Welland County, Ontario Genealogy

Canada Ontario  Welland County

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Parent County

 * The county was formed in 1845 from Lincoln County.
 * Lincoln County was formed in 1792. In 1845,
 * Southern portion of Lincoln County was separated to form Welland County.

Boundary Changes

 * In some census and election records from the late 1800s, the townships of Pelham and Wainfleet were enumerated as part of Monck County. However, Monck never existed as a county in the political sense, but only as an electoral district.
 * In 1970, Lincoln and Welland Counties were amalgamated to form the Regional Municipality of Niagara.

Neighboring Counties
Lincoln | Haldimand | United States: Niagara County, New York | Erie County, New York

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.


 * Cemeteries of Welland and Lincoln Counties Lists of cemeteries in Bertie, Crowland, Pelham, Thorold, Stamford, Humberstone, Wainfleet, and Willoughby of Welland County as well as Caistor, Clinton, Gainsborough, Grantham, Grimsby, and Niagara of Lincoln County.
 * Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid A pointer database consisting of the surnames, cemetery name and location of over 3 Million interments from several thousand cemeteries, cairns, memorials, and cenotaphs in Ontario Canada.
 * Ontario Genealogical Society, Niagara Peninsula Branch has created a map showing the locations of cemeteries in Welland County.

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


 * Ontario Census Project: Index to surnames in Welland County 1851-1901
 * 1852 Census of Canada West, District 40, Welland County
 * 1901 Ontario Census: Welland County searchable and indexed database of census records
 * 1911 Ontario Census: Welland County searchable and indexed database of census records

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.


 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Willoughby Township, Welland County index of names in 1891
 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Bertie Township, Welland County
 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Crowland Township, Welland County
 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Humberstone Township, Welland County
 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Thorold Township, Welland County
 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Pelham Township, Welland County
 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Stamford Township, Welland County
 * 1891 Farmers Directory, Wainfleet Township, Welland County

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.


 * 1880 Map of Willougyby Township, Welland County Land ownership boundaries and index of peoples.
 * 1880 Map of Bertie Township, Welland County Land ownership boundaries and index of peoples.
 * 1880 Map of Crowland Township, Welland County Land ownership boundaries and index of peoples.
 * 1880 Map of Wainfleet Township, Welland County Land ownership boundaries and index of peoples.

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.

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.

Marriage

 * Ontario Marriage Registration About 75,000 marriages online.
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1858 (complete)
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1859 (complete)
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1860 (part)
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1862 (part)
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1864 (part)
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1865 (part)
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1866 (part)
 * Welland Co. Marriages, 1867 (part)

Death

 * Ontario Death Registration

Birth

 * Ontario Birth Registration Searchable index of Ontario births from 1869+

Web Sites

 * Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index : 1,106,235 names in 277 megabytes of hypertext files.
 * Ontario GenWeb Portal Website
 * RootsWeb/Ancestry.com Message Boards: Welland County
 * Niagara Genealogy: Welland Conty GenWeb