Rainy River District, Ontario Genealogy

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Parent Count
Established in 1885, Rainy River District was separated from Thunder Bay District in 1914.

Boundary Change
A dispute between Ontario and Manitoba was resolved in 1884 by the Privy Council of Britain, when it upheld an arbitration decision made in 1878.

Record Loss
(1) (2) (3)

Biographies
At this time, please read about Biographies in the Province of Ontario Resources - Biography.

Cemeteries
At this time, please read about Cemeteries in the Province of Ontario Resources - Cemeteries.


 * CanadaGenWeb Cemetery Project - Rainy River


 * Ontario Genealogical Society Cemetery Transcriptions: Rainy River District

Census

 * Links to Rainy River District Census Records

Land

 * Association for the Preservation of Ontario Land Registry Office Documents (APOLROD)

Local Histories

 * 100 years, 100 stories - The History of the Rainy River District


 * Google Maps - [Rainy River]

Museums

 * Atikokan Centennial Museum - Burns, Atikokan, Ontario P0T 1C0 Telephone: (807) 597-6585
 * Emo Women's Institute - Highway 11, Emo, Ontario P0W 1E0 Telephone: (807) 482-2007 (open May to September)
 * Fort Frances Museum (Government Museum) - 259 Scott Street, Fort Frances, Ontario P9A 1G8 Telephone: (807) 274-7891; Curator: Pamela Hawley
 * Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung - Stratton, Ontario P0W 1N0 Telephone: (807) 483-1163

Newspapers and Obituaries

 * The Atikokan Progress
 * The Fort Frances Times
 * The Rainy River Record

Libraries

 * Atikokan Public Library
 * Emo Public Library
 * Fort Frances Public Library
 * Rainy River Library

Web Sites
Family History Library Catalog


 * Parish Registers
 * Indexes to the 1901 census of the northwestern Ontario districts of Thunder Bay, Rainy River, Kenora