Canada, Ontario County Marriage Registers - FamilySearch Historical Records

Canada Ontario

What is in this Collection?
This collection includes marriage records from 1858-1869. The collection includes images of county marriage records. Some registers include marriages prior to 1858 and after 1869.

The Ontario, District Marriage Registers collection includes more marriage records prior to 1858.

What Can this Collection Tell Me?
Marriage records may contain the following information:
 * Name of groom
 * Name and maiden name of bride
 * Age of groom at marriage
 * Age of bride at marriage
 * Names of groom’s parents
 * Names of bride’s parents
 * Place and date of marriage
 * Names of witnesses

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor.
 * The approximate year of marriage.
 * The place where the marriage occurred.
 * The name of the intended spouse.

Search by Name by visiting the Collection Page: Fill in the requested information in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about the ancestors in the list to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to find your ancestor.

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page: To search this collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial search page ⇒Select the appropriate "County" ⇒Select the appropriate "Years and Volume Number" which takes you to the images

What Do I Do Next?
When you have found the information that you have been looking for, you can try searching the Ontario 1861 Census. While this online collection does not include images, there is a thorough index that not only includes name, age, and residence, but may also include religious affiliation.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Once you know your ancestor’s preferred religion, try looking for them in that sect’s local church records. For example, if your ancestor was Catholic, you can try looking online at the Ontario, Roman Catholic Church Records to find a christening, marriage or burial of your ancestor or their children. Church records were usually kept before government records, making them a necessary resource in pedigree extention.
 * Use the age in the marriage records to find an approximate birth year to begin your search in church or civil records.
 * Don’t forget to look for your ancestor’s death or burial information. One place to start searching is the Ontario Deaths and Overseas Deaths collection. Sometimes a person is buried in a city or town in which they did not die so it is not always accurate to assume that a burial place is the same as a death place. The name of the undertaker or mortuary could lead you to funeral and cemetery records, which often include the names and residences of other family members. If a family member was buried in a church cemetery, it may mean they were members of that congregation, and their existing church records should be examined.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

 * Try looking in the census records for the possible place of residence at the time of the event. Census records may also list family and household members.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they were born, married or died, then try searching records of a nearby locality in an area search.
 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.

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