HOLDINGS FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ESSEX COUNTY

CENSUS RECORDS FOR ESSEX COUNTY (microfilm)

• 1851 (indexed) (many areas missing)
• 1861 (indexed)
• 1871 (indexed)
• 1881 (indexed at www.familysearch.org)
• 1891 (indexed)
• 1901 (indexed at www.automatedgenealogy.com)
• 1911 (indexed at www.automatedgenealogy.com)

TOWN, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY RECORDS

Amherstburg

• Land Instruments 1867-1955 (indexed)
• Council Minutes 1878-1939  (microfilm)
• Bylaws 1869-1910  (microfilm)
• Assessment/Collector’s Rolls 1853-1932  (microfilm)
• Abstract Books (microfilm)

Anderdon Township

• Council Minutes 1881-1918  (microfilm)
• Bylaws 1859-1925  (microfilm)
• Assessment/Collector’s Rolls 1847-1930 (incomplete)  (microfilm)
• Abstract Books (microfilm)

Malden Township

• Land Instruments 1867-1955 (indexed)
• Council Minutes 1852-60, 1887-96 (microfilm)
• Bylaws 1850-83, 1909-22 (microfilm)
• Assessment/Collector’s Rolls 1843-1930 (incomplete) (microfilm)
• Abstract Books (microfilm)

Essex County Council Minutes

• 1853-59 (microfilm), 1863-73, 1877-1907, 1912-18, 1924-29, 1934-37; Essex County By-Laws 1915, 1922, 1947

DIRECTORIES & VOTERS’ LISTS

Essex County (selected townships)

• 1866-67, 1870-71, 1883-84, 1890, 1903
• 1964 telephone directory

Amherstburg

• 1875-76 directory
• 1914 telephone directory
• Voters’ lists 1862, 1886, 1906, 1919, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1936, 1947

Colchester North Township

• Voters’ list 1913

Malden Township

• 1823 lot holders list
• 1843 assessment
• 1899 directory
• Voters’ lists 1882, 1886, 1889, 1933, 1937

Sandwich

• Voters’ lists 1884, 1894

Windsor

• City directories 1921-2003 (some years missing)

NEWSPAPERS (microfilm)

• Kingston Gazette 1810-18
• Kingston Chronicle 1819-32
• Colonial Advocate (Queenston) 1824-34
• Canadian Emigrant (Sandwich) 1832-36
• Western Herald (Sandwich) 1838-42
• Voice of the Fugitive (Sandwich) 1851-52
• Windsor Herald 1855-56
• Amherstburg Echo 1874-2003
• River Town Times 1995-2003

CHURCH RECORDS

Anglican

• Christ Church, Amherstburg
• Index to records, c.1820-c.1960 (unpublished)

St. John’s, Sandwich

• Records 1801-27, 1842-60; Cemetery stones

St. Stephen’s, Sandwich South

• Cemetery stones

Presbyterian

• St. Andrew’s, Amherstburg
• Selected marriages (unpublished)

Roman Catholic

• Annunciation, Pointe-aux-Roches
• Marriages & Burials 1867-1983

Assumption, Sandwich

• Marriages 1700-1982
• Burials 1768-1985

Immaculate Conception, Paincourt

• Marriages & Burials, 1851-1988

L’Anse Creuse (St. Clair Shores)

• Records, 1833-41

Our Lady of the Lake, Windsor

• Cemetery stones

Sacred Heart, LaSalle

• Cemetery stones

St. Alphonsus, Windsor

• Cemetery stones

Ste. Anne, Tecumseh

• Marriages & Burials 1859-1985
• Cemetery stones 1861-1985

St. Clement’s, McGregor

• Records c.1880-    (unpublished)
• Cemetery stones, 1880-1979 (unpublished)

St. Francis Xavier, Tilbury

• Marriages & Burials 1855-1985

St. Jerome, Windsor

• Marriages & Burials 1958-85

St. Joachim

• Marriages & Burials 1882-1982

St. John the Baptist, Amherstburg

• Baptisms 1802-July 1955 (microfilm) (unpublished)
• Marriages 1802-1985
• Burials 1802-1985
• Cemetery stones to 1987

St. Joseph, River Canard

• Cemetery stones to 1986
• Selected Marriage Records

St. Peter on Thames

• Marriages 1806-94

St. Simon/St. Jude, Belle River

• Marriages & Burials 1840-1985
• Cemetery stones

CHURCH HISTORIES

• Assumption Parish (Sandwich), 1767-1984
• Christ Church (Amherstburg), 1819-1996
• Église Ste. Anne Church (Tecumseh) 1859-1984
• First Baptist Church (Amherstburg), 1836-1986
• Holy Name of Mary Parish (Windsor)
• La Paroisse St. Clement Parish (McGregor) 1880-1980
• Led By the Shepherd: St. John the Baptist Parish (Amherstburg) 1802-1992
• Paroisse St-Joseph Parish (River Canard) 1864-1989
• St. Alphonsus Church (Windsor)
• St. Anthony (Harrow), 1906-1956
• St. Clement (McGregor), 1880-1980
• St. Joachim, 1882-1982
• St. Mary’s Parish (Maidstone), 1846-1996
• St. Peter’s Parish (Tilbury East), 1802-1952
• St. Simon & St. Jude (Belle River), 1834-1984
• Wesley United Church, 1804-2004

CEMETERY RECORDS  (see also under Churches)

• Central Grove, Harrow
• Colchester South Cemeteries – stones
• North Bay Cemetery, Pelee Island – stones
• Rose Hill Cemetery, Amherstburg – stones to 1987
• St. Francis Xavier Cemetery, Ecorse, Michigan – stones
• Monuments and Graveyards in Essex County (booklet)
• Gilgal Cemetery
• Wyandotte Cemetery – stones, 1832-1971

