Welcome to Kent County Ontario GenWeb

Kent County is located near the South-Western tip of Ontario, between London and Windsor. Have you hit a brick wall with your Kent County ancestors? Search for your family origins on Kent County GenWeb. I hope this site will help you find that brick-wall ancestor.

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2 Thumbs Up To Library & Archives Canada for putting digitized images and an index online for Soldiers of the South African War 1899 - 1902 Tip of the Month Kent County Records Black Settlement Cemetery Records Census Records Church Records Court Records Directories Home Children Land Records Lookups Loyalists Military Records Newspapers Orders in Council Township Records Vital Stats (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Featured Genealogy Criminal Assize Clerk criminal indictment files, 1853-1929 (309 Kent County names) Chatham General Hospital School of Nursing Quick Links Census Records Canada Naturalization Records Canada Ancestors At Rest Death Records Past Voices: Letters Home Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy Blog Feeds Genealogy Blogs Olive Tree Genealogy Genealogy updates of free records online and tips for finding those elusive brick-wall ancestors The Paper Trail Eclectic mix of old documents - you may just find an ancestor's will, land record or general store receipt here! Past Voices Letters, letters and more letters! Letters from Civil War soldiers, from wives to husbands, sons to mothers, sisters to sisters... Ancestors at Rest - The blog for AncestorsAtRest.com website. Contains death records of all kinds - funeral cards, death notices, cemetery receipts, obits...and more Family Bibles - Another AncestorsAtRest.com blog of Family Bible entries and pictures of the births, marriages and death pages Antique Hunter - If you like antiques or collectibles, this brand-new blog will be one you don't want to miss!

Kent County is located near the South-Western tip of Ontario, between London and Windsor. It was created in 1792 and from 1792 to 1849 was part of the Western District The largest city is Chatham, which currently has a population of about 43 500. Kent County is bounded on the west by Essex County, on the south by Lake Erie, on the east by Middlesex and Elgin Counties, and on the north by Lambton County. To the west of Dover township is Lake St. Clair, the smallest of the Great Lakes. Townships and Towns in Kent County City of Chatham Town of Wallaceburg Town of Ridgetown Town of Dresden Town of Thamesville Town of Tilbury Town of Blenheim Town of Highgate Town of Wheatley Camden Township Chatham Township Dover Township Harwich Township Howard Township Orford Township Raleigh Township Romney Township Tilbury East Township Zone Township Restructuring: Officially, in 1999, none of the above cities, towns and townships exist anymore; they are all part of the new Municipality of Chatham-Kent. However, historical records will continue to be filed under the old names, so the general rule is to go with whatever name was being used at the time of the record you're looking for. In 1846 Kent County consisted of the following Townships: Bosanquet Brooke Camden Chatham Dawn East Dover West Dover Enniskillen Harwich Howard Moore Orford Plympton Raleigh Romney Sarnia Sombra East Tilbury Warwick Zone Resources for Research Free Lookups in Kent County Resources If you are looking for a surnames section, please see the queries and the surnames of Ontario page. Another great place to start is the AskOliveTree blog where you can submit your genealogy challenges and brickwalls to Lorine for help. Links to Online Resources regarding Kent County Kent Branch of Ontario Genealogical Society Municipality of Chatham-Kent Website City of Wallaceburg Chatham-Kent Public Libraries also has a page listing their Genealogical Resources Kent Historical Society DMOZ Open Directory Project: Regional: Canada: Ontario: Chatham-Kent is an excellent collection of links submitted by a member of Kent County branch OGS. My Corner of the World is someone's personal page with information on the Chatham-Kent Region. Links to Other Sites for all of Ontario Please help open Canada's Post-1901 census records Ontario GenWeb Census project Back to Ontario GenWeb Important Note: Ontario GenWeb operates as a free service, but you may find links to websites or organizations which charge a fee. These organizations are not financially associated with the GenWeb project, and I have marked them with a $ Thanks to the former Kent County GenWeb host, Suzanne Schaller, for her hard work in gathering many of the addresses and links for these pages.

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