Haldimand County Marriage & Burial Register 1851-1865

By Dan Walker & Fawne Stratford-Devai

This publication includes a transcription of the original Haldimand County Marriage and Burial registers, 1851-1865.

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The County of Haldimand in 1846 consisted of the townships of Canboro, Cayuga, Dunn, Moulton and Sherbrooke considered at that time to be part of the Niagara District. For the purposes of registering land records the townships of Seneca, Oneida, Rainham and Walpole were also part of Haldimand County in 1846. By 1851, townships part of the county of Haldimand included: Canboro, North and South Cayuga (divided in 1849), Dunn, Moulton, Sherbrooke, Seneca, Oneida, Rainham and Walpole.

Contents include:

• Introduction
• Acknowledgements
• Townships in Haldimand County (overview during subject period)
• Map - 1852 Lincoln, Haldimand, Welland, Wentworth and Halton Counties
• Map - Upper Canada (Ontario) Districts 1825
• Map - Canada West (Ontario) Districts 1845
• The Challenge of Locating Vital Records in Upper Canada/Canada West (Ontario)
  • 1858-1869: County Marriage Recors (overview)
  • Vital records prior to 1858 (overview)
  • Vital records prior to 1850 - District Marriage Registers (overview)
  • Sources for finding parish registers
  • Additional sources of information for records of birth marriage and death
• Transcriptions of Haldimand Marriages and Burials 1851-1865
• Index

Background: Following the move from a district to a county system of local government in mid 19th century Ontario, counties became responsible for recording all marriages within their boundaries. The clerk of Haldimand County began separate registers for marriages and burials in 1851. Baptisms were kept as statistical values only.

A third register (County Marriage Register) was started in 1858 running to 1869, due to new government regulations. The Haldimand County Clerk continued to record marriages in his previous register creating what one would think would be duplicate records. Not so. In fact there are many marriages that are recorded in one register and not in the other, making it important to check the records transcribed in this book, and also the "County Marriage Register". The 1858-1869 County Marriage Registers are available from Global Heritage Press/Global Genealogy separately.

Details:

168 Pages
Maps
Index
Published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2001 
Hardcover - ISBN 10894378-53-9
coil-bound - ISBN 10894378-52-0