SIMCOE COUNTY

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On this page is listed the Townships as they were back then and the 12 Townships as they are today. This will be the main focus of the Simcoe County page. If you would like to assist in helping gather information for a particular Township please contact me.

SETTLERS BEFORE 1837

Settlers before 1837 is a list of approximately 1800 names in Simcoe County. This list is derived from the book "The History of Simcoe County" by Andrew F. Hunter

CONNECTIONS TO SIMCOE COUNTY

GENEALOGY WEBSITES that have Simcoe County ancestors/descendants, if you don't have a website you can add your email address along with the names only of the people you are researching in Simcoe County

Sept 19th, 2009

FREE LOOK UPS in Simcoe County

Updated October 3rd, 2008

Researchers that charge a fee

Updated November 26th, 2003

To view or post a query to the Simcoe County Query Board CLICK HERE

To view or post a query to the Canadian Query Boards click on the appropriate area

MARITIMES QUEBEC ONTARIO WESTERN

This is a link to The Ontario Genweb official census project. If you would like to volunteer as a Transcriber • Proofreader • Inputter • Programmer please click on the above image. Thanks

Click HERE for an Index to Bill Warnica's Account of Innisfil And surrounding area which includes; Churches, Diaries & Letters, Old newspaper articles, Samuel Lount, Early Innisfil Post Offices and more.

A VOICE FROM THE PAST

Hi!, My name is Andrew F. Hunter, I am the author of the book "The History of Simcoe County", come along with me as I take you back in time. Wayne is driving the stage coach so grab your imagination and hop aboard as we travel back to the early 1800's. Note: Please allow the page to fully load before opening a specific chapter.

TIMELINE

ONTARIO, UPPER CANADA & CANADA WEST

c. 5000 B.C. to 1991 A.D.

READ ONLINE

This page will include any pioneer family homesteads that I am made aware of in Simcoe and are online. It will also include links to people researching these particular familes. If you are researching that particular family and have a web page or would like your name and email addy added please send it to me from that particular page and do not, and I repeat do not change the subject line or you will confuse me as to where you want it placed. If you have a pioneer family from Simcoe County and have some material that you would like to see added, then please do so.

ONTARIO WEBSITES
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"The Memory Project is a print and Internet initiative of the Dominion Institute.
Its purpose is to provide Canadians, especially youth, with a venue to share oral histories on the Canadian experience."

The Canadian Virtual War Memorial - search

"The Immigrants To Canada List is now accepting submissions. This list works along the same lines as OntarioGenWeb's Surnames of Ontario Project. If you had an *ancestor* who was born in another country and came to live in Canada you can post their name on the list in the hopes that it will be spotted by someone researching the same family."

This site is ongoing and contains over 100,000 photographs af ALL gravemarkers in ALL cemeteries in Parry Sound and Nipissing Districts [County equivalents] which covers a large area in Northeastern Ontario. Murray is currently working on Renfrew County and Sudbury District and when complete the site will constitute a huge coverage of the inhabited lands in Northeastern Ontario and will continue to be a valuable resource for genealogists.

Mnjikaning First Nation of Rama

"The name Mnjikaning refers to the fishing weirs at the Narrows between Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. The Chippewa people cherish their traditional role as the Keepers of the Fish Fence, which is to maintain and protect the 4,500 year old weir systems."

"Follow the road to freedom with the African Canadian Heritage Network. Join them on a memorable Heritage Tour that takes you along the "Underground Railroad" to relive the plight of those who sought freedom under the North Star."

This site contains the Census for Carleton, Lambton, Lanark & Middlesex Counties Ontario, Canada and many more.

Visit Bill Martins Site for EARLY ONTARIO RECORDS which include The Migration of Voyageurs from Drummond Island to Penetanguishene in 1828. This file contains the stories of six of the survivors of the families who migrated at this time. Main areas of interest are: Penetanguishene; Simcoe Co.; Sault Ste. Marie; Bruce Mines; Manitoulin Island. I've indexed other Early Ontario Records that Bill has on his site relating to other counties.

Visit Bill Martin's site if you have interests in: Ontario Birth, Marriage and Deaths Indexes and how to get and use them. Office of the Registrar General Application for B-M-D Certificates. Ontario Archives Microfilm ILL Catalog (1997 version). Complete List of LDS Film Numbers for Ontario Vital Stats. National Registration of 1940 - what it includes and how to order. List of 1901 Census of Canada Microfilms, with description of what's in it. Indexes to "A Chronicle of Finnish Settlements in Rural Thunder Bay", and "Along the Burnt Lake Trail" (re Kuusamo, Alberta). Index of all Finnish born residents of Northern Ontario in the 1901 census.

Genealogical Sources in Canada is part of the National Archives of Canada website. For an explanation about these records below please visit their website •Census Records •Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths •Land Records •Métis Records •Wills and Estate Records •Military Records •Immigration Records •Citizenship (Naturalization) Records •Loyalist Sources •Acadian Sources •LI-RA-MA (Russian Consular Records)

A great site by Lorine McGinnis Schulze, also includes the B-D-M exchange project.

is Lorine McGinnis Schulze's latest project along with Brian Lee Massey, creator of The Canadian Great War Homepage

I'm in Simcoe County and just learned that my paternals go back to England and my maternals go back to Ireland. What do I do now?
Here are 3 things that you can do.

1. Almost everything you wanted to know about researching in the United Kingdom, but were afraid to ask www.genuki.org.uk

2. Genealogy Resources on the Internet: Mailing Lists | Usenet Newsgroups | Ftp Sites | Telnet Sites | Gopher Sites | Web and other sites | Email Sites | Register Resource.

3. Last but not least www.cyndislist.com

I've relocated all the commercial websites and put them on a separate page, to access it just click HERE.