A good place to start to learn about this hobby is:
http://www.ogs.on.ca/services/conducting_research.php
Other useful resources are:
Archives of Ontario
The website for the archives is undergoing revisions on a regular basis so we recommend that you search its website for what you need. topics include:
| Genealogical Research | Getting Started |
| Interloan Service | Prepare for Your Visit |
| Major Genealogical Holdings | Vital Statistics Bulletin |
| Vital Statistics Name Indexes | Family History Centres in Ontario |
| Reference List of Researchers |
Library and Archives Canada Genealogical Sources in Canada
Canadian Military Genealogy FAQ
Ontario Cemetery and Census information
Birth, Marriage and Death Vital Statistics for Ontario
These are available on microfilm from the Archives of Ontario.
Some LDS Family History Centres (Mormon) also have these microfilms. Most are also found on the Ancestry.ca website.
Printed Resources
Many books have been written on how to do you own research. These are usually available in your local library or may be purchased from a book store or Genealogical Society.
Two useful books are:
Genealogy In Ontario: Searching the Records, by Brenda Dougall Merriman, CGRS,CGL, Toronto, ON: Ontario Genealogical Society, fourth edition, 2008. These are available from the Ontario Genealogical Society
In Search of Your Canadian Roots, by Angus Baxter, Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1994.
Other Information:
Other useful web sites can be found at Cindi’s List a widely used index of genealogy websites.
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I would be keen for you to suggest a professional geneologist to help me complete my search for the Moore family’s Irish origins. I have been able to trace to William Moore (died May 27 1897) married to Catherine Moore (nee Smith). They had 9 children one of whom was William Joseph Moore (my grandfather) born 1870 and married to Ida ( nee Spallin) Moore. Married in Wakefield Que. June 11th 1902 at St. Andrew’s Wakefield. One of their sons was Joseph Sterling Moore who was my father.
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I have found the following information on the Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid site and it directs me to your site to follow up to find the information. Is this something I have to specifically ask someone at your site for?
Any direction on this would be helpful.
Thanks.GOUR, Annie St Paul’s Roman Catholic Prescott Plantagenet North OT-01-01
GOUR, Damase St Luke / St Luc Roman Catholic, Curran Prescott Plantagenet North OT-01-02 -
hello,
Iam a member of the OGS for ottawa area and I am wondering why I can not find any records for my grandfather’s birth. He was born in 1928 in carleton place and soon later him and his brother and oolder sister were all put in to carleton place orphanage. His name now is Albert John Reddick, but originally at birth his name was George Albert Herron. His brother was Allan and sister was Audrey. They were the children of Andrew Herron and Edith Jane Lee. I would appreciate any info or help that you can give.Thank you
Evan Reddick
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