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Ontario Canada Local History <-> Genealogy

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When you find ancestors, are you interested in learning more about the history they lived?  Do you want to explore new directions to solve the unsolved mystery?  What was home and family life like?  What did they eat? wear? read? What were the important happenings? Why were the wars fought and who fought them?  How in the world did they move about? 

How can I answer these questions?

   This page is being created, on a volunteer basis, to explore the world of our ancestors who resided in Ontario.  Through your genealogical research, you have learned something about your ancestors.  How do you learn more?  How do you solve the unsolved mystery?  My answer to both is to learn more about genealogical research by learning more about the history your ancestors lived.   After all, isn't genealogy the history of individuals and families? 
   I believe our ancestors would want us to know more about them than just their names and dates of birth and death.  Don't you? 

How can You help others to answer these questions?

If you have a page that helps to answer questions like these, or you know of such a site, please submit the URL, (and your suggestion for the category it would fit) by e-mail to me, so I can add it to this page.  After all, we can only learn from the past when we learn about the past.  You will be helping others to gain knowledge of our history by doing so. 
You may e-mail the link to Webweaver of this page.   Please include your name and e-mail address. 
   This is not a for-profit page.  I reserve the right to content decisions for this page.  Copyright remains with the owner of the site linked.  I will only add a link to your site. 
  Links are checked before being posted to this page, however, due to the nature of the internet, the content may change.  Though there is a seamier side to history, I want to keep this page appropriate to family viewing.  I want only the cleaned up versions.  Please inform me if you find a link to be inappropriate to family viewing or not working. 
   I would greatly appreciate suggestions for additional categories or criticisms, and hope you will keep me informed if the content on any link changes or becomes inappropriate for family viewing. 

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ONTARIO Counties & Districts

Addington (see LENOX AND ADDINGTON)
Algoma
Brant
Bruce
Carlton
Cochrane
Dufferin
Dundas
Durham
Elgin
Essex
Frontenac
Glengarry
Grenville
Grey
Haldimand
Haliburton
Halton
Hastings
Huron
Kenora
Kent
Lambton
Lanark
Leeds
Lennox and Addington
Lincoln
Manitoulin
Middlesex
Muskoka
Nipissing
Norfolk
Northumberland
Ontario
Oxford
Parry Sound
Peel
Perth
Peterborough
Prescott
Prince Edward
Rainy River
Renfrew
Russell
Simcoe
Stormont
Sudbury
Timiskaming
Thunder Bay
Victoria
Waterloo
Welland
Wellington
Wentworth
York

Check the County location of your town with this link: Ontario Cities and Towns
The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project

, by McGill University - search for people or maps.

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Category Selection List:

Agriculture and Farming	Home and Family	Maps and Geography
Architecture	Folklore and Tradition	Nature
Archaeology/Artifacts	Genealogy	Occupations
The Arts	Land Ownership	Photos/Photography
Biographies	Ethnic/Cultural/Gender Specific including the following: |Women | |Native American | |African American |	Libraries Societies
Books/Newspapers	Immigration/Naturalization	Transportation
Cemeteries	Health Care/Medicine	General and Misc.
Census	Economy / Money	Ontario Eras
Church / Religion	Government & Military	County Selection List
Education	Travel & Tourism: Yesterday & Today	Ontario Emblems & Symbols

Agriculture & Farming

• Tools and Machinery

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Architecture

• Royal Ontario Museum : Archaeology of an Iroquoian Longhouse

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Archaeology/Artifacts

• Artefacts Canada
• Royal Ontario Museum : Archaeology of an Iroquoian Longhouse
• Northeastern North America

A Guide to New England Projectile Points

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The Arts

• Literature
• Drama
• Music

Miscellaneous

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Biographies

• Martyrs Shrine - National shrine honoring Jesuit missionary saints who lived and died here 350 years ago

   Hwy 12, Midland, Ontario L4R 4K5.
Brief Sketches of the Jesuit Martyr-Saints :
John de Brébeuf, the first Jesuit Missionary in Huronia (1626);
Gabriel Lalemant, a Jesuit assistant to Brebeuf, he died March 17, 1649 at Ste. Ignace;
Anthony Daniel, a missionary near Bias-d'or Lakes (1632), founded the first boys' College in North America (Quebec 1635);
Charles Garnier, was a Jesuit Missionary in Huronia;
Noél Chabanel, a Jesuit priest, suffered martyrdom, in 1649, on the Nottawasaga;
Isaac Jogues, came to Huronia in 1636, helped to build Ste. Marie (1639);
René Goupil, studied medicine and offered his services to the Jesuit missions in Canada;
John de Lalande, accompanied Jogues to the Mohawk Mission (1646), a martyr, at Auriesville, N.Y.

