Elgin County, Ontario, Canada Genealogy
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Guide to Elgin County ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.
Online Gazetteers
Civil Registration
- Heritage Collections Elgin-St. Thomas at Elgin County Archives — index & images ($)
Birth
- 1801-1948 Canada, Ontario Church and Civil Records, 1801-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; incomplete
- 1869 - 1911 Ontario Births, 1869-1911 at FamilySearch — index & images
- 1858 - 1913 Ontario, Canada Births, 1858-1913 at Ancestry.com--index & images. ($)
- 1869 - 1912 Ontario Births, 1869-1912 at [1]--index. ($)
Marriage
- 1801-1948 Canada, Ontario Church and Civil Records, 1801-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; incomplete
- 1801-1858 Ontario, District Marriage Registers, 1801-1858 at FamilySearch — index & images.
- 1801-1928, 1933-1934 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934 at Ancestry.com--index & images. ($)
- 1826 - 1938 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938 at Ancestry.com - index & images ($)
- 1858-1869 Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869 at FamilySearch — index & images.
Death
- 1801-1948 Canada, Ontario Church and Civil Records, 1801-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; incomplete
- 1869-1937, and some 1939-1947 Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947 at FamilySearch — index & images
- 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and some 1939-1947 Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947 at Ancestry.com--index & images. ($)
- 1869 - 1948 Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
Writing for a More Recent Birth, Marriage, or Death Record
- ServiceOntario, Birth Records is the only government-authorized source for obtaining birth certificates. Go to the section entitled "Order a Birth Search". This is the most economical, searches the widest time period, and allows searches for people not immediately related. A letter of information is provided rather than a certificate.
- ServiceOntario, Marriage Records offers a marriage search option and a historical certificate option.
- ServiceOntario, Death Records offers a death search option and a historical certificate option. Also official death certificates are available to a wider range of relatives than birth and marriage certificates.
FamilySearch Library Microfilmed Records
Some of the church/civil records have been microfilmed by FamilySearch.These microfilms may be available for viewing at FamilySearch Centers around the world. To find a microfilm:
- a. Click on records for Canada, Ontario, Elgin County. You will see a list of available records for the county.
- b. You will also see above the list the link Places within Canada, Ontario, Elgin County. This will take you to a list of towns in the counties, which are links to records for the specific town.
- c. Click on any topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.
- d. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the microfilm listed for the record.
. The magnifying glass indicates that the microfilm is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the microfilm.
Census Records
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1800-1842 |
Ontario and Nova Scotia Census, 1800-1842 |
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1851 |
Canada Census, 1851 |
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1861 |
Census of Canada, 1861 |
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1871 |
Census of Canada, 1871 |
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1881 |
Census of Canada, 1881 |
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1891 |
Census of Canada, 1891 |
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1901 |
Census of Canada, 1901 |
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1911 |
Census of Canada, 1911 |
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1921 |
Census of Canada, 1921 |
Church Records
Church records can include baptisms, marriages, burials, membership lists, financial business, and other records for a particular congregation. They may be available online or on microfilm, but frequently they are still with the local church or in centralized archives by religion. The Canadian census records asked for the religion of those listed, so you will be able to narrow down which archives to consult. For help with writing a letter requesting copies of records, see Letter Writing Guide for Genealogy.
- Link to Anglican church archives
- Link to Baptist church archives
- Link to Catholic church archives
- Link to Lutheran church archives
- Link to Moravian church archives
- Link to Presbyterian church archives
- Link to United Church of Canada (including Methodist) church archives
Online Resources
- Heritage Collections Elgin-St. Thomas at Elgin County Archives — index & images ($)
- 1801-1948 Canada, Ontario Church and Civil Records, 1801-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; incomplete
- Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899 collection includes indexed Ontario church records.
- Ontario Marriages, 1800-1910.
- Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records, 1760-1923., images only.
- Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1760-1923, index and images ($).
- Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1802-1967 ($).
- Ontario, Canada, Roman Catholic Marriages, 1827-1870 ($).
- Various individual church records at Findmypast ($).
Cemetery Records
See, Ontario Cemeteries for information on cemetery record collections not yet digitized, but available in published sources and on microfilm.
Online Resources
- Heritage Collections Elgin-St. Thomas at Elgin County Archives — index & images ($)
- Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid website has a free, searchable database of over 2 million burials in Ontario. It can be searched by name, cemetery, county and town, but its references do not include dates of death. Although it does not include any gravestone inscriptions, it can be used to locate graves in Ontario.
- Ontario Cemetery Ancestory Index
- Ontario Name Index (TONI)
- The Ontario section of Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project
- Ontario, Canada Headstones.com
- Ontario, Toronto Trust Cemeteries (FamilySearch Historical Records)
- Canada, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Taxation
- 1834-1899 Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
Populated Places Table
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POPULATED PLACE |
FORMER NAME, if applicable | TYPE |
FHL CATALOG |
WIKIPEDIA |
| Aldborough | Township | Link | Link | |
| Aylmer | Link | Link | ||
| Bayham | Township | Link | Link | |
| Belmont | Link | Link | ||
| Calton | Link | Link | ||
| Clachan | Link | Link | ||
| Cowal | Link | Link | ||
| Dunboyne | Link | Link | ||
| Dunwich | Township | Link | Link | |
| Dutton | Link | Link | ||
| Eden | Link | Link | ||
| Fingal | Link | Link | ||
| Frome | Link | Link | ||
| Glencolin | Link | Link | ||
| Grovesend | Link | Link | ||
| Iona | Link | Link | ||
| Iona Station | Link | Link | ||
| Jaffa | Link | Link | ||
| Lakeview | Link | Link | ||
| Largie | Link | Link | ||
| Luton | Link | Link | ||
| Lyons | Link | Link | ||
| Malahide | Township | Link | Link | |
| Mapleton | Link | Link | ||
| New Glasgow | Link | Link | ||
| New Sarum | Link | Link | ||
| Orwell | Link | Link | ||
| Port Bruce | Link | Link | ||
| Port Burwell | Link | Link | ||
| Port Stanley | Link | Link | ||
| Port Talbot | Link | Link | ||
| Rodney | Link | Link | ||
| Seville | Link | Link | ||
| Shedden | Link | Link | ||
| South Dorchester | Township | Link | Link | |
| Southwold | Township | Link | Link | |
| Sparta | Link | Link | ||
| Springfield | Link | Link | ||
| St. Thomas | Link | Link | ||
| Straffordville | Link | Link | ||
| Talbotville Royal | Link | Link | ||
| Tyrconnell | Link | Link | ||
| Union | Link | Link | ||
| Vienna | Link | Link | ||
| Wallacetown | Link | Link | ||
| West Lorne Lorne | Link | Link | ||
| Yarmouth | Township | Link | Link | |
| ANY NEW LOCATIONS IN FS Library CATALOG??? | Link |
Websites
The Forebears website will give you an extensive list of websites that could have information for people who lived in this county. Some sites cover just the county, some cover all of Ontario, and some cover all of Canada. Some sites are databases of names and facts about people; other sites cover background information such as maps, history, geography, or genealogy strategies and methods for the region.