Petrolia - Canada's Victorian Oil Town

Although focused on a very small area in southern Ontario this site has a lot to offer for anyone researching there.

At the Petrolia - Canada's Victorian Oil Town website you will find photos and descriptions of our designated properties as well as other significant buildings in Petrolia Ontario and a brief outline of the Heritage Committees ongoing activities. There are over 1000 new & vintage photos that have taken years to accumulate by many people and are presented here for your enjoyment.

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In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project

As Stated on their website:

"Professional genealogists have recognized the importance of these atlases for many years. Although some of these atlases were reprinted during the 1970s, the fact is that many of these reprints are becoming as rare as the originals. McGill's Rare Books and Special Collections Division is fortunate in owning copies of many of the original atlases.

Begun in July 1998, the County Atlas pilot project initially encompassed ten atlases. Two subsequent Phases allowed the completion of the Ontario map, ultimately totalling forty-three atlases.

The County Atlas Digital Project is a searchable database of the property owners' names which appear on the township maps in the county atlases. Township maps, portraits and properties have been scanned, with links from the property owners' names in the database."

In Search of Your Canadian Past: The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project

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Civil Registration of Ontario births, deaths and marriages

Civil Registration of Ontario births, deaths and marriages began 01 July 1869. The Archives of Ontario holds records of births from 1869 to 1908, marriages from 1869 to 1923, and deaths from 1869 to 1933. Incomplete marriage registers prior to 1869 are also available.

Ancestry.ca
(requires payment) includes indexed and images for:

Ontario Births 1869-1909


Ontario Marriages 1857-1924


Ontario Deaths 1869-1934


Ontario Civil Marriage Registrations 1869-73


Ontario Roman Catholic Marriages 1827-1870


Archives of Ontario

The Archives of Ontario holds records of births from 1869 to 1908, marriages from 1869 to 1923, and deaths from 1869 to 1933. Incomplete marriage registers prior to 1869 are also available.

Staff members at the Archives of Ontario office are unable to undertake genealogical searches in these vital records.

Microfilm copies of the indexes and the original registrations are available through inter-institutional loan from the Archives of Ontario and through your local Family History Library.

Registrar General

For births after 1909, marriages after 1924, and deaths after 1934, requests should be addressed to:

Office of the Registrar General
PO Box 4600
189 Red River Road
Thunder Bay ON
P7B 6L8

Information on how to obtain these records is available at http://www.cbs.gov.on.ca/mcbs/english/4ULUQT.htm

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