z

Gibson, June, ed. Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada, 1859-1900. 27 vols. Agincourt, ON: Generation Press, 1988-1994.
Genealogy CS 88 .O6 G52 1988

Gilchrist, J. Brian. Inventory of Ontario Newspapers, 1793-1986. Toronto: Micromedia, 1987.
Genealogy Z 6954 .C2 I5 1987

Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Counties of Essex and Kent. Toronto: H. Belden and Company, 1973.
Genealogy Oversize G 1148 .E87 B44 1973

Inventory of Recorded Cemeteries in Ontario. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1983.
Genealogy CS 88 .O6 I5z 1983

Keffer, Marion C. Migrations to - from Canada. Ann Arbor: Genealogical Society of Washtenaw County, 1982.
Genealogy CS 83 .K4z

Mika, Nick and Helma Mika. Places in Ontario: Their Name Origins and History. 3 vols. Belleville, ON: Mika Publishing Co, 1977-1983.
Genealogy F 1056.4 .M53
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.

Ontario Office of the Registrar General. Index Books: Birth, Death and Marriage Registrations, 1869-. Ottawa: Archives of Ontario, 1992.
Genealogy Microfilm F 1058.6 .O55 1930z

---. Index Books: Births, Stillbirths and Delayed Registrations, 1869-. Toronto: Archives of Ontario, 1997.
Genealogy Microfilm F 1058.6 .O57

---. Index Books: Deaths and Delayed Registrations, 1869-. Toronto: Archives of Ontario, 1991.
Genealogy Microfilm F 1058.6 .O59

---. Index Books: Marriage Registrations, 1869-. Ottawa: Archives of Ontario, 1991.
Genealogy Microfilm F 1058.6 .O56 1992

---. Index Books: Marriages and Delayed Registrations, 1873-. Toronto: Archives of Ontario, 1997.
Genealogy Microfilm F 1058.6 .O58

Pontiac Area Historical and Genealogical Society. Canadian Historical Atlas Collection. Pontiac, MI: Pontiac Area Historical and Genealogical Society, 1988.
Genealogy Microfiche G 1148 .O5 C3 1988

Reid, William D. Death Notices of Ontario. Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1980.
Genealogy CT 294 .R44 1980

---. Marriage Notices of Ontario. Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1980.
Genealogy F 1058 .R45z

Ronnow, Verna, ed. Inventory of Cemeteries in Ontario: A Genealogical Research Guide. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1987.
Genealogy CS 88 .O6 R65 1987

Taylor, Ryan. Books You Need to Do Genealogy in Ontario: An Annotated Bibliography. Fort Wayne, IN: Round Tower Books, 1996.
Genealogy Z 5313 .C3 O53 1996

White, William. Post Office Gazetteer of the Dominion of Canada. Montreal: J. Lovell, 1872.
Genealogy F 1004 .W47 1872
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.

Wilson, Thomas B. Marriage Bonds of Ontario, 1803-1834. Lambertville, NJ: Hunterdon House, 1985.
Genealogy F 1058 .W58z

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Census Records

Elliott, Bruce S., ed. Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario: Essex-Kent. Toronto: Ontario Genealogical Society, 1989.
Genealogy F 1059 .E7 I5 1989
Housed on the Genealogy Index Shelves.

Hillman, Thomas. Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm, 1901. Ottawa: National Archives of Canada, 1993.
Genealogy HA 741.5 .H543 1993
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.

---. Catalogue of Census Returns on Microfilm, 1666-1891. Ottawa: Public Archives Canada, 1987.
Genealogy HA 745 .H54 1987
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.

Public Archives of Canada. Check-list of Ontario Census Returns, 1842-1871. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada, 1963.
Genealogy HA 747 .O5
Housed at the Genealogy Desk.

---. Census of 1871: Province of Ontario. Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada.
Genealogy Microfilm HA 741.5 1871

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