Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada Genealogy



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Guide to Prince Edward County ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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Civil Registration

Birth

Marriage

Death


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, Prince Edward 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, Prince Edward 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. FHL icons.png. 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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Ontario and Nova Scotia Census, 1800-1842

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Canada Census, 1851

Prince Edward (District 32)
  • 304 - Ameliasburgh (partial)
  • 305 - Athol (agricultural only)
  • 306 - Hallowell
  • 307 - Hillier
  • 308 - Marysburg (lost)
  • 309 - Sophiaburg (lost)
  • 310 - Picton (agricultural only)

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Census of Canada, 1861

Prince Edward District

Ameliasburgh, Athol, Hallowell, Hilier, Marysbugh,

Picton, & Sophiasburgh

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Census of Canada, 1871

District 59 separated into sub-districts
  • A - Hillier
  • B - Wellington
  • C - Ameliasburg
  • D - Hallowell
  • E - Picton
  • F - Sophiasburgh
  • G - Athol
  • H - Marysborough South
  • I - Marysbourogh North

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Census of Canada, 1881

District 125 separated into sub-districts::
  • A - Picton (town)
  • B - Wellington (village)
  • C - Athol
  • D - Ameliasburgh
  • E - Hillier
  • F - Marysborough South
  • G - Marysborough North
  • H - Sophiasburg
  • I - Hollowell

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Census of Canada, 1891

District 112, separated into sub-distrcts:
  • A - Ameliasburgh
  • B - Athol
  • C - Hallowell
  • D - Hillier
  • E - Marysburg North
  • F - Marysburg South
  • G - Picton (town)
  • H - Sophiasburg
  • I - Wellington (village)

Institutions recorded separately

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Census of Canada, 1901

District 109 separated into sub-districts:
  • A - Ameliasburg
  • B - Athol
  • C - Hallwell
  • D - Hillier
  • E - Marysburg North
  • F - Marysburg South
  • G - Picton (town)
  • H - Sophiasburg
  • I - Wellington (village)

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Census of Canada, 1911

District 115 separated into sub-districts:
  • 1 - Gardenville, Ameliasburgh Township
  • 2 & 4 - Ameliasburgh Township
  • 3 - Roblins Mills, Ameliasburgh Township
  • 5 - Rednersville (village)
  • 6 & 8 - Athol Township
  • 7 - Cherry Valley (village)
  • 9-14 - Hallowell Township
  • 15 - Consecon (village)
  • 16 & 18 - Hillier Township
  • 17 - Melvile and Allisonville (villages)
  • 19-21 - Marysburgh North Township
  • 22 - Milford (village)
  • 23 & 24 - Marysburgh South Township
  • 25 & 26 - Sophiasburgh Township
  • 27 - Northport (village)
  • 28 - Demorestville (village)
  • 29-35 - Picton Township
  • 36 - Bloomfield
  • 37 & 38 - Wellington Township

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Census of Canada, 1921

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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.

Online Church Records

These records are incomplete.

Cemetery Records

See, Ontario Cemeteries for information on cemetery record collections not yet digitized, but available in published sources and on microfilm.

Online Cemetery Records

Taxation

Populated Places Table


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POPULATED PLACE

FORMER NAME, if applicable TYPE

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WIKIPEDIA

Ameliasburg Link Link
Ameliasburgh Seventh Town
Township Link Link
Athol Township Link Link
Bethel Link Link
Black River Bridge Link Link
Bloomfield Link Link
Consecon Link Link
Demorestville Link Link
Hallowell Township Link Link
Hillier Township Link Link
Milford Link Link
North Marysburgh Fifth Township
Township Link Link
Picton Link Link
Point Traverse Link Link
Roblin Mills Link Link
Sophiasburgh Township Link Link
South Bay Link Link
South Marysburgh Fifth Township
Township Link Link
Wellington Smokeville Link Link
West Lake Link Link
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Research Facilities

FamilySearch Affiliate Library, with in-house collections including over 6,000 titles, with many family genealogies of the area, obituary collections and local history reference materials. Open days of operation vary seasonally; please contact or visit website.

Websites

  • Forebears, Prince Edward County. 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.