Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection is an index for the years 1779 to 1899.This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The name of a relative or date of the event

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The place where your ancestor's birth occurred
 * The approximate date of birth

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images.Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add the new information to your records
 * Look at an image of the original record, if possible. The original may contain information that was not recorded in the index
 * Use the information to find other records such as marriage, death, or census records
 * Collect entries for every person who has the same surname, unless the surname is a common surname. This list can help you identify possible relatives that can be verified by records

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Try viewing any original indexes to see if there were errors in the transcription of the name, age, residence, etc.
 * Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames, middles name, or an abbreviation of their given name

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in Ontario.
 * Ontario Record Finder
 * Canada Research Tips and Strategies

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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Brenda Dougall Merriman,  Genealogy in Ontario : searching the records 3rd ed. Toronto, Ontario : Ontario Genealogical Society, 1996 FS Library 971.3 D27m 1996
 * Families (Ontario Genealogical Society) Waterloo, Ontario : Ontario Genealogical Society, 1971- FS Library 971.3 B2f
 * Fawne Stratford-Devai and Ruth Burkholder, Vital records in Ontario before 1869 : a guide to early Ontario vital records Milton, Ontario : Global Heritage Press, c2003 FS Library 971.3 V27s
 * Births, stillbirths, and delayed registration with indexes, 1869-1912
 * Civil registration of births, marriages and deaths, and coroners' returns, Ontario
 * Direct clergy returns, births, marriages, and deaths, 1892-1896
 * Division registrar vital statistics records, 1858-1930
 * Evidence for delayed registration of births, 1861-1907
 * Original index books, birth and stillbirth registrations, 1869-1910 and index to Presbyterian baptisms performed by Rev. James Harris, 1806-1844

Citing This Collection
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