• Premiers of Ontario Since 1867
• Chief Joseph Brant (1742-1807): Thayendanegea, Mohawk Indian Chief.
• John Graves Simcoe

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Books/Newspapers/Publications

• Online Web Sites
• Canadian Newspapers on Microfilm - Held by the National Library of Canada
• Historical

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Cemeteries

• The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid (OCFA) - A database of over 2 Million interments in Ontario.

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Census

• Online searchable Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario - includes interactive MAP
• 1871 Census of Canada - ONTARIO: Searchable Database of Heads & Strays, by  Jim McKane.
• Map of 1871 Districts

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Church & Religion - Historical and Genealogical Information

• Local Catholic Church and Family History and Genealogy Worldwide Research Guide:
• Catholic Canada
• Quaker Ancestors Webring: Index of Sites, by Loretta Baughan.
• The Religious Society of Friends, with links and information

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Economy & Money

• Business and Industry
• Money
• University of Notre Dame Online Exhibit - Colonial Coins & Currency
• McMaster Archives: History of Economic Thought
• The Inflation Calculator online, created by S. Morgan Friedman, is reported to "...adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 1999..."
• "Current Value of Old Money", by Roy Davies, attempts to answer the frequent question is "how much would a specified amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today?", with resources for Europe, U.S.A., Spain and even ancient Rome.

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Education

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Ethnic/Cultural/Gender
| Women | Native American | African American | Asian/Pacific | Chinese |
          | Eastern European | English | Irish | French | German |
          | Hispanic | Scottish | Spanish | The Poor |
          Your suggestions for additional are welcome

• Gender Specific
• Native Americans
• First Nations

First Nations Histories by Lee Stultzman
Geographic Overview of First Nations Histories
Algonquian and Ojibway, who live throughout the province, and the Cree, who live mostly in the north, speak Algonquian. The Iroquois and the Hurons, who live in southern and eastern Ontario, speak Iroquoian.

• Mohawk History : "...The Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne is part of the Greater Mohawk Nation who presently live on a number of territories stretching along the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers, by Lake Ontario and beyond, all the way to Brantford, Ontario, Canada..."
• Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs - "...responsible for the social, cultural, and political integrity of the Mohawk People..."

   Address: Box 366 - Rooseveltown, NY 13683   Phone (518) 358-3381.

• Union of Ontario Indians
• Lake of the Woods Objiway Cultural Center
• Contacts
• Huronia Museum & Huron-Ouendat Village - Canada's First Re-created Native Village

   549 Little Lake Park Road P.O. Box 638, Midland, Ontario L4R 4P4

• Native Tech: Native American Technology and Art
• Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (Merrimack County, New Hampshire)

Kearsarge Mountain Road - Warner, NH
   "...The Museum honors the Native American history of having an oral rather than written culture..."  includes: Online Tour & Medicine Woods "...a nature trail where plants are identified as to how they were used for food, dye, and medicine..."

• Read more: Virtual Museum of New France

(French)

• Our Ancestors of European Origin: Genealogy
• First Nations
• African American
• Ontario Black History Society

202-10 Adelaide Street E. - Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3 Canada

• Online Ontario Black History Society Archives
• North Star: The Underground Railroad (The U.S.A. Civil War Era) and
• Africa Research Central - "...gateway to the archives, libraries, and museums with important collections of African primary sources..."
• Afrigeneas- "... a mailing list focused on genealogical research and resources in general and on African ancestry in particular..." by Don Mabry.
• Chinese
• Eastern European
• English
• Irish
• French
• Read more: Virtual Museum of New France

(French Version)

