Frontenac County, Ontario Genealogy

Canada   Ontario    Frontenac County

Getting Started
1. What information do you wish to locate about your ancestor? To choose the sources you need to search first, please click on RECORD SELECTION TABLE: Ontario, which will help you decide.

2. From the above Record Selection Table, which sources do you wish to check in this county? To check the availability of your sources of interest as well as to check the websites that have them online, please click on this county's SOURCES LINKS TABLE.

3. Do you know the location that you wish to search in this county? If so, please check for some possible sources and some online information about your location of interest, by clicking on this county's POPULATED PLACES TABLE.

4. For further information regarding your sources of interest, see "4 Resources" ABOVE in the "CONTENTS" table and click on the source of interest.

Remember that you should always try to get an original copy of that source to verify information.

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History
before 1788  See the descriptions and links on the Ontario GenWeb site.

1788 - 1792 The area we now call Frontenac County was part of a large portion of eastern Ontario known as Mecklenburg District. Sometimes it is spelled Mecklenburgh.

1792 - 1849 The name of the area was Midland District. See the exhibit called The Changing Shape of Ontario on the Archives of Ontario website.

1849 - 1998 Frontenac County was comprised of eighteen townships. Most genealogy resources are organized under the names of these townships:


 * Barrie Township
 * Bedford Township
 * Clarendon Township
 * Hinchinbrooke Township
 * Howe Island
 * Kennebec Township
 * Kingston Township
 * Loughborough Township
 * Miller Township
 * North Canonto Township
 * Olden Township
 * Oso Township
 * Palmerston Township
 * Pittsburgh Township
 * Portland Township
 * South Canonto Township
 * Storrington Township
 * Wolfe Island

If you know the name of the town or village, but not the township, use the Ontario Locator.

1998 - present In 1998, Frontenac County was reorganized into four municipal townships:


 * Township of North Frontenac
 * Township of Central Frontenac
 * Township of South Frontenac
 * Township of Frontenac Islands

Because the reorganization took place so recently, most of the genealogy resources are still organized according to the old township system.

To find out which of the old townships were amalgamated into the new ones, see the Frontenac County (1998 - present) page on the website of Kingston Frontenac Public Library.

Record Loss
The 1851 Census for the City of Kingston has not survived.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Land and Property Records
At this time, please read about Land and Property Records in the Province of Ontario Resources - Land and Property.

Local Histories
At this time, please read about Local Histories in the Province of Ontario Resources - History.

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

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

Newspapers &amp; Obituaries
At this time, please read about Newspapers and Obituaries in the Province of Ontario Resources - Newspapers.

Ffolliott, Rosemary. Some Connecting Links Between Ireland and the New World From Old Newspspers. Article has alphabetical listings of births, marriages and deaths in the Munster (Ireland) newspapers covering U.S.A, Canada, West Indies and England. years 1765-1826. Article found in The Irish Ancestor, vol. 2, no.1, 1970 pages 62-69. Family History Library Ref. 941.5 B2i

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

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

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