Local History - Books
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BIRTHS/BAPTISMS & MARRIAGES
Fraser, Alex W., 1940-., Rev. James McNally, partial parish register in Prescott and Russell: baptisms, marriages, 1836-1865 / arranged by Alex W. Fraser, Rhoda P. Ross -- Lancaster, Ont. : A.W. Fraser, 1995.
Hancocks, Elizabeth, Editor, County Marriage Registers of Ontario, 1858-1869 Volume 31 Prescott & Russell County
Houle, Hubert A., Repertoire des Mariages de Compte d’Prescott 3 Volumes, Centre genealogie SC, Ottawa , 1978.
Ontario Genealogical Society, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register: Prescott County, 1840-1877: A Transcription: A Genealogical Reference, BPR Publishers, Jan. 2001.
Robbins, Douglas A., Early Marriges In Ontario’s Eastern Townships 1800-1900.
Rumpel, Renie A., Editor, Index to Marriage Registers, Ontario 1869-1873 5 books.

CEMETERIES
Cotton, Ross G. H., 1926-. A collection of Prescott County cemeteries : Chesser Protestant Cemetery, North Plantagenet Township, Founders Cemetery, West Hawkesbury Township, St. John the Apostle, West Hawkesbury Township, St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Alfred Township, Ontario, Canada / researched, transcribed and compiled by Ross G.H. Cotton and Leslie P. Higginson -- [Ontario : s.n.], 1996
Fraser, Alex W. & Rhoda P. Ross, Gravestones of Prescott Co. Volume 1, Glengarry Genealogical Society, 1985.
Fraser, Alex W., 1940-. List of cemeteries transcribed in Stormont, Glengarry, Prescott County, Ontario and Soulanges & Vaudreuil County, Quebec / by Alex W. Fraser -- Lancaster, Ont. : Highland Heritage/Glengarry Genealogical Society, 1987.
Sayers, John & Keith Johnson, St. Luke/Luc Roman Catholic Cemetery, Curran, Prescott County, Ontario, Conc. 8, Lot 10, North Plantagenet Township, Village of Curran: Recorded and Checked in September 1998 (Updated in 2000), BPR Publishers, Jan. 2001.
Sayers, John & Keith Johnson, St. Paul Roman Catholic Cemetery, Plantagenet, Prescott County, Ontario: Recorded and Checked in August 1997 (Updated September 2000), BPR Publishers, Jan. 2001.
Sayers, John & Keith Johnson, St. Bernard Roman Catholic Cemetery, Fournier, Prescott County, Ontario, Conc. 14, Lot 1, South Plantagenet Township, Village of Fournier, BPR Publishers, Jan. 2001.

CHURCHES
A Goodly Heritage : A History of Knox Presbyterian Church, Vankleek Hill, 1835-2000, L.A. Sproule Publishing, 2001.
Byers, William R., The Church on the Hill: A History of Holy Trinity Anglican Church Hawkesbury, Ontario and It's People, Holy Trinity Men's Club Hawkesbury, Canada 1981.
McGaughey, Elva Richards, A Firm Foundation: A History of St. Paul's United Church Prescott, Ontario 1830-1980, Prescott, Ont., 1980.
Ranson, C.H., St. John's Church, Prescott, Ontario. 1860-1935, 75th Anniversary.  Prescott, Ont, 1935.

FAMILIES & MEMOIRS
Katherine Madden Adamson, Emigrant Fathers Native Sons: The Shane Family of Prescott County,Ontario, Canada 1817-1990.
Campbell, R.B., The Campbells and Other Glengarry, Stormont and Harrinton Pioneers, Lomar Printers Limited, Ottawa, 1983.
Descendants Book Committee, Descendants of John Ryan & Maurice Shane 1817-1996, Plantagenet Township, Prescott County, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa, Tri-Graphic PRinting, Ltd., 1996.
Higginson, Thomas Boyd, Descendants of the Reverend Thomas Higginson, Research Publishing Co., London, 1958.
Higginson, Thomas Boyd, Editor, The Diaries of Thomas Tweed Higginson 1844-1902, Research Publishing Co., London.
Martin, Gail, 1959-. A genealogical history of the Martin family of Bellevue, Les Cedres, Soulanges, St. Polycarp, Vaudreuil, Curran and Limoges, Prescott / compiled by Gail Martin -- Ottawa : G. Martin, 1987.
The Clan MacLeod Society of Glengarry, The MacLeods of Glengarry, 1793-1971, Iroquois Printing Limited, Iroquois, 1971.

