| Helpful Guides |
| A guide to tracing your family in Kent County, Ontario / Jo-Anne Hendry |
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| Newspapers |
Chatham and limited Kent County newspapers (1841-present)
Indexed by surname and subject to 2000 |
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| Directories |
| Directories for Chatham, Wallaceburg, the County of Kent, and an assortment of other counties. |
| * Chatham directories for 1876-77, 1882, 1885-86, 1892, {1900 – present} |
| * Kent County directories for 1864, 1880, 1884-85, 1886, 1922 and 1927. |
| * Wallaceburg directories 1975-94. |
| * Chatham-Wallaceburg-Tilbury and surrounding area directories for 1996-99. |
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| Cemeteries |
| Cemetery transcriptions for Kent County. Arranged by township and indexed |
| Information about burial sites in Chatham-Kent including GPS coordinates and civic addresses |
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| Census Tracts |
| Indexes to Kent County Census Returns |
| Includes Christian and Surname listed alphabetically, occupation, birthplace, religion, and page number on microfilm: |
| * 1851 – Town of Chatham and Townships of Chatham, Dover, Howard and Orford. |
| * 1861 – Town of Chatham and Townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury East, and Zone. |
| * 1871 – Town of Chatham and Townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury East, and Zone. |
| * 1881 – Town of Chatham and Townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury East, and Zone and Villages of Blenheim, Bothwell, Dresden, Ridgetown, Thamesville, and Wallaceburg. |
| * 1891 – Town of Chatham and Townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury East, and Zone and Villages of Blenheim, Bothwell, Dresden, Ridgetown, Thamesville, Wallaceburg. |
| * 1901 – Town of Chatham and Townships of Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, Howard, Orford, Raleigh, Romney, Tilbury East, and Zone and Villages of Blenheim, Bothwell, Dresden, Thamesville, Tilbury, and Ridgetown. (* this is on Microfilm only) |
| * 1911 – on Microfilm only |
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| Miscellaneous Census tracts |
| 1851 agricultural census for Kent County |
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| Marriage Sources |
| * A Guide to Some Presbyterian Marriages, 1896-1900, Baptisms, 1866-1901: Botany, Thamesville, and Reserve Congregations of the Presbyterian Church |
| * An Index to Chatham Park Street Wesleyan Methodist Church Marriages, 1858-1890 |
| * Blenheim and District Anglican Marriages, 1864-1933 |
| * Blenheim Methodist Church Marriage Register, Aug. 1896 – Sep. 1923 |
| * Chatham Primitive Methodist Church Marriages, 1860-1883: an index of names |
| * Early Chatham Presbyterian Marriages, 1848-1869 |
| * Harwich Township and Vicinity Marriages, 1870-1876 |
| * Index to Kent County, Ontario Marriage Registers, 1857-1869 |
| * Marriages at Louisville Baptist Church, 1896-1980 |
| * Mariages et Sépultures Paroisse l’imaculée Conception de Paincourt, 1851-1988 |
| * United Presbyterian Church of Blenheim and Harwich Marriages, 1854-1894 |
| * Wallaceburg Presbyterian Church, Kent County, Ontario, Marriages, 1896-1905 |
| * Wayne County Marriages: people from Kent County Ontario who were married in Wayne County, Michigan, 1839-1869 |
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| Death Resources |
| * Blenheim and District Anglican Burials, 1864-1930 |
| * Kent County Death Census, 1871 - |
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| Baptism Sources |
| * Blenheim and District Anglican Baptisms, 1864-1930 |
| * United Presbyterian Church of Blenheim and Harwich Baptisms, 1855-1887 |
| * Wallaceburg Presbyterian Church, Kent County, Ontario, Baptisms, 1882-1902 |
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| General Registers |
| Records of the Old St. Paul’s Church of England, Chatham, Ontario, 1829-1841 |
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| Biographical Records |
| Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Kent, Ontario |
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| List of Voters |
| Voters' lists for the Townships of: |
| Chatham – 1923 |
| Harwich – 1916 |
| Howard – 1914, 1925 |
| Romney – 1927 |
| Raleigh – 1880, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1936 |
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| French Families |
| Mariages et Sépultures Paroisse l’imaculée Conception de Paincourt, 1851-1988 |
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| Black Families |
| * The History of the Negro Community in Chatham, Ontario, 1787-1865 / by John K. Farrel |
| * Blacks in Buxton and Chatham, Ont., 1830-1890: Did the 49th parallel make a difference? / Jonathan Wm. Walton |
| * Legacy to Buxton / A. C. Robbins |
| * Seek the Truth / Gwendolyn and John W. Robinson |
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| Names |
| * English Surnames – 2 volumes |
| * English Surnames: their sources and significations |
| * German-American Names |
| * New Dictionary of American Family Names |
| * Guide to Irish Surnames |
| * Names, Names, Names: a surname interest list |
| * The Surnames of Ireland |
| * The Surnames of Scotland |
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| Miscellaneous Sources |
| * A Centennial Chronicle of Kent Doctors |
| * Crown Land First Patentees, Kent County, Ontario |
| * Index to Crown Land First Patentees, Kent County, Ontario |
| * Early Ontario Settlers: a sourcebook |
| * The Farm Book, volume one : a history of Kent County Ontario as told through the stories of its pioneer farm families |
| * Harwich Township Assessment Rolls, Kent County, 1855 |
| * Population Return for the Township of Howard for 1846 |
| * Raleigh Township Collector’s Roll, Kent County, 1852 |
| * Raleigh Township Statute Labour, 1838-1847 |
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