BIRTHS  (see also under Churches (baptisms))

• More Notices from Methodist Papers 1830-57
• Births in the Amherstburg Courier 1849-50
• Announcements in the Amherstburg Echo 1874- present (indexed to 1959)

DEATHS  (see also under Churches (burials))

• More Notices from Methodist Papers 1830-57
• Death Notices from the Christian Guardian 1836-50
• Announcements in the Amherstburg Courier 1849-50
• Announcements in the Amherstburg Echo 1874- present (indexed to 1959)
• Death Notices from the Christian Guardian 1851-60
• The Canada Evangelist July 1851-October 1858
• Obituaries from Ontario’s Christian Guardian 1861-70
• Amherstburg Undertaker’s Notebook, 1885-1911 (unpublished)

MARRIAGES (Civil; see also under Churches)

• Marriage Register of the Western District 1796-1856
• Marriage Records of Essex County 1858-64
• Marriage Bonds of Ontario 1803-34
• Marriage Notices of Ontario 1813-54
• Ontario Marriage Notices 1830-56
• More Notices from Methodist Papers 1830-57
• Announcements in the Amherstburg Courier 1849-50
• Announcements in the AmherstburgEcho 1874-present (indexed to 1959)
• The Canada Evangelist July 1851-October 1858
• Index to Marriage Records of Ontario 1869-73

WILLS

• Essex County Wills index (selected; early 1800s)

RELEVANT COLUMNS FROM THE AMHERSTBURG ECHO

• ‘Just Folks’ 1988-2000 (indexed)
• ‘ Upsetting the Hour Glass’ 1982-94 (indexed)
• ‘ Yesterday’s News’ 1995-2003 (indexed)
• ‘Those Were the Days’ 1975-present (indexed)

COMPILED FAMILY HISTORIES

• The Collection also includes over 1000 genealogy files containing miscellaneous information on Amherstburg-area families.
• Compiled family histories can be used as a reference but cannot be photocopied.  We reserve the right to limit the number of items copied from our family files.

MILITARY RECORDS

• West Kent Militia, 2nd Kent Militia and St. Clair Volunteers Pay List, 1838
• Men of Upper Canada: Militia Nominal Rolls, 1828-29

REFERENCE BOOKS FOR GENEALOGY

• Amherstburg 1796-1996: The New Town on the Garrison Grounds
• Commemorative Biographical Record of Essex County (1905) (microfilm)
• French Families of the Detroit River Region 1701-1936 (Denissen)
• Index to Passengers who immigrated to Canada between 1817 and 1849
• Harrow-Colchester South 1792-1992
• Historical Atlas of Essex and Kent Counties (reprint of 1881 edition)
• Kingsville 1790-2000: A Stroll through Time
• Simon, Peter & Polly 1775-1825: A Chronicle of Malott & Girty Families
• Windsor Border Region (Lajeunesse)

SOURCES FOR OTHER AREAS

Northern Ontario

• Ste-Anne de Sudbury, Marriages 1883-1983

Quebec – Marriages

• L’Acadie 1784-1968 et St-Luc 1801-1968
• Batiscan (comté de Champlain) 1682-1900
• Beauport (Notre-Dame de la Misericaide) 1673-1966
• Berthier-en-Haut (Paroisse Ste-Genevieve) 1727-1960
• Berthier-sur-Mer (Berthier-en-Bas) 1720-1973
• Boucherville (Ste-Famille de Boucherville) 1668-1900
• Comté de Brome (10 parishes, starting 1831-1941, ending 1970)
• Comté de Lothinière 1744-1950 (Deschaillons, Fortierville, Parisville)
• L’Île d’Orléans (6 parishes, starting 1666-1872, ending 1963)
• Notre-Dame de Montréal 1642-1850
• Notre-Dame de Québec 1621-1900
• Notre-Dame-de-St-Hyacinthe (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) 1777-1969
• La Perade (comté de Champlain) 1684-1900
• Lauzon (St-Joseph de la Pointe-de-Levy) 1679-1965
• Rivière-Ouelle 1672-1972
• Rivière-des-Prairies (Montréal) 1687-1970
• St-Antoine-sur-Richelieu (comté de Verchères) 1741-1965
• St-Athanase 1822-1979, St-Noel-Chabanel 1950-1979 et Sacre-Coeur 1952-    1979 (Iberville)
• St-François d’Assise de la Longue-Pointe 1724-1964
• St-Joseph-de-Chambly 1706-1964
• Trois-Rivières 1654-1900
• Verchères 1724-1966
• Paroisse de la Visitation du Sault au Recollet 1736-1970

Quebec – Genealogies

• Généalogie des Familles Originaires des Comtés de Montmagny, L’Islet et Bellechase, v. I Abel-Bernier
• Recueil de Généalogies des Comtés de Beauce, Dorchester et Frontenac, 1625-1946, v.X, Rothier-Thibideau

United States

• Michigan Censuses 1710-1830 (book)
• Index to 1840 Census for Michigan
• Index to 1860 Census for Detroit and Wayne County
• Index to 1880 Census for Macomb County
• Bay City Settlement of Monroe County, Michigan (book)
• Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine, issues 1990-1996
• Guide to the First 50 Years of the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research Magazine
• Mt. Elliott Cemetery Burial Records, Detroit, 1845-1861 (book)
• 1850 Census, Charles City County, Virginia
• Early Marriage Records of Monroe County, Michigan

Stormont & Dundas Counties, Ontario

• Marriage Registers (Eastern District) 1801-65
• Marriage Registers 1858-69