• 1688 Map of New France   Definition of New France
• The Explorers
• The Fur Trade in New France
• The Fur Trade in New France: Voyageurs and Hired Men
• The Habitant in New France
• Filles du roi or girls for marrying
• Our Ancestors of European Origin: Genealogy
• Hispanic
• Scottish
• Spanish
• The Poor
• The Poorhouse Story, by Linda Crannell and CCS - a collection of information, by state, which invites submissions to help tell this untold tale - read "Emma's Story" to see the touching story behind the site!!!
• Your suggestions for additional are welcome

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Folklore and Traditions

• Abenaki Stories
• Encyclopedia Mythica: Encyclopedia of Mythology, Folklore and Legend
• Poems, Ballads & Songs

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Genealogy <-> History Research Resources

• National Archives of Canada (in English & Francois)
• Genealogy Research
• Online searchable Index to the 1871 Census of Ontario - includes interactive MAP
• Aboriginal Peoples - Guide to the Records of the Government of Canada
• Archives of Ontario (in English & Francois)

77 Grenville Street West - Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2R9 Canada
   Phone: (416) 327-1600.

• Genealogical Research
• Ontario Vital Statistics Bulletin: Researching Birth, Death and Marriage Records in Ontario

Births: 1869-1903; Marriages: 1801-1918; Deaths: 1869-1928.

• Early Canadiana Online(ECO) is a full text online collection of more than 3,000 books and pamphlets documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the late 19th century.
• Ontario Genealogical Society

    40 Orchard View Blvd., Suite 102 - Toronto, Ontario M4R 1B9 Canada
    Phone: (416) 489-0734.

• North York Public Library - Canadiana Collection

North York Centre - 5120 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario M2W 5N9 Canada
   Phone: (416) 395-5624.

• The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid (OCFA) - A database of over 2 Million interments in Ontario.
• Bill Martin's Ontario Genealogy
• Birth, Marriage and Death Records for Ontario, Canada with corresponding Archives film numbers, so "...once you find a registration # for a Birth, Marriage or Death that you are interested in, the actual form can be seen by ordering the registration film from the Archives of Ontario..."
• WorldGenWeb for CanadaGenWeb for OntarioGenWeb
• Global Genealogy & History Shoppe: Searchable Online Data for Canada
• The Olive Tree Genealogy Canadian Section Index
• Ghost Towns of Ontario
• American Canadian Genealogical Society, in Manchester, New Hampshire
• WorldGenWeb's Greenland Genealogy Web Site
• Migrations, by Patrick Hays.

Many of our ancestors migrated between Ontario and New York.  Visiting New York research sites may be helpful.

• Albany County, New York research, by Katherine Barnes

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Government & Military
Pre Colonial | French Colonial | British Colonial | Canada |
Native Americans

• Canada's First Nations
• First Nations
• First Nations Histories by Lee Stultzman
• Geographic Overview of First Nations Histories
  Algonquian and Ojibway, who live throughout the province, and the Cree, who live mostly in the north, speak Algonquian. The Iroquois and the Hurons, who live in southern and eastern Ontario, speak Iroquoian.
• Mohawk History : "...The Mohawk Nation of Akwesasne is part of the Greater Mohawk Nation who presently live on a number of territories stretching along the Ottawa and St. Lawrence Rivers, by Lake Ontario and beyond, all the way to Brantford, Ontario, Canada..."
• Mohawk Nation Council of Chiefs - "...responsible for the social, cultural, and political integrity of the Mohawk People..."

   Address: Box 366 - Rooseveltown, NY 13683   Phone (518) 358-3381.

• Union of Ontario Indians
• Lake of the Woods Objiway Cultural Center
• Contacts
• Huronia Museum & Huron-Ouendat Village - Canada's First Re-created Native Village

   549 Little Lake Park Road P.O. Box 638, Midland, Ontario L4R 4P4

• The Six Nations of the Grand River Reservation - "...Haudenosaunee (People of the Long House) is the general term we use to refer to ourselves, instead of "Iroquois." The Six Nations brings together the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora, Seneca and Cayuga nations.
• The Indian's Lament - by Dr. Charles Northrup
• French Colonial

French and Indian Wars

• French and Indian Wars: an essay (1750s-)
• French and Indian Wars (18th Century)
• The Practice of Scalping During the French and Indian War (1754-1760) By George A. Bray III
• British Colonial
• The American Revolution
• The Paris Peace Treaty (1783)
• Canada
• Canada Government Online (in English & Francois)
• About Canada<