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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!

Libraries, Archives & Museums Libraries Chatham-Kent Public Library See the list of holdings for genealogy at Chatham-Kent Community Resources Kent County Branch OGS has its library in a room on the second floor, usually open in the afternoons. Genealogical Resources at Chatham-Kent Public Library. See also my Newspapers of Chatham-Kent page for info on their newspaper holdings. If you want to visit any of these libraries in person, check ahead for their hours, because some of the smaller branches are only open certain hours of the day. The hours are listed on the web site for most branches. OGS Kent Branch has been relocated in a room on the second floor of the main library. The renovated library will have a local history room which will house microfilms, the newspaper name index, and the local history books including Illustrated Historical Atlases. The Main Branch is located at 120 Queen St., Chatham, ON, N7M 2G6, phone (519) 354-2940. Blenheim Branch is located at 16 George St., Blenheim, ON N0P 1A0 Phone (519) 676-3174 Bothwell Branch is located at 320 Main St., Bothwell, ON N0P 1C0 Phone (519) 695-2844 Dresden Branch is located at 187 Brown St., Dresden, ON N0P 1M0 Phone (519) 683-4922 Highgate Branch is located at 291 King St., Highgate, ON N0P 1T0 Phone (519) 678-3313 Merlin Branch is located at 13 Aberdeen St., Merlin, ON N0P 1W0 Ridgetown Branch is located at 54 Main St., Ridgetown, N0P 2C0 Phone (519) 674-3121 Thamesville Branch is located at 3 London Road (Lower Town Hall), Thamesville, ON N0P 2K0 Phone (519) 692-4251 Tilbury Branch is located at 2 Queen St., Tilbury, ON N0P 2L0 Phone (519) 682-0100 Wallaceburg Branch is located at 209 James St., Wallaceburg, ON N8A 2N4 Phone (519) 627-5292 Wheatley Branch is located at 35 Talbot W., Wheatley, ON N0P 2P0 Phone (519) 825-7131 Archives Museums Chatham-Kent Museum lLocated at 57 William St. N., Chatham, ON Phone: (519) 354-8338 Their holdings include old maps of the area, some family histories, newspaper clippings and historical papers, and a photograph collection. Chatham Railroad Museum can be contacted at 2 McLean St., P.O. Box 434, Chatham, ON N7M 5K5. Established in 1989, it is located in a boxcar at the corner of McLean and Queen, Chatham (near the Via station). Ridge House Museum located in Ridgetown is a restored house from the mid-1870s. It sounds like it doesn't have much of genealogical value. Wallaceburg and District Museum is located at 505 King St., Wallaceburg, ON N8A 1J1 Phone (519) 627-8962. The museum's features include a Sports Hall of Fame, information on the Baldoon Mystery (a famous ghost story), and, of the most interest to genealogists, a research room and archives of local family histories. Fairfield Museum, R. R. #3, Bothwell, ON N0P 1C0 Phone (519) 692-4397 is located on Highway 2 between Bothwell and Thamesville, and is an important resource for Moravian history, Indian culture and settlers in the area. It is open only May through October. It is located on the site of Old Fairfield, a settlement burned during the War of 1812. Buxton National Historic Site (formerly Raleigh Township Centennial Museum) - A Black Historical Settlement, preserves black heritage. It has a research library and a cultural room.

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