GENERAL INTEREST & MISC.
Fraser, Alex W., 1940-. Title guide of local histories for the counties of Glengarry, Dundas, Prescott, Stormont and area: with selected references to Argenteuil, Eastern Townships, Soulanges, Vaudreuil, in Quebec: also with selected references to Scotland: including the HH/GGS titles / arranged by Alex W. Fraser Rev. 1st ed. - Lancaster, Ont.:Highland Heritage/Glengarry Genealogical Society, 1991.
Fraser, Alex W., 1940-. Addenda to the Title guide of local histories for the counties of Glengarry, Dundas, Prescott, Stormont and area, 1992 revised edition, addenda, September 1994 -- Lancaster, Ont. : A.W. Fraser, 1995.
Guide To Fort Wellington And Vicinity Prescott Ontario, Department of Mine and Resources/Lands, Parks and Forests Branch/National Parks Bureau, (Ottawa),1937.
Harkness, John Graham, K.C., Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Mundy-Goodfellow Printing Company Limited, Oshawa, 1946.
Hay, William Cameron, 1925-. The Canadian Hay crop, 1815-1983 -- [Ottawa : W.C. Hay, 1983]
Illustrated atlas of the Dominion of Canada [...] Prescott and Russell supplement. -- Toronto : H. Belden, 1881. -- 22 p. --Offset ed.: Illustrated historical atlas of the counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry 1879 : Prescott and Russell, supplement to the Illustrated atlas of the Dominion of Canada 1881. -- Port Elgin (Ont.) : Ross Cumming, 1972.
Martineau, Gloriana J.[eanne]. La survivance française dans (les comtés de) Prescott et Russell. Montréal, Université McGill, thèse de maîtrise (études françaises), 1947. viii, 144 feuilles.
Wicklund, R.E. & N.R. Richards, Soil Survey of Russell and Prescott Counties, Guelph, Canada Dept/ Agriculture, 1962.
Wilson, Thomas B., Editor & Publisher, The Ontario Register, Vol. 1-8, Madison, NJ, 1968

HISTORY
General
Elliott, B.S. & D. Walker & F. Stratford-Devai, Men of Ontario-Militia Rolls 1828-29, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1995.
Graves, Donald & Arthur Robinson with Friends of Windmill Point, Guns Across the River: The Battle of the Windmill, 1838, Robin Brass Studio, Inc., Jun 2001. (see Rare Titles also for another title on this subject)
Guillet, Edwin Clarence, Pioneer Days In Upper Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, c. 1964.
Pringle, J.F., Lunenburg or Old Eastern District, The Standard Printing House, Cornwall, 1890.
County
Belden, H. and Co., Historical Atlas of Prescott and Russell, Gorrell and Company, Toronto, 1879.
Brault, Lucien, M.A. Ph.D., Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, Acheve d'imprimer et relie aux ateliers, Le Droit, Ottawa, 1965.
Emard, Michel, 1942-. Inventaire sommaire des sources manuscrites et imprimees concernant Prescott-Russell, Ontario / Michel Emard; presentation par Lucien Brault -- Rockland [Ont.] : M. Emard, 1976.
Fuller, O.L. , Counties of Carleton, Lanark, Prescott, Russell and Ottawa directory [microform] -- Montreal.
Thomas, Cyrus, History of the Counties Argenteuil, Quebec and Prescott, Ontario, From the Earliest Settlement to the Present, John Lovell and Son, Montreal, 1896. Reprinted 1981.
Union Publishing Co's (of Ingersoll) farmers' and business directory for the counties of Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott, Russell and Stormont -- Ingersoll, Ont. : The Company, 1888-[189-?]
Cities
125e Anniversaire-125th Anniversary Paroisse St-Eugene 1855-1980.
Comite du Centenaire 1879-1970 Paroisse St-Isidore.
L'Orignal, 1876-1976 -- Hawkesbury [Ont. : s.n.], 1983 (Hawkesbury [Ont.] : Impr. Prescott et Russell).
Paroisse St-Gregoire (Vankleek Hill, Ont.) Comite du centenaire. Comite de l'album-souvenir. St-Gregoire, Vankleek Hill, 1878-1978 = St. Gregory [Vankleek Hill, 1878-1978] / realise par le Comite de l'album-souvenir -- Vankleek Hill, Ont. : Comite du centenaire, [1978?]
Charbonneau-Hughes, Carole, Il était une fois à Vankleek Hill - Once upon a time in Vankleek Hill, Coombs Cottage Design, Dalkeith, 1997
Clement, Henri & Margaret McMillan & Jean-Roch Vachon, Hawkesbury 1859-1984.
Gareau, Noah J., Canada's Heroes in the Great World War: Cornwall, Vankleek Hill, Hawkesbury, and Intermediate Points. Ottawa: War Publications Ltd, 2000. facsimile edition of 1921 original 'Memorial Edition'.
Higginson, Maria & Mrs.James Brock (Agnes M. Higginson), The Village of Hawkesbury 1808-1888, Ladies Guild of Holy Trinity Church, Hawkesbury, 1961.
Lamoureux, Benoit, Jadis: L'Histoire de St-Isidore de Prescott (Ontario), Le Bulliten de Buckingham.
McCrimmon, Madeleine, MacLeod, Donaldson R., Lochinvar to Skye 1794-1987, Lomor Printers Ltd., 1988.
McKinnon, Alan Douglas, The Story of Vankleek Hill and Its Environs, Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, 1979.
Miller, Gordon V.  Dix années de défrichement : Farming in East Hawkesbury Township, Prescott County, Ontario, 1860. Ottawa, Univerité d'Ottawa, mémoire de maîtrise (histoire), 1992. 80 feuilles.
Parker, Neil, Editor, Fournier 1867-1992, L.A. Sproule Publishing, Vankleek Hill, 1992.

RARE TITLES
ELLIS, After Salathiel. Battle of Windmill Point (Near Prescott upper Canada) on Tuesday Nov. 13th. 1838 between the Patriots & the British, New York, 1